1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Ostriches Bird Pater Familias ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4 TRV1 and Mary of Teck

and Mary of Teck

The Far East was an exotic place even as late as the mid-20th century

This piece was illustrated by Lawrence

"Exterior and Interior views of Cave-of-the-Winds

and "A Turkish Cemetery" (1904)

1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Ostriches Bird Pater Familias ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4 TRV1 and Mary of Teck"The Ostriches." This is an original 1893 halftone print of the Ostriches at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. There were twenty three full grown Californian ostriches on the northern side of the Midway Plaisance. (Please note that, typical of halftone prints, there is printing on the reverse.) Period Paper has obtained a wonderful set of halftone prints of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World Columbian Exposition. This original