Can anyone tell me more about this. I just love it. I thought it was something about the World's Fair but it doesn't appear to be now. Would greatly appreciate any thoughts you have on this!
Well, the World's Columbian Exposition took place in Chicago in 1893 so that's your earliest date. Debora
I think it may represent the fact that a number of leading U.S. cities -- including New York, St. Louis, and Washington -- competed to host the fair and Chicago won. Debora
Please tell us more about what the image actually is. Is it a framed print on paper, or something else? How big is it? What does the back look like?
and in the future , please include something about the item in the title , so down the road, folks looking to find this thread........have something to go on...
That would make sense Debora. Thanks! I had initially thought it was cities who hosted but St. Augustine wouldn't have made sense. I'll start digging in and maybe I can find the list of all cities competing for it.
I Sorry, I have no idea where "the British" came from! I was trying to input a smiling face from my computer because I'm too blind to see the emoji options here lol
It's framed. Not sure if it is a print or something cut from something else and framed. Here is the back.
I found this online. Maybe that would explain the meaning in some way, although my piece only shows a few: Thirty-four U.S. states also had their own pavilions.[1] The work of noted feminist author Kate McPhelim Cleary was featured during the opening of the Nebraska Day ceremonies at the fair, which included a reading of her poem "Nebraska".[39] Among the state buildings present at the fair were California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas; each was meant to be architecturally representative of the corresponding states.[40] Four United States territories also had pavilions located in one building: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah.[1]
What are the measurements? Reverse image search keeps showing me panoramic magic lantern slides. You could take needle nose pliers and carefully pull out the little nails to remove the backing from the frame. That could reveal more about what's inside.
I found another on Alamy, and it's tantalizing but doesn't really help: https://www.alamy.com/vintage-christmas-related-ephemera-image226471608.html What it says at the top: So it seems to say it's on pg56 of an 1897 catalog, but doesn't say which catalog. I guess it's a chromolithograph, so Louis Prang might be something to search.
