World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893

William Henry Goodyear (1846–1923), whose image collections are presented here, was the Brooklyn Museum's first curator of fine arts (1899–1923) and a renowned art and architectural historian. In addition to being a vital force in the early years of the Museum's fine arts department, Goodyear did extensive research in art history and architectural theory.

The entire Goodyear Archival Collection can also be found on the Brooklyn Museum Web site.

These photos are part of The Commons on Flickr. Read more about that here and here.

**update 11/17/08**

Brian Karpuk (a.k.a., newsburgler on flickr) has been working with some of our Commons material on his blog. He's created a walk-thru the World's Columbian Exposition and mashed up this panorama (best viewed at original size) to give a better sense of how all these buildings fit together.

Check out his posts:

Touring the Chicago World’s Fair: The Court of Honor in Pictures
More Pictures From the White City
The Original Ferris Wheel in Pictures
Chicago’s World’s Fair: The Remains of the Day

**Update 5/3/09**

Field Museum just joined the Commons and uploaded their own set from the Columbian Expo.

**Update 5/6/09**

World's Columbian Exposition featured on the indicommons blog.

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items are from 1893.