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Souvenir postcard sold on the grounds of the Columbian Exhibition, Chicago. Mailed to Germany.
Pre-printed postal card with 1 cent 1892 ‘Columbus in Sight of Land' added. Cancelled ‘WORLD’S FAIR STATION OCT 25 1893’, and mailed to Germany via England.
Creases in all four corners.
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. The centerpiece of the Fair, the large water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis for the honor of hosting the fair. The Exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on architecture, sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
Opened to the public May 1, 1893, the fair continued until October 30, 1893.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition
