$519
(Chicago): National Lithographic Institute, (1874). Rare black and white lithograph perspective view of the iron and glass exposition building in 1874. Framed. The first Inter State Industrial Exposition of Chicago was undertaken the year after the Great Fire in 1871 by leading businessmen of the city mainly to generate tourism revenue, but also to spur the interest of wealthy industrialists eager to invest in the city's rebuilding. The Inter-State Industrial Expositions of the 1870s (the present print being of the second), were precursors to the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, which epitomized the entrepreneurial spirit of post-fire Chicagoans. Together with another with one other lithograph print, after Jevne and Almini. Together with n.d. Size of largest 21 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-11-18
