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Printer:
American Lithographic Company  Search this
Medium:
paper (card); ink / lithographed
Dimensions:
9.5 x 15.6 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
Type:
Postal Stationery
Place:
United States of America
Date:
Issue date: 1893
Description:
This mint object is part of the third and last official set of twelve domestic-size postal cards printed as an official souvenir of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. The earlier official sets consisted of ten designs illustrating the various exposition buildings and the U.S. Naval Exhibit. This federal postal card depicting the Horticultural Building was one of those. Two other designs -- Fine Art and Machinery Buildings -- were added to make this final set.
The collection consists of the twelve-card set and a souvenir wrapper original to the earlier issued ten-card set. A larger history of the Columbian Exposition postal cards can be found in the first record of the series.
Topic:
The Gilded Age (1877-1920)  Search this
Credit line:
Donated by Myron and Judith Kaller
Object number:
2000.2007.5
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm88d4bec74-644d-41a3-818c-01a134969aee
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2000.2007.5