AMERICAN COMMEMORATIVE FOLDING FAN OF CHICAGO WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. CROMOLITHOGRAPHED SILKED PAPER DOUBLE LEAF, WOOD STICKS, METAL LOOP. THE FAN VERSO IS PINK, RECTO HAS THREE PICTURES WITH THE EXPOSITION'S SETTINGS. IN THE MIDDLE, "MACHINARY - WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION FAN - COPYRIGHT 1892 BY JOHN W. GREEN"; ON THE LEFT "AGRICULTURE"; ON THE RIGHT "MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS". THE PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON STATED THAT DEDICATION OF THE BUILDINGS SHOULD TAKE PLACE WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES ON OCT. 12, 1892 AND THAT THE EXPOSITION ITSELF SHOULD OPEN MAY 1, 1893 AND CLOSE OCTOBER 26, 1893. CM 32,5. MAX SPREAD CM 61. STICKS 14+2.