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    • Title: The book of the fair; an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian exposition at Chicago in 1893, designed to set forth the display made by the congress of nations, of human achievem
      • Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918.
      • Description: 3 v. : ill., ports. ; 41 cm.
      • Citation: Brooklyn Museum Libraries, Special Collections
      • Imprint: Chicago and San Francisco, The Bancroft company, 1893.
      • Date: 1893
      • Call Number: T500 C1 B22
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