Photograph
World's Columbian Exposition
| A view of the World's Columbian Exposition mounted on a cardboard album page, looking east from the Transportation Building. On the right are the Mines Building and the Electricity Building, with the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building in the background. On the left is the lagoon with a motor launch approaching a bridge. There is a drinking water dispenser in the foreground. Women with parasols and men in hats walk the grounds. In the background, a sign advertises a Wagner concert in the Festival Hall. |
| Image ID: | 76943 |
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| Creation Date: | 1893 |
| Creator Name: | Bass, Edward A., Dr. |
| City: | Chicago |
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| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | Dr. Edward A. Bass collection of photographs circa 1885-1910 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 4562 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| Dr. Bass visited the World's Columbian Exposition in June and in October, 1893. In August, 1893, the Montello Express reported that Dr. Bass had spent a day taking pictures at the exposition during the earlier visit and had mounted "four or five dozen" of them in an album. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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