Lot 271
(CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR--A CENTURY OF PROGRESS) A collection of 106 photographs from the Chicago World's Fair taken by the official photographers, Kaufmann and Fabry.
The images depict various attendees and exhibits of the international exposition. Including mock villages and towns which represented countries from across the globe, each constructed with worldly architecture, such as an "olde" English style Castle as the entrance to "Merrie England" and an ornate Chinese temple (hand built in China and shipped to Chicago for assembly by Chinese workmen). Also included are a selection of beautiful long exposure photographs of firework and light displays over Burnham Harbor. Silver prints, the images measuring 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, nearly all with the Kaufmann-Fabry credit line in the lower margin, and/or a Kaufmann-Fabry hand stamp and 65 with detailed typed caption labels affixed to verso. 1933-34
[1,200/1,800]
WITH--5 booklets and some ephemera relating to the Chicago World's Fair. Some of publications include reproductions of photographs offered in this lot.
