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C.W. Caryl to James W. Ellsworth, November 14, 1893
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| Title | C.W. Caryl to James W. Ellsworth, November 14, 1893 |
| Description | Typed letter, signed. Just two weeks after the close of the Fair, Chicagoans were already thinking about how to save the majestic, yet deteriorating, buildings of the World's Columbian Exposition. In this letter, C.W. Caryl asks Ellsworth to attend a meeting to organize a committee to preserve the "White City." |
| Neighborhood/Street/Venue | Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Jackson Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Michigan, Lake
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| Subject.TGM1 | Exhibition buildings
Deterioration
Conservation & restoration
Meetings
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| Subject.LCSH | Caryl, C. W. -- Correspondence
Ellsworth, James W. -- Correspondence
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Historic preservation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century -- Correspondence
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| Subject.AAT | ideal cities
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| Photographer/Artist/Creator | Caryl, C. W.
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| Contributors | Ellsworth, James W.
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| DateOfOriginal | 1893 |
| Time Period | 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899 |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Repository Number | DOCUMENT SPE-WCE/JWE Incoming 2/63 |
| Language | eng; |
| Collection | World's Columbian Exposition Collection. James W. Ellsworth Collection. Departmental Records
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| Type | Digital image; |
| Format | image/jpeg; |
| Original format | Stationery
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| Size | 8 x 10.5 in. |
| Subject.LOCAL | 1893 exposition
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