1893 Print World's Fair Brazil Fisheries Illinois State Building Chicago FAR2

This is an ultra-rare original 1893 rear color cover from the Chicago "The Inter Ocean" supplement showing the Brazil Building, the Fisheries Building and the Illinois State Building. The Fisheries Building offered large aquariums filled with hundreds of species of fish, and was situated between the lagoon and Lake Michigan. The Illinois State Building was designed by architect W. W. Boyington, and cost around $250,000 to construct. The dome was two hundred feet high, and the building was four hundred and fifty feet long. Period Paper has obtained arguably one of the most rare, exclusive collections of original color images of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (The World's Columbian Exposition). Over the last several years we have acquired and sold thousands of items from this Exposition, and we continue to offer lithographs, prints, and photogravures. However; this exclusive collection is not offered publicly anywhere else. The original front and rear covers from Chicago's coveted The I