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Title
California Building, 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
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Description
A view of the California Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It is a large, broad building with arches lining the front of the building, and a raised dome over the center. There is some foot-traffic on the paths in front of the building and near the ice cream soda stand just left of center.
Date supplied by cataloger, based on the year of the Exposition. Part of the glass negative has broken off in the lower left corner. 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 11 x 13 cm
Identifier
mssLatta Skyfarming
466440
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/14661
Subject
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--Photographs
Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--Photographs
Crowds
Place
Chicago (Ill.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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