Steamship at a pier at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Whaleback at exposition pier, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 82', 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, light printing, height 133 mm x width 190 mm, ships (in general), pier, quay, wharf, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A large multi-deck steamship is docked alongside a wooden pier with many people standing on the decks and on the pier; the ship has a tall funnel, railings, lifeboats, a central mast with a large flag, and crowded upper and lower promenades; on the pier there are tents or awnings, rows of chairs, lamp posts, and a dense crowd of men and women, some holding umbrellas, while a few figures walk on the open boardwalk in front of the ship.
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Steamship at a pier at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Whaleback at exposition pier, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 82', 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, light printing, height 133 mm x width 190 mm, ships (in general), pier, quay, wharf, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A large multi-deck steamship is docked alongside a wooden pier with many people standing on the decks and on the pier; the ship has a tall funnel, railings, lifeboats, a central mast with a large flag, and crowded upper and lower promenades; on the pier there are tents or awnings, rows of chairs, lamp posts, and a dense crowd of men and women, some holding umbrellas, while a few figures walk on the open boardwalk in front of the ship.

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Steamship pier World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 Whaleback exposition pier page photomechanical print number Plate 82 photographer Charles Dudley Arnold HD Higinbotham cliché maker anonymous North America Illinois paper collotype light printing height 133 mm x width 190 mm ships in general quay wharf world fair world exhibition large multi-deck steamship docked alongside wooden pier people standing decks ship tall funnel railings lifeboats central mast large flag crowded upper lower promenades tents awnings rows chairs lamp posts dense crowd men women holding umbrellas figures walk open boardwalk front ship

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