Oblique view of the principal façade of the Fisheries Building from the Wooded Island with the west polygonal building in the foreground, 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

People:

Charles Dudley Arnold (photographer)
Daniel Hudson Burnham (architect)
John Wellborn Root (architect)
Henry Codman (landscape architect)
Henry Ives Cobbs (architect)
Frederick Law Olmsted (landscape architect)

Title:

Oblique view of the principal façade of the Fisheries Building from the Wooded Island with the west polygonal building in the foreground, 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

Date:

1892

Description:

- This photograph shows a bridge connecting the Fisheries Building to the Wooded Island on the left and a bridge connecting the Fisheries Building to the Government Building in the center, both across the Lagoon. The Brazilian Government Building (?) is under construction in the left background.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.6 x 20.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0489

Point of View:

exterior view
oblique view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on a double-sided label inserted within the mly-board holding the photograph: with the name and dimensions the building and the name of the architect

Location:

Chicago; Illinois; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

bridges (built works)
exhibition buildings
construction
turrets
cupolas
world's fair
artificial lagoon
polygonal buildings

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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