Ticket, World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1st May to 30th Oct. 1893

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Date

1893

GUSN

GUSN-365848

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Description

This ticket contains harmful imagery including stereotyped depictions of indigenous people.

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Ticket no. 17569 for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago Illinois, valid from May 1st to October 30th, 1893. The front of the ticket has an illustration of a Native American man wearing a feather headdress. The reverse has a decorative pattern of the repeating words "World's Columbian Exposition Chicago", and says "good for one admission at pay gates".

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Descriptive Terms

admission tickets
world's fairs
Native American
admission tickets

Physical Descrption

1 ticket; 3 7/8 x 2 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1932

Reference Code

EP001.11.08.04.002

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Mary Woodman, May 3, 1932.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Material Type

admission tickets

Descriptive Terms

World's Columbian Exposition (1893)

Description Level

Item

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