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Shepp's World's Fair Photographed. Being a Collection of Original Copyrighted Photographs, Authorized and Permitted by the Management of the World's Columbian Exposition Consisting of Photographs of the Thirteen Original Buildings; The Forty State Buildings; The Buildings of Nineteen Foriegn Nations; The Court of Honor; The War Ship Illinois; The Lake Front; The Lagoon; Temples; Pavillions; Gardens; Fountains; Statues; The Midway Plaisance; and its Scenes. All Described in Crisp and Beautiful language.
James W. Shepp and Daniel B. Shepp
1893. Shepp, James W. and Daniel B. Chicago, Ill., Philadelphia, Pa. Globe Bible Publishing. 528 pp. Full blue cloth with blackstamp and faded gilt decoration framing the faded gilt title centered to upper board, rear blank. Spine similarly decorated, also faded. Printed endpapers.
A heavy, thick book. All pages are there and the cover is intact, but shows age, no damages to the pictures or any pages. Pages shows age but no staining. Cover is worn, and leather corners has worn through on the edges.
The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that Columbus took to the New World. Chicago won the right to host the fair over several competing cities, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis. The exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on American architecture, the arts, American industrial optimism, and Chicago's image. b 23
