1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Hunter's Cabin Wooded Island ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4

"The Hunter's Cabin." This is an original 1893 halftone print of the Hunter's Cabin at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. It was located at the south end of the Wooded Island and was a log house with a clay floor and a stick chimney. It was built by Theodore Roosevelt, of New York, a lover of huntsman's sports, as a museum and memorial in honor of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett. (Please note that, typical of halftone prints, there is printing on the reverse.) Period Paper has obtained a wonderful set of halftone prints of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition. This original collection of the fair's many architectural, artistic, mechanical, agricultural, industrial, archeological, ethnological, historical, and scenic attractions was printed in 1893. The World Columbian Exposition was held from May to October 1893 in Chicago in honor of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the new world. In competition with many other cities, Chicag