World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth, Seneca and Mary Potter; Correspondence, Receipts, Ledgers, Tax Records, Advertisements, and Photos, 185? - 1956
Collection
Identifier: RHC-VFM-04-4.13 a-e
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: -; Other: Majority of material found in 185? - 1956
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Matthiessen-Hegeler Zinc Company Records (LaSalle)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-167
Scope and Contents
Records in the Matthiessen & Hegeler Zinc Company collection document the company’s activities from its founding in 1858 to its dissolution in 1978.The collection is organized into ten series: General Corporate Information; Financial Information; Property and Production Information; Employee Records; Stock Information; Tax and Banking Information; Correspondence, Legal and Government Documents, Insurance; Sales and Contracts; Subsidiary Companies; Photos, Maps and Blueprints. Some...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1858-1978; Other: Date acquired: 03/01/1984
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
Sabin and Van Arsdale Collection (Aurora)
Collection
Identifier: RHC-RC-032
Scope and Contents
The Sabin-Van Arsdale Collection consists of 845 photographs, a small amount of correspondence, diaries and school work, surveyor’s notebooks, tour books, and other printed material. The photographs depict western mining and manufacturing operations, landscape and scenery from Europe and the United States dating from the early twentieth century, and portraits and candid shots of relatives and friends of the Sabin and Van Arsdale families. Also found in the collection are souvenir and costume...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1856-1960; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1966
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
World's Columbian Exposition ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: SCA-RBSC-SPX-018
Abstract
Collection of stereographs of exposition grounds, memorabilia, and other ephemera from the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. It includes artifacts representative of the popular attractions at the fair and the souvenirs made available for the public. Also included is a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other printed ephemera in both English and German pertaining to the exposition. The original provenance of artifacts is unknown.
Dates:
circa 1886-1977; Majority of material found in 1893
Found in:
Northern Illinois University
