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“Sell the cookstove if necessary and come. You must see the Fair.” — Author Hamlin Garland in a letter to his parents Whether sparked by tales of ancestors who traveled to the great fair from s...

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Set Of 10 Columbian Exposition Post Cards
Vintage World's Fair Postcards
Columbian Exposition Postcards

Set of 10 different Columbian Exposition Post Cards of Chicago, Illinois. Great! The World's Columbian Exposition (also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 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 Columbus took to the New World. Chicago had won the right to host the fair over...

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