Bidspirit auction | 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Menu

1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Menu & VIP Book - Two amazing historical artifacts from the 1893 Columbian Exposition held in Chicago. The first item of interest is a program from the Held on October 11, 1893, to honor the Foreign Commissioners to the Exposition. This program details the menu prepared for the evening and also lists the dignitaries who made various toasts during the evening. Those dignitaries included prominent men such as Senator Thomas W. Palmer, Lyman Gage a former Secretary of the Treasury, renown architect Daniel Burnham who was responsible for most Major architectural features in Chicago, Illinois Governor John Altgeld, and Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison was was assassinated just a few days prior to the end of the Exposition. This program has been nicely preserved exhibiting normal discoloration from age as well as slight edge and corner wear. A silk ribbon once bound the pages together however the ribbon while still present is no longer binding the pages of the program. The second artifact is a Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago and the Columbian Exposition. This book is approximately 3-1/4 inches think and is a complete listing of the prominent men that molded the early days of Chicago. This book exhibits significant wear on the covers and binding as can be seen in the photos. The inside pages for the most part remain clean and in good condition while still bound together. These two items are great finds for both collectors of World's Fair memorabilia and Chicago memorabilia.