1893 Print Chicago Worlds Fair Foreign Buildings Sweden ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAR1 XGM8 Most of the fair's architecture

Most of the fair's architecture was based on classical design which gave the area around the Court of Honor the name "The White City

This is an original 1937 duotone photogravure of mist descending on the Ortler Alps in South Tyrol

Clarke Bagg

This is an original 1929 black and white print ad for Travelers Checks from American Express

This is an original 1905 color print of a portrait of the famous Norwegian composer and pianist Eduard Grieg

1893 Print Chicago Worlds Fair Foreign Buildings Sweden ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAR1 XGM8 Most of the fair's architectureForeign Buildings. This is an original 1894 halftone print showing the Foreign Buildings at the Chicago World's Fair, which include those of Norway, Sweden and Germany. The Norwegian building is modeled after the old "Stavkirke," which is a 12th century style of Scandinavian architecture. The roofs are almost entirely vertical and hold peaked gables, while it is thought that the devices that extend out must be the figure heads of the "Vikings" in