​​​​​​We are offering a COLOR COPY of the antique ca. 1890s map of The World's Columbian Exposition Fairgrounds, Chicago, Illinois [1893], that was held in [what is now known as The Jackson Park, located in Hyde Park + Woodlawn NBHDs.
This map encompasses huge territory ~1,200 acres, bounded by: 55th Street + Lake Michigan + 71st Street + Stony Island Avenue, and, also, shows the East Hyde Park + Jackson Park Highlands + South Shore NBHDs.
It shows the entire grounds of the World’s Columbian Exposition Fair of 1893, including buildings & reserved grounds for the following Exhibits: State of Illinois + Foreign Nations + Naval Exhibit at Lake Michigan Shore + Art Galleries + Women’s Exhibit + Fisheries + Aquarium + Horticulture + Transportation + Manufactures & Liberal Arts + Electricity + Mines + Machinery + Agriculture + Forestry + Saw Mill + Dairy + Live Stock Exhibit, etc.
It also shows: Harbor for Pleasure & Craft with Casino.
Lagoons + Canals + Islands, etc. of the Jackson Park depicted as well.
What a beautiful map! 
Although, the Exhibition was held in 1893, we don’t know for sure when our map was made.
The size is very large - appr. 23" x 36".  
 
 
 
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