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Electric Building, Interior, Looking South

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12

Scope and Content of the Collection

From the Collection:

Fifty-six glass slides of the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893, showing scenes of the landscape, buildings, exhibits, and the Midway Plaisance.

A few of the slides have cracks and/or slight deterioration, and most retain the original labels.

Creator

Access

The World's Columbian Exposition lantern slides are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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