#224

Large Folding Fan Celebrating the 1892 Columbian Exposition
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13" (33 cm.) A large folding fan with wooden blades has glazed silk-like cover which opens to reveal images of the 1892 Columbian International Exposition in Chicago; it was at the Exposition that the Emma Adams American doll won a Gold Medal which was the first time an American doll maker had achieved this prize and subsequently gave the name to her doll,The Columbian Doll. Excellent condition,dated 1892 by John W. Green.