Columbian Exposition Government & Fisheries and 50 similar items

Antique one-sided embossed photogravure depicting a scene of the exterior of the Government and Fisheries Buildings from the Columbian Exposition. The World's Columbian Exposition was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Published on heavyweight paper by D. Appleton Co., New York. Full size measures approximately 12.5 x 16.5. Recommended framing area including image, artist/title, and embossed inner white border (that portion of the border that would normally be visible after framing or matting) measures approximately 14 x 11. Condition: Print is in very good condition aside from a moisture stain along the left edge and some very light age browning of white border along edges primarily outside the recommended framing area. The moisture stain at left abuts the embossed edge. There are no pin holes or tape marks anywhere on this antique print. Comments: To the north of the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building stood the U.S. Government Building and the Fisheries Pavilion. The former, designed by the Treasury Departments supervising architect J.W. Edbrooke, was a relatively modest structure containing displays from various branches of American government. It was not considered among the Fairs better offerings, especially when compared to the Fisheries Pavilion just across the lagoon. Designed by Chicagos own Henry Ives Cobb, the Pavilion broke from the whitewashed Beaux-Arts standard of the buildings on the Great Basin and court of honor with colorful glazing and flags. The highlight for visitors, however, were the floor-to-ceiling aquaria within the building, which contained hundreds of species of fresh and saltwater marine life.