World's Fairs

We have a number of images and archival material 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.

Please note that it may not be possible to find a photograph of a particular exhibit in the photograph collection. We have some folders of photographs that include interiors.

A selection of digitized images can be found here.

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. Do a CTRL-F search to find names, products, etc.

See the World's Columbian Exposition Commemorative Presentation medal here.

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. 

Many materials on the World's Columbian Exposition are freely available in full-text via Hathi Trust and Google Books.