1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Javanese Orchestra Gong Band ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4 XGD3 There is a brown blemish

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This is an original 1938 black and white halftone print of a historic aerial view of the docks along the shores of the Bay of Fundy in the city of Saint John

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1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Javanese Orchestra Gong Band ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAI4 XGD3 There is a brown blemish"The Javanese Orchestra." This is an original 1893 halftone print of the Javanese Orchestra at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair. The orchestra was called a gamelan, or gong band, and it was organized and maintained by Mr. Kirkhovan, a wealthy Dutch planter. (Please note that, typical of halftone prints, there is printing on the reverse.) Period Paper has obtained a wonderful set of halftone prints of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World