1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Venezuela's Building Bolivar ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4

"Venezuela's Building." This is an original 1893 halftone print of the Venezuela Building at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. The print shows the statue of General Bolivar on the east pavilion; on the western one, behind the foliage, was a companion effigy showing Christopher Columbus. The flag carried by Pizarro, in his conquest of Peru, was on exhibition. (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, Chicago was finally designate