Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

13 x 10 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. cardstock mount (toning, some minor discoloration/soiling to print; mount with soiling and wear to edges and corners). Copyrighted in the negative.

Grabill had a long, and troubled history as a photographer. Best known for his dramatic coverage of the Wounded Knee Massacre and the mining industry of what is now South Dakota, his photographs of the World's Fair in Chicago came towards the end of his career and are rarely encountered.

Central to the photograph is a section of the Intramural Railway, an electrical engineering marvel of the time, which was built specifically to carry ticket-purchasing fairgoers across the expansive grounds quickly and efficiently. To the right side of the image is the Administration Building, and to the left is the Mines and Mining Building.