1893 Chicago World's Fair Vermont Building Jarvis Hunt ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAIR3
Vermont's Building. This is an original 1893 halftone print of the reproduction of a Pompeiian house, the Vermont State Building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Architect: Jarvis Hunt of Weathersfield, Vt.(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 were 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 designated the official site and the Exposition was built on 630 acres in and around Jackson Park. It was a spectacular display of progress and prosperity, and