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World's Fairs

A guide to the Research Center's collections on world's fairs held in Chicago

Digital Collections from IIT

Check out this collection of four digitized titles, complete with images, of books of the fair, published between 1893 and 1894 from Illinois Tech's digitized collection. 

Images and Archival Material

We have a number of images from the World's Columbian Exposition.

Search ARCHIE for "World's Columbian Exposition" graphic to get records for images, or search ARCHIE for "World's Columbian Exposition" manuscript to get records for archival collections.

World's Columbian Exposition Material in Google Books

Many materials on the World's Columbian Exposition are freely available in Google Books. Search for "World's Columbian Exposition" and limit the results to Free Google eBooks.

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Awards

We have the List of awards in two volumes, Domestic and Foreign. It is arranged by state or country, and within the geographic location, by group, such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Manufactures, etc.