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1. Lakefront from the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building Lakefront from the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building Walking; People; Children; Flags; Flagpoles; Boardwalks; Exhibition buildings; Lakes & ponds; Reproduction of a photograph.
2. Michigan Avenue and Lakefront Park, ca. 1860s Michigan Avenue and Lakefront Park, ca. 1860s Streets; Coastlines; Beaches Cyanotype print. From back of photo:
"Taken by Copeland - probably in early '60s. Gift of Ike Rubel."
3. World's Fair Steamship Company passenger steamer, 1893 World’s Fair Steamship Company passenger steamer, 1893 Steamboats; Fairs; Water transportation line available from downtown Chicago to the fairgrounds at Jackson Park.
4. Statue of the Republic, 1893 Statue of the Republic, 1893 Sculpture; Albumen print
5. View of Chicago in Ruins from the Michigan Avenue Hotel, 1871 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...
6. To the National Commissioners of the World's Columbian Exposition from Frank I. Bennett, Charles T. To the National Commissioners of the World’s Columbian Exposition from Frank I. Bennett, Charles T. White and James R. Mann, n.d. Research; Committees Frank Bennett, Charles White and James Mann were members of the committee to research the suitability of Jackson Park for the World’s Columbian Exposition. Among the reasons cited by the committee was...
7. On the Grand Basin, July 14, 1892 On the Grand Basin, July 14, 1892 Passengers; Piers & wharves; Boats Reproduction of an albumen print
8. View from Dearborn Park looking northeast, ca. 1860s. Copelin & Melander, photographers 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...
9. Windsor Park Bathing Club original members, n.d. Windsor Park Bathing Club original members, n.d. Membership cards; The Windsor Park Bathing Club was founded in 1900. Family memberships cost $4.00 for the duration of the life of the club, which was discontinued in 1903. Members could enjoy outdoor activities at the...
10. Programme of Review of Passenger Launches, July 14, 1892 Programme of Review of Passenger Launches, July 14, 1892 Launches; Passengers; Committees; Typed document. A review of the Fair’s passenger launches occurred three months before the dedication of the buildings in October 1892, and almost ten months before the formal opening of the Fair on...
11. Gondola Landing Gondola Landing Gondolas; Umbrellas; Passengers; People; Lakes & ponds; Facsimile watercolor.
12. Sunset on the Dream City Sunset on the Dream City Gondolas; Sailboats; Boats; Sunrises & sunsets; Clouds; Smoke; Buildings; Facsimile watercolor.
13. Gondolier, 1893 Gondolier, 1893 Gondolas; Rowers; Digital reproduction of a photograph: a gondolier on a gondola, Chicago, 1893.
14. View from the Grand Basin to the Colonnade 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.
15. Court of Honor, ca. 1893 Court of Honor, ca. 1893 Fairs; Monuments; Flags; Flagpoles; Fountains; Canals; Gondolas; Buildings; Optical illusions; Waterways; Gardens In 1890, nearly twenty years after the Great Chicago Fire and at the zenith of his career as an urban planner and landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted found the opportunity to resurrect his plan...
16. Electric Launch on the Grand Basin, 1893 Electric Launch on the Grand Basin, 1893 Fairs; Monuments; Flags; Flagpoles; Fountains; Canals; Gondolas; Buildings; Optical illusions; Waterways; Albumen print.
17. East Side of the Transportation Building, 1893 East Side of the Transportation Building, 1893 Facades; Deterioration; Sculpture The World's Columbian Exposition buildings stood with elegant facades, presenting a city in trompe-l'oeil, an optical illusion. They were designed to be temporary, however, and Fair visitors would recollect...
18. C.W. Caryl to James W. Ellsworth, November 14, 1893 C.W. Caryl to James W. Ellsworth, November 14, 1893 Exhibition buildings; Deterioration; Conservation & restoration; Meetings 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...
19. Construction Stage: Dredging, June 1891 Construction Stage: Dredging, June 1891 Dredging; Progress photographs; Digital reproduction of a photograph. Albumen print. Construction for the World's Columbian Exposition: dredging, Chicago's lakefront, June 1891
20. Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893 Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893 Debris; Beaches; Coastlines; Lakes & ponds; People Reproduction from a viewbook. Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893. Rubbish from the Fire was used to fill in the area on the lakeshore between the outlying Illinois Central railroad track and...
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