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 ...
The Book of the Fair is a large illustrated survey of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published in Chicago for general readers interested in the fair. Its photographic plates show the exposition's neoclassical buildings, state pavilions, and Chicago-area views, with sepia tones and crisp architectural detail a designer could draw on for period palettes and ornament.
