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World's Columbian Exposition. Looking from a roof

C. D. ARNOLD, New York and Buffalo (manufacturer)
World's Columbian Exposition. Looking from a roof
 1893

Medium
glass lantern slide

Measurements
6.2 × 7.4 cm (image) 8.3 × 10.3 cm (slide)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson, 2014

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Inscription
printed (in image) l.r.: COPYRIGHTED 1893 BY C.D. ARNOLD.
inscribed (vertically) in pen and ink and printed in ink on paper label on support u.r.: No. 206 Looking (...illeg.) from roof / (...illeg.) Bldg / WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, CHICAGO, 1893.

Accession Number
2014.820

Department
International Photography

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