1800s Archive · World's Fairs

The surging sea of humanity at the opening of the Columbian Exposition

Chicago, Illinois · 1893

The surging sea of humanity at the opening of the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893
The surging sea of humanity at the opening of the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893. World's Fairs — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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