1893 Chicago World's Fair Portrait Wong Ki Chinese Man Costume Ethnic Historic

"Wong Ki (Chinese)." This is an original 1894 halftone print portrait of Wong Ki, a Chinese man. A native of Canton, China, Wong Ki was the architect of the Chinese Building and the director and designer of the Joss House. Period Paper has obtained a rare set of large-format photographic portrait images of the different ethnic people who represented various countries of the world at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition. Each image comes with a short caption commentary (not shown) and the dimensions refer to the size of the image alone. Please note there is no printing on the reverse of these prints. 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, Chicago was finally designated the official site and the Exposition was built on 630 acres in and around Jackson Park. It was a spectacular display of progress a