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Unpublished album containing fifty mounted photographs by C. D. (Charles Dudley) Arnold (American, 1844-1927) of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Arnold was the official photographer for the exposition. Inscribed on the back of the front page of the album: " World Columbian Exposition / Chicago / 1893."and "Presented to His Excellency / Lord Curzon of Kedleston / by L. Z. Leiter". George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (British, 1859-1925), was a Conservative politician and statesman. Levi Ziegler Leiter (American, 1834-1904) was a Chicago-based business man and co-owner of Field, Leiter & Co. (later Marshall & Co.). Curzon was married to Leiter's daughter, Mary Victoria, from 1895 until her death in 1906. Plate information follows.
964:0077:0001 -- Columbian Fountain, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0002 -- Administration B'ldg, Chicago Day, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0003 -- Agricultural Bldg., Chicago Day, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0004 -- Arch of the Peristyle, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0005 -- Looking North from Electricity B'ldg, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0006 -- Machinery B'ldg, (East Facade), 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0007 -- Looking N.E. from Colonnade, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0008 -- Looking S.E. from Illinois Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0009 -- Building of White Star S.S. Line, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0010 -- Art Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0011 -- Administration Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0012 -- U.S. Naval Exhibit, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0013 -- The Viking Ship, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0014 -- Caravel, Santa Maria, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0015 -- Mines Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0016 -- The Colonnade, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0017 -- Machinery Hall, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0018 -- Looking S.E. from Illinois B'ldg, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0019 -- Horticultural Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0020 -- Fisheries Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0021 -- Looking East from Womans Bldg, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0022 -- Agricultural Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0023 -- Transportation Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0024 -- Cafe de la Marine, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0025 -- Looking North on Lagoon, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0026 -- Agricultural Building, looking S.E., 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0027 -- North facade, Agricultural B'ldg, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0028 -- Electricity Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0029 -- Electricity Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0030 -- Transportation Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0031 -- "The Golden Door", 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0032 -- Womans Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0033 -- New York State Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0034 -- Looking S.W. from Illinois Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0035 -- Looking East from Woman's Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0036 -- U.S. Government Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0037 -- Looking S.E. from Womans Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0038 -- Manufacturers Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0039 -- West Entrance Manufacturers Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0040 -- Looking S.W. from roof of Manufacturers Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0041 -- Japanese Ho-o-den, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0042 -- Victoria House, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0043 -- German Government Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0044 -- Brazilian Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0045 -- Swedish Building, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0046 -- Ferris Wheel, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0047 -- Looking East from Ferris Wheel, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0048 -- Court of Honor, looking East, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0049 -- Court of Honor, looking West, 1893. Platinum print; 964:0077:0050 -- The Peristyle, 1893. Platinum print. |
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