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Picturesque World's Fair
An Elaborate Collection of Colored Views
PUBLISHED WITH THE ENDORSEMENT AND APPROVAL OF
George R. Davis,
Director-General of the World's Columbian Exposition.
COMPRISING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE GREATEST FEATURES OF
THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION AND MIDWAY PLAISANCE
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Scenic and Ethnological.
THE MAGNIFICENT WATER AND LANDSCAPE EFFECTS AND CHARMING VISTAS
MADE REALISTIC BY AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTION
IN ALL OF THE COLORS OF NATURE AND ART.
Under the direction of the celebrated Landscape Artist, John R. Key.
From Photographs made by authority of the Director-General, for theUnited States Government, and by Special Artists Employed Expresslyfor this work.
EACH VIEW ACCOMPANIED BY A GRAPHIC AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION.
PUBLISHED BY
W. B. Conkey Company,
OFFICIAL PUBLISHERS OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CATALOGUE,ETC.
CHICAGO.
Copyright,
1894.
W. B. Conkey Company.
All Rights Reserved.
This work being fully protected by copyright, any infringement willbe prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
INTRODUCTION.
The publishers of "Picturesque World's Fair," in presenting theseexquisite views, feel justified in congratulating themselves upon thesuccess that has attended their efforts to place within the reach ofall classes of people an artistic realistic reproduction of the greatExposition. Not only do the publishers feel gratulation in their ownbehalf, but they believe that through the perfection of the printers'art, by means of the application of labor-saving machinery, andthrough the enterprise of the progressive press of the United States,a work so rare, so interesting, so accurate and so invaluable, at soinsignificant an expense