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- Columbian Exposition Souvenir Sewing Needle Packets, 1893 - The World's Columbian Exposition celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America. More than 25 million visitors attended the Chicago fair in 1893. Many fairgoers returned home with mementos, such as these sewing needle packets depicting Columbus, the 15th-century explorer, and Columbia, the female personification of the United States of America.
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Columbian Exposition Souvenir Sewing Needle Packets, 1893
The World's Columbian Exposition celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America. More than 25 million visitors attended the Chicago fair in 1893. Many fairgoers returned home with mementos, such as these sewing needle packets depicting Columbus, the 15th-century explorer, and Columbia, the female personification of the United States of America.