The book of the fair : an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian exposition at Chicago in 1893 ...
Published in Chicago in 1893 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, this illustrated book is a descriptive survey of the World's Columbian Exposition, written for general readers interested in science, art and industry. The pictures are black-and-white photographs of exhibition machinery, including a looms display, an air compressor, a hay and straw press and a steam engine hall with railings and stairs, which a designer might use for industrial-era texture, mechanical detail and period layout.
