World's Columbian Exposition letter, 1893.

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World's Columbian Exposition letter, 1893.

Letter from J. D. Flanagan, office of the Director-General of the World's Columbian Exposition, to W. I. Buchanan, Department of Livestock, Department of Agriculture of the Exposition, dated October 12, 1893.

1 leaf ; 27 x 22 cm.

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Flanagan, J. D.

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Organized to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landfall in the New World, the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1 to October 30, 1893, became a defining moment in Chicago's history and the history of the United States as a whole. From the description of World's Columbian Exposition letter, 1893. (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum). WorldCat record id: 61257730 ...

Buchanan, W. I.

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