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California Midwinter Fair Postcards

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California Midwinter Fair Postcards
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Group of 4 unused Souvenir Correspondence cards with 3 different groups of vignettes along the left and top border. Pieces from the Prag collection. The California Midwinter International Exposition, which took place in Golden Gate Park in 1894, drew over two million visitors. Called “California Midwinter International Exposition,” a name that emphasized the state’s salubrious climate, so mild that a mostly outdoor fair could open while East Coast cities hunkered under January sleet and snow. The exposition opened on January 27, 1894. Several buildings, including ticket booths, were bought and reused from the Columbian fair of 1893, but a hundred new structures were erected, including fountains, amusement rides, and a 266-foot-tall steel tower (outsidelands.org).

Date: 1894
City: San Francisco
State: California
ID: 23457