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World's Columbian Exposition Agricultural Building
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| Title | World's Columbian Exposition Agricultural Building |
| Description | The World's Columbian Exposition ran from May 1 to October 30, 1893. The Agricultural Building was 500 x 800 feet, and the annex was 300 x 500 feet. It was built near the shore of Lake Michigan facing the Grand Basin. Exhibits included "breads and biscuits, starches and pastes, sugars and syrups, malts and liquor... all types of meat and dairy products, [and] every fruit and vegetable known to man." Bolotin, Norman and Christine Laing. "The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: The World's Columbian Exposition." (Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1992), p. 73. Flinn, J., ed. "The Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition." (Chicago: The Columbian Guide Company, 1893), p. 31. |
| Subject.TGM1 | Exhibition buildings
Exhibitions
Water
Fairs
Temporary buildings
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| Subject.LCSH | World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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| Photographer/Artist/Creator | Arnold, C. D. (Charles Dudley), b. 1844
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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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| Collection | Arnold, C. D. Collection of Photographs Illustrating the Construction and Progress of the World's Columbian Exposition. 1893.
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Digital image |
| Format | image/jpeg |
| Original format | Photographic prints
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| Size | 10 x 13 in. |
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