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 a general readership. Its pictures are mostly grey halftone or line engravings of fairground scenes, state buildings, and exhibit halls, with some pages showing a seated Persian-style figure with a hookah and a domed kiosk among palms. A designer might take from them the period's architectural ornament, crowd scenes in promenade dress, and the layout of photographs set beside captioned text blocks.
