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1893 Print Illinois Building Chicago World's Fair Sailing Fashion Flag Boyington - Original Cover

This is an ultra-rare original 1893 color cover from the Chicago "The Inter Ocean" Illustrated Supplement depicting the Illinois Building. The structure was designed by architect W. W. Boyington, and cost around $250,000 to construct. The dome was two hundred feet high, and the building was four hundred and fifty feet long.
Please note that this image is torn in half. Because of the rarity of these prints, they are usually sold in the $200-$500 range, but in such condition, we cannot sell it for that price. Note that the tear can be obscured and camouflaged by matting and framing the two pieces together, as apart from the tear, this piece is a wonderful representation of the Illinois Building.
Period Paper has obtained arguably one of the most rare, exclusive collections of original color images of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (The World's Columbian Exposition). Over the last several years we have acquired and sold thousands of items from this Exposition, and we continue to offer lithographs, prints, and photogravures. However; this exclusive collection is not offered publicly anywhere else. The original front and rear covers from Chicago's coveted The Inter Ocean Illustrated Supplement from 1893 are stunning in their size, color saturation, and condition. This was the very first color supplement produced on a high speed newspaper press, developed in late 1892 in preparation for the Exposition.The Inter Ocean was released 3 times per week at times during the Exposition. Most of the cartoons were produced by a pair at opposite ends of their careers-- Thomas Nast and Art Young. Period Paper holds the largest collection of original 1893 Chicago World's Fair original print ephemera, fine art, and historical images in the world. This is by far the most rare of all the collections related to the fair we have discovered.
Please note that there is printing on the reverse.

Fair-goers enjoy the Meat Mobile. University of Wisconsin-Madison's presence at the Wisconsin State Fair, ca. 1960s. Image ID #S05877.

For more information about this image, contact the University of Wisconsin-Madison Archives (uwarchiv@library.wisc.edu) or visit archives.library.wisc.edu.

I had my friend pose in her vintage fashion in front of this old FJ Holden we spotted in the car park .Naturally she won a prize as soon as we entered the fair which is usually held at Canterbury Racecourse (Sydney)twice a year.