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The World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 : reconstructing the geography of Chicago's World's Fair by way of a fire insurance atlas
- Title
- The World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 : reconstructing the geography of Chicago's World's Fair by way of a fire insurance atlas / by Gerald A. Danzer.
- Author
- Danzer, Gerald A.
- Publication
- [Chicago] : Privately printed, 2014.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Map Div. 14-8365 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Yerkes, Chas. S. (Charles Sherman), 1850-1908.
- Description
- 23 pages, 2-12 folded leaves of plates : 11 folded color maps; 28 cm
- Alternative Title
- Reconstructing the geography of Chicago's World's Fair by way of a fire insurance atlas
- Subjects
- Fire insurance maps > Illinois > Chicago > 1893
- Fire risk assessment > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Fire risk assessment > Illinois > Chicago > Maps
- Yerkes, Chas. S (Charles Sherman), 1850-1908 > Insurance map of the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) > Buildings
- Atlases > Illinois > Chicago > 1893
- Cartography > Illinois > Chicago > History
- Chicago (Ill.) > Maps
- Jackson Park (Chicago, Ill.) > Maps
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) > Maps
- Woodlawn (Chicago, Ill.) > Maps
- Maps
- Genre/Form
- Atlases – Illinois – Chicago – 1893.
- Fire insurance maps – Illinois – Chicago – 1893.
- Maps.
- Note
- Cover title.
- Includes commentary with complete, reduced color reproduction of: Insurance map of the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago / issued by Chas. S. Yerkes. Chicago, April 1893.
- The maps detail the World's Columbian Exposition grounds, and are bounded by 55th Street, 69th Street, Cottage Grove Avenue, and Lake Michigan, covering latter-day Woodlawn and parts of adjacent community areas.
- "The Chicago Map Society, May 15, 2014, upon the presentation of Charles S. Yerkes, Map of the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, April, 1893) to the Newberry Library ... in memory of Landon H. Risteen"--Cover.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 14-8365
- OCLC
- 884916283
- Author
- Danzer, Gerald A., author.
- Title
- The World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 : reconstructing the geography of Chicago's World's Fair by way of a fire insurance atlas / by Gerald A. Danzer.
- Manufacturer
- [Chicago] : Privately printed, 2014.
- Type of Content
- textcartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Yerkes, Chas. S. (Charles Sherman), 1850-1908. Insurance map of the World's Columbian Exposition, Jackson Park, Chicago.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 14-8365