{"product_id":"exposition-portfolio-of-views","title":"\"The Worlds' Columbian Exposition: Portfolio of Views\" — 1893","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated on June 4, 2026:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull title: \u003cem\u003eThe World's Columbian Exposition Portfolio of Views. \u003c\/em\u003eIssued by the Department of Photography, C.D. Arnold, Chief. Published in St. Louis, Missouri by C.B. Woodward Company in 1893.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSouvenir album of photographic views from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, published the same year as the fair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume places strong emphasis on the architecture and layout of the famed “White City,” much of it designed under the direction of architect Daniel Burnham, with landscape planning by Frederick Law Olmsted. The photographs capture the grandeur of the fairgrounds before the enormous crowds arrived, offering unusually clear views of the buildings, lagoons, courts, and exhibition halls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe images, credited to photographers C.D. Arnold and H.D. Higginbotham, include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Administration Building\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Court of Honor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Grand Basin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Lagoon and Colonnade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Electricity Building\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Agricultural Building\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Manufactures Building\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe Wooded Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evarious state and exhibition buildings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach leaf contains a full-page black-and-white photographic reproduction with captions identifying the structures and scenes depicted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in the publisher’s original decorated red cloth stamped in black, gold, and white\/pink, secured with its original red cord binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e $15. Please allow two weeks for shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52012325568814,"sku":"RARE-FINDS-COLUMBIAN-EXPO-PORTFOLIO","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/rare-finds-columbian-expo-portfolio-sold.jpg?v=1780637048","url":"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/products\/exposition-portfolio-of-views","provider":"The History List","version":"1.0","type":"link"}