Image / Statue of the Republic, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Statue of the Republic, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
Creator: Robinson, Frank Day
Contributor: Latta, Frank Forrest, 1892-
Date Created and/or Issued: 1893
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: A view of the Statue of the Republic at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The 65-foot-high statue is mounted on a pedestal in the center of the Grand Basin with the Casino and a colonnade in the background, both with numerous smaller statues along their roofs. A small boat is approaching the statue on the right.
"80" written in white near the top edge. Date supplied by cataloger, based on the year of the Exposition. One of forty-eight glass plate negatives originally housed together with a note by Latta: "Frank Robinson Merced Area Misc. Unidentified."
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 Photograph : glass negative ; plate 13 x 11 cm
Identifier: mssLatta Skyfarming
466435
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/14655
Subject: Statues
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--Photographs
Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--Photographs
Place: Chicago (Ill.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.