| Contributor |
Novelty Card & Adv'g Co., printer. |
| Title |
Transportation Building. 250 x 960 feet. Cost $280,000. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Chicago: Novelty Card & Adv'g Co |
| Publisher |
ILL. Chicago. 1892 |
| Date |
c1892 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: halftone photomechanical print; 8 x 12 cm. (3.25 x 4.5 in.) |
| Description |
Trade card issued during the Columbian Exposition of 1893 advertising M&D Wrought Steel Ranges. Contains a view of the Transportation
Building built after the designs of Adler & Sullivan and lower cornice vignettes showing a ship and a train. The exposition
held in Chicago May 1-October 30, 1898 celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World
in 1492.
|
| Notes |
Copyright by A. L[os?]se & Co. |
|
Illustration and advertising text printed on verso. Illustration depicts a Mason & Davis cooking range, including six burners.
Text reads: M & D Wrought Steel Ranges for Coal, Wood or Gas. All Sizes and Styles. For Families, Restaurants and Hotels.
Mason & Davis Co., 72 Lake St., Chicago, Ill.
|
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Michael Zinman. |
| Subject |
Mason & Davis Co. |
|
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) -- Buildings. |
|
Railroads. |
|
Ships. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1890-1900. |
|
Halftone photomechanical prints -- 1890-1900. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.82] |
| Accession number |
P.2008.36.82 |
