Back to 1893 World’s Fair

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- The Inter Ocean—The Question and the Answer
JUDGE, Jan. 19, 1891—What will Chicago do with its White Elephant?
TYPICAL CHICAGO, Aug. 27, 1893—This is what I have done with it

- Starting the Machinery of the World’s Fair in Front of the Admissions Building
3 May 1893

- Grant Monument, Lincoln Park—The Cyclists’ Popular Coasting Resort.
14 May 1893

- Illinois Building at the World’s Fair
May 17, 1893

- Main Entrance to the Austrian Exhibit in the Manufactures Building
24 May 1893

- In the Creche of the Children’s Building
9 Jul 1893

- He Rules the Roost
16 Jul 1893

- Relics in the Government Building
19 Jul 1893

- Fish Exhibits Illinois Building
26 Jul 1893

- The Michigan State Building
2 Aug 1893

- The Grand Basin Looking Southern From Electricity
16 Aug 1893

- The Missouri State Building
23 Aug 1893

- The Main State Building
6 Sep 1893

- The Swedish Building at the World’s Fair.
13 Sep 1893

- The Ohio State Building
27 Sep1893

- The Exposition out of Debt
9 Oct 1893

- Chicago Day Edition
9 Oct 1893

- The South Entrance to the Electricity Building
11 Oct 1893

- Evening on the Lagoon
29 Oct 1893

- Chicago Day Tribute
1893
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