World's fair city, 1893, 1492 [realia]. [1893]

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World's fair city, 1893, 1492 [realia]. [1893]

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Souvenir spoon of the World's Columbian Exposition with the Art Palace depicted on the spoon bowl and a bust of Christopher Columbus on the stem.

1 spoon : silver-plated metal ; 11 cm.

Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA

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Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA

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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...

Columbus, Chris

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Epithet: of Genoa British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x000120 Italian explorer and navigator commissioned by Spain. Italian name was Cristoforo Colombo. Known in Spain as Cristóbal Colón. Born 1451; died 1506. From the description of Collection concerning Christopher Columbus, 1488-1515. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067622 ...

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

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