[William Henry Jackson assisting in posing another subject in the studio of James J. Gibson, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893]

[William Henry Jackson assisting in posing another subject in the studio of James J. Gibson, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893]

Photograph

James J. Gibson

Maker
Canadian, d. 1903

[William Henry Jackson assisting in posing another subject in the studio of James J. Gibson, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893]

Official photograph for 1893 Chicago Fair


ca. 1893
Albumen silver prints
Image (each): 3 3/8 × 3 1/8 in. (8.6 × 8 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 × 7 1/16 in. (8.9 × 17.9 cm)
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley
1977.0818.0015
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink on verso, T: Official Photograph \ for Chicago Fair 1893.
Inscribed in black ink on verso, C: A corner of the gallery in Omaha \ at 15th St. & Douglas Sts in 1868 \ W.H. standing before screen \ (note typical Fedora hat of today) [possibly in Jackson's handwriting at a later date]
Inscribed in pencil on verso, L: This notation \ is incorrect \ LWS [?] [Sipley disputing the second quoted inscription]
Stamped in blue ink on verso, R: 441202 Brady-Sipley Collection
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: Jackson



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