1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition Worlds Fair Postcard Souvenir Series 1 Design 5 for Sale

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1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition Worlds Fair Postcard Souvenir Series 1 Design 5:
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1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition Worlds Fair Chicago, IL Postcard SouvenirSeries 1 Design 5Excellent unused conditionFeatures President Grover Cleveland and the Electrical BuildingUnited States Postcard 1 cent denomination unused original Official Postcard Souvenir
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor the Chicago World\'s Fair held 1933–1934, seeCentury of Progress.1893ChicagoChicago World\'s Columbian Exposition andThe Republicstatueand administration building in 1893OverviewBIE-classUniversal expositionCategoryHistorical ExpoNameWorld\'s Columbian ExpositionArea690 acres (280 StatesCityChicagoVenueJackson ParkandMidway 1893; 131 years agoClosureOctober30,1893Universal expositionsPreviousExposition Universelle (1889)inParisNextBrussels International (1897)inBrussels

TheWorld\'s Columbian Exposition, also known as theChicago World\'s Fair, was aworld\'s fairheld inChicagofrom May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary ofChristopher Columbus\'s arrival in theNew Worldin 1492.[1]The centerpiece of the Fair, held inJackson 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, includingNew York City,Washington, D.C., andSt. Louis. The exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on Americanarchitecture, the arts, American industrial optimism, and Chicago\'s image.