1893 WORLD'S FAIR - COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION - PHOTO COLLECTION - UNUSUAL PERSPECTIVES
Item #1202
There are thirty-four 4.25" x 6.5" mounted photos from the 1893 Columbian Exposition or the Chicago World's Fair. Thirty-two are identified on the verso with a handwritten annotation in ink and some have "Chicago World's Fair, 1893" written in pencil. Two also have "I think" written next to them, but they are definitely from the Chicago World's Fair. Each one is also stamped "Photographed by Frank A. Ball, Claremont, NH." Frank Albert Ball (1860-1920), was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and died in Claremont, New Hampshire. In a census from the time, he is listed as a machinist and a photographer, who was married twice (first wife died). His father had over 100 patents, and the Albert Ball House in Claremont, was recently added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.
The photos are unique in that they show different angles and views that you usually see from the fair. The cabinet card-type of photos are in overall very good condition, with great contrast. The boards have a slight curve, which is not unusual.
Identifications include:
Midway Plaisance: Natives from the South Sea Islands. Chicago World's Fair.
Midway Plaisance. Algerian Bazaar
Midway Plaisance. Turks and Sedan Chairs
Midway Plaiscance. Ferris Wheel and Chinese Theatre
Midway Plaiscance. Entrance to Turkish Theatre showing a dancing girl smoking a cigarette and a Turk in a chair. Chicago World's Fair, 1893.
Waiting the arrival of the Viking Ship on lake front.
Indian Village near the Leather Exhibit.
View after the fire of the cold storage building, July 10, 1893.
Midway Plaisance. The Turks Cafe and sedan chairs.
Machinery Hall, Administration, Electrical Mining, Manufacturers & Liberal Arts buildings and Court of Honor.
The Viking Ship
Band Stand on the lake front east of the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building.
View of the Statue of Liberty from the band stand east of the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building
Transportation and Mining buildings
Midway Plaisance. Japanese Village
East entrance to Administration building
View from the pier of the Monastery, Caravels, and the east side of the Agricultural building
View of the Basin and Casino from the Administration building
Administration building and Machinery Hall
East entrance to the US Government building
Mining building
View of the US Government building and the lagoon
View from the pier of the Krupp Gun Works and the Leather exhibit buildings
West side of Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building
East corridor to Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building. The tables in the foreground belong to a German restaurant
Midway Plaisance. View of Algerian Theatre
View of windmills near the Agricultural building
Midway Plaisance. Entrance to Vienna Village.
View of the Caravels, Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria at the Pier, south of the casino
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts buildings
Midway Plaisance. Ferris Wheel, 265' high
Midway Plaisance, Vienna Village.
Price: $2,500.00