1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Persian Palace Carpets Shawls ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4 Hunting & Fishing and Union Depot in Joplin

and Union Depot in Joplin

This piece was illustrated by McKay

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1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Persian Palace Carpets Shawls ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4 Hunting & Fishing and Union Depot in Joplin"The Persian Palace." This is an original 1893 halftone print of the Persian Palace at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. The Persian people hoped to attract Americans by setting up their shops, where the weaving of carpets, rugs and shawls, the engraving of metals, the labor of lapidaries, and the manufacture of Persian candies might be seen. (Please note that, typical of halftone prints, there is printing on the reverse.) Period Paper has obtained a