File:The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14779743425).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,280 × 2,048 pixels, file size: 581 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches)
Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
its opening,May I, 1893. The Presi-dent of the United Statesand the Duke of Veragua,the lineal descendant ofColumbus, were the guestsof honor on this occasion.A. parade formed and escortedthese and other distinguishedpersonages to the Fairgrounds, and thence to agrand stand that had beenerected for the purpose tothe east of the Administra-tion Buildinor facinor theGrand Plaza and the Basin.This was throngfed with hiohofficials of this and othernations, and the array ofnotabilities was astonishing.To the east they faced agrand sight. A hundredthousand persons were crowded into the Plaza, eager to see all thatwas to happen. Praise by song, a prayer, and a poem opened theceremonies. Then the Director-General of the Exposition spokebriefly, and he was followed by the President of the United States.As he finished his short address he touched an electric button on atable before him. Instantly there was a flash of color from athousand staffs crowninor the o^reat buildinors. From them waved^
Text Appearing After Image:
THE INFANTA EULALIA. PRELIMINARY HISTORY. 5I as by a miracle, flags of every nation. Bands began to play,steam whistles to blow, vessels in the harbor to fire salutes fromtheir guns, and from the mighty throng went up that grandest ofsongs that ever rises from earth to heaven, the cheers of a multitudefor a work that Is grand and good. Every wheel of all the greatmachines began to turn as if by magic. The Worlds ColumbianExposition was opened, the preliminary history of it was done.All the labors of years were for an instant forgotten in the glorioustriumph of mans effort, and the payment for toil and anxiety andrebuff was all received. Then there was no thought of means andplans which had resulted In this success. The multitude only stoodamazed to see what had been accomplished. So we will leave tofuture chapters the story of the work thatwas done to make thisExposition an accomplished fact. The remaining history of theFair Is a record of fete and festival. The visit of royalty in th

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14779743425/

Author Internet Archive Book Images
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Flickr tags
InfoField
Flickr posted date
InfoField
29 July 2014
The categories of this image need checking. You can do so here.
  • Please remove redundant categories and try to put this image in the most specific category/categories.
  • You can remove this template by clicking here (or on the first line).



Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14779743425. It was reviewed on 23 September 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

23 September 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:44, 23 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 10:44, 23 September 20151,280 × 2,048 (581 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': worldscolumbiane02whit ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fworldscolumbiane02whit%2F fin...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_World%27s_Columbian_exposition,_Chicago,_1893_(1893)_(14779743425).jpg&oldid=605246900"