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Chicago,IL - Cook County - 1893 - World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Tickets and Postal Cover :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Chicago,IL - Cook County - 1893 - World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir Tickets and Postal Cover :
Set includes one envelope (approx. 4.25 x 2.5") and ten tickets. Six tickets include images on their face, including George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln (3.75 x 2.25"). Four other tickets include one good only for Chicago Day, one for Manhattan Day, one is a Children's Ticket, and one is "Good Only on the Day of Sale." The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago, 1893, and was the last of the nineteenth century's World's Fairs. It ran from May 1st to October 30, and was popular enough to draw over 27 million visitors. Widely publicized nationally and internationally, people came from all over the world to visit the exhibition.