1893 Chicago World's Fair Boat Transportation Day Photo ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAIR3 XAEA6 "Two Shoulders to the Same

"Two Shoulders to the Same Wheel

and Sir John Gorst

Keywords specific to this image: Capture of Kazan and Astrakhan

the collection represents a selection of some of the final images originally printed for the series

as seen from the Seine river

1893 Chicago World's Fair Boat Transportation Day Photo ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAIR3 XAEA6 "Two Shoulders to the SameThe Boat Parade on Transportation Day. This is an original 1893 halftone print of the boat parade on September 9, 1893 (Transportation Day) at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The day began with a parade of the boats of the nations from Indian canoes and African bimbas to Venetian gondolas and more. (Please note that, typical of halftone prints, there is printing on the reverse.) Period Paper has obtained a wonderful set of halftone images of the 1893