C. D. Arnold Gelatin Silver Prints at Nov. 10th Auction
Charles Dudley Arnold served as the official photographer of the 1893 World's Fair. Between 1891 and 1894, he documented the construction of the fairgrounds and operation of the Exposition, capturing spectacular views of architecture, events, and visitors. Some of the most iconic images of the Columbian Exposition came from C. D. Arnold's camera. Sets of his beautiful large-size platinum prints can be found in several library collections, and many of Arnold's photographs are reproduced in Stanley Appelbaum's The Chicago World's Fair [...]