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1.		World's Columbian Exposition Transportation Building	Exhibition buildings; People; Exhibitions; Fairs; Temporary buildings	The World's Columbian Exposition ran from May 1 to October 30, 1893. The Transportation Building, which faced the lagoon, was 960 feet by 256 feet. In the center of the building was a cupola 165 feet high...

2.		View from the Grand Basin to the Colonnade	Fairs; Monuments; Flags; Flagpoles; Fountains; Canals; Gondolas; Buildings; Optical illusions; Waterways; Passengers; People	To navigate the Exposition waterways, Olmsted arranged for English electric launches and Venetian gondolas.

3.		View from Lake View House, from Chicago Illustrated	Wooden buildings; Houses; Waterfronts; Trees; Sand; Settlements	Chicagoans lived in houses built of wood, and the city extended several miles along the sandy dry shore of Lake Michigan. Literary description by James W. Sheahan. Illustrations by the Chicago Lithographing...

4.		View of Chicago in Ruins from the Michigan Avenue Hotel, 1871	Ruins; Buildings; Hotels	Stereograph. View of Chicago in Ruins from the Michigan Avenue Hotel, 1871. Lovejoy & Foster, photographers. Fifty years of steady growth ended on October 8, 1871, when the Great Chicago Fire destroyed...

5.		View from Dearborn Park looking northeast, ca. 1860s. Copelin & Melander, photographers	Parks; Trails & paths; Trees; Buildings; Business enterprises;	Stereograph. View from Dearborn Park looking northeast, ca. 1860s. Copelin & Melander, photographers. The main offices of the Pullman Palace Car Company dominate this early view of Dearborn Park. In the...

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