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Postcard from World's Columbian Exposition
Postcard
Official Souvenir Postal, World's Columbian Exposition: The Agricultural Building
Published by Charles W. Goldsmith. Lithographed by American Lithographic Co. (Series No. 1 Design No. 4)
No postmark-unused card (copyright 1893)
Item/Collection Note: The chief purpose of most expositions staged in the late nineteenth - early twentieth century period was exhibiting civic pride and industrial success of an area. Most also celebrated a significant historical event, such as the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, commemorated with the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago's World Fair). Official and unofficial postcards proliferated.





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