Microphoto Showing Model Of Fair Grounds 1933 World's Fair

Model of Fairgrounds - 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Write a Review

Your Price: $90.00

Part Number: MPC059

Availability: In Stock

Quantity

Description

The photo show the model of the fairgrounds for the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. This fair's theme was technological innovation. It was called Century of Progress Exposition. The image is titled

     MODEL OF FAIRGROUNDS below the image
     1933 is centered right and left between the title lines
     CENTURY OF PROGRESS top title line
     CHICAGO_WORLD'S FAIR bottom title line

Antique microphoto glass cliché was made in France in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Each microphoto was made directly on the glass plate. Each 4 inch x 5 inch glass plate was comprised of several hundred of the same microphoto. This larger plate was then hand scored and cut to make the individual photos for use in the manufacturing of stanhopes. Each microphoto cliche is approximately 3mm x 3mm or about an 1/8" square. In most cases we have a few examples of each and as they have been stored for nearly a century, the conditions vary. Some of the cliches may have scratches or other maladies. Because microphotography is very exacting and complex, even the finest made microphotos can have faults. In general, they are very nice and certainly useable for study or could be used for stanhope repairs. They should be considered rare, as such microphotos seldom escaped the stanhope manufacturing workshops. They are a wonderful curiosity and historical artifact.

Ivory Stanhope Spyglass Monocular View of 12 Palace of Versailles Landmarks

Sorry Recently Sold!

$150.00

Add To Cart

Binoculars

Sorry Recently Sold!

$125.00

Add To Cart

Vintage Flower & Vine Stanhope Lord's Prayer Cross

In Stock

$75.00

Add To Cart

Model of Fairgrounds - 1933 Chicago World's Fair

Related Items

Mailing List