Caption

Birds eye view looking northwest from Liberal Arts Building, View of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 5', photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold, Chicago, photographer: HD Higinbotham, cliché maker: anonymous, 1893, Charles Dudley Arnold, HD Higinbotham, photographer, cliché maker, North America, Illinois, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 134 mm x width 190 mm, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A wide aerial view of a large fairground area with a broad body of water in the foreground edged by trees and small pavilions, a decorative arched footbridge spanning the water, wide promenades with clusters of people walking, and extensive classical-style exhibition buildings along the water including a domed building with a flag atop and colonnaded facades, additional ornate structures with towers and rounded roofs, landscaped gardens and tree-lined paths, and a distant urban skyline stretching to the horizon under a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_404

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Keywords

Birds eye view looking northwest Liberal Arts Building View World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 page photomechanical print number Plate 5 photographer Charles Dudley Arnold HD Higinbotham cliché maker anonymous North America Illinois paper collotype photoprint height 134 mm x width 190 mm world fair world exhibition wide aerial view large fairground area broad body water foreground edged trees small pavilions decorative arched footbridge spanning wide promenades clusters people walking extensive classical-style exhibition buildings domed building flag atop colonnaded facades additional ornate structures towers rounded roofs landscaped gardens tree-lined paths distant urban skyline stretching horizon under pale sky