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Lot 1489: 1894, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION Reports

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Lot 1489: 1894, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION Reports
<b>Americana</b><hr><b>THE WORLDÕS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION</b>

<b>1894, COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION Report Book.</b>
'REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL MANAGERS OF THE EXHIBIT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT THE WORLDÕS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION,' Albany, NY: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1894, 647 pages, 10.75' x 8', About Fine. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth, moderately worn, front cover loosening, but contents intact except for map lacking in rear pocket. Exhaustively detailed and highly illustrated, with printed photos, plans, and maps. The Columbian Exposition was seen by Americans for almost a decade afterwards as one of the great events in U.S. history. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of all New York exhibits and good sections on the arts, agriculture, wine, manufactures, etc. There is a full-page picture of the first electric chair, which was exhibited at the fair.