World's Columbian Exposition miscellany, 1892-1894.

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World's Columbian Exposition miscellany, 1892-1894.

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Minute book and letter book of the fair commissioners for the 5th Judicial District, Syracuse, New York. Included is correspondence of or about John F. Gaynor, Walter Kernan, Donald McNaughton, and George B. Sloan. Also, "The Morning Advertiser's Souvenir of the World's Fair" photograph album published by Rand McNally, Chicago & New York, 1893; World's Fair art portfolio, 1894; Halligan's Illustrated World's Fair, Vol. V., No. 29, November 1893. "Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition," John J. Flinn, 1893. The World Columbian Commission award to Cornell University in 1893 for excellence of equipment, work and results in the university training of men and women.

.3 cubic ft., 1 v.

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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...

McNaughton, Donald.

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Kernan, Walter.

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Flinn, John J. (John Joseph), 1851-1929

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Gaynor, John F.

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Sloan, George B.

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