Souvenir woven in
The Worlds Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893

Machinery Hall
(shield & crossed flags & train)

Reference Number:- Darby Number:- Godden Number:-
sb 1876 unrecorded unrecorded
 

 
Bookmark from the Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893  Bookmark on original backing paper, from the Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893
Words:
Stiff backing paper printing:-
SOUVENIR
Woven at the
World's Columbian
Exposition
1893
BY THOMAS STEVENS
Coventry, Eng.
INVENTOR AND MANUFACTURER OF
Pure Silk Woven Book Marks

SOUVENIR
WOVEN IN THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN
EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1893

 

 

image of building

MACHINERY HALL

image of shield and two
Star Spangled Banner flags

 
image of old American style
steam train

 

Size of Silk:
cm long by cm wide
Alternative back-ground colours:
 
Comments:
Not signed as a STEVENS bookmark, although still attached to the Stevens backing paper.

There is a similar bookmark to the one above [sb1878], except the shield and flags appear at the top of the bookmark, instead of the bottom.

 



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