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This video documents the restoration of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair paintings at the Columbian Theater in Wamego, Kansas. Wamego banker J. C. Rogers built the theater in 1895 and used it to celebrate and document the Chicago World's Fair, otherwise known as the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. This publication funded in part by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Date: November 14, 1991
Item Number: 451276
Call Number: Wamego Public Library, Columbian Theater Collection
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 451276
Built Environment - Building name - Columbian Theater (Wamego, Kan.)
Built Environment - Function - Recreation and Culture - Theater
Collections - Contributing Institutions - Wamego Public Library
Collections - Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board (KSHRAB) - Kansas Digital Access to Historical Records (KDAHR)
Community Life - Arts and Entertainment - Art - Painting
Date - 1990s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Film
Places - Cities and towns - Wamego
Places - Counties - Pottawatomie
Type of Material - Film and video
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