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(CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR—A
CENTURY OF PROGRESS)
A collection of 106 photographs from the
ChicagoWorld’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 ChicagoWorld’s Fair. Some of
publications include reproductions of
photographs offered in this lot.
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(SPELUNKING—COLOSSAL
CAVERN, KY)
A professional photographer’s album with
over 60 photographs depicting the interior
of Colossal Cavern, Kentucky.
With spooky and well-lit scenes of the cavernous
interior exhibiting vast dripping stalactites,
towering stalagmites and other abstract rock
formations, as well as views of man-made
structures within the cavern. Also included are
group portraits of the photographers,guides,and
discoverers posing underground and at the
entrance to the caves. Silver prints, the images
each measuring approximately 8x10 inches
(20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, linen backed,
each with the photographer’s hand stamp, and
nearly all with notations identifying the specific
locations and formations, in pencil, on verso.
Oblong 4to, black leatherette with a twin-bolt
binding.Circa 1910
[1,800/2,200]
Many of the photographs in this album have been
reproduced in numerous books about the caverns.
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