Some interesting old artwork from “Halligan’s illustrated world’s fair : a pictorial and literary history of the World’s Columbian Exposition.” Published in 1893, the same year as the exposition (better remembered as The White City). Many thanks to my friend Howard Mock who sent me a link to a copy for sale on Facebook Marketplace. These are from the scanned copy I found in the Pennsylvania Digital Library.

The Illustrated World’s Fair, devoted to the World’s Fair, Art and Scientific Literature. Jewell N. Halligan, General Manager. Title page (upper image) Image 7 of Halligan’s illustrated world’s fair : a pictorial and literary history of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Volume I – Number 1. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Has an interesting font. American, Published in Chicago, Illinois in 1893 by the Illustrated World’s Fair Publishing Company. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. via the Power Library, Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Apcalo-amc_27702

Scenes from the First Banquet to the Columbian Commissioners. Image 13 of Halligan’s illustrated world’s fair : a pictorial and literary history of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Volume I. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Has an interesting font. American, Published in Chicago, Illinois in 1893 by the Illustrated World’s Fair Publishing Company. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. via the Power Library, Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Apcalo-amc_27702

A Decoration for the Electricity Building, As Seen in the Works of the Philippsons, at Jackson Park. Image 119 of Halligan’s illustrated world’s fair : a pictorial and literary history of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Volume I. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Has an interesting font. American, Published in Chicago, Illinois in 1893 by the Illustrated World’s Fair Publishing Company. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. via the Power Library, Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Apcalo-amc_27702

Among the Sculptures – Models for Heroic Statues on the Great Buildings. Image 228 of Halligan’s illustrated world’s fair : a pictorial and literary history of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Volume II. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Has an interesting font. American, Published in Chicago, Illinois in 1893 by the Illustrated World’s Fair Publishing Company. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. via the Power Library, Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Apcalo-amc_27702

The Signs of the Zodiac, for the Agricultural Building. Image 287 of Halligan’s illustrated world’s fair : a pictorial and literary history of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Volume II. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Has an interesting font. American, Published in Chicago, Illinois in 1893 by the Illustrated World’s Fair Publishing Company. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. via the Power Library, Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Apcalo-amc_27702

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