| 1891/00/00 |
Late 1891, Charles Goldsmith of the American Lithographic Company arrives in Chicago with the intent to print multicolored souvenir postal cards and sell them at the Columbian Exposition from vending machines at two for five cents. |
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| 1893/04/21 |
Goldsmith presents Expo officials his plan and four postcards of the Agricultural Building, Fisheries Building, Woman's Building and Naval Exhibit. The committee awards Goldsmith the license for 100 slot-machines on the fairgrounds to sell his cards. |
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Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance |
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World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
| 1893/05/00 |
Goldsmith leases vending machines from the Envelope and Stamp Machine Co of Chicago. Each card, cards are sold two of postcards for five cents, includes one-cent postage paid to the US post office and 15 of sales going to the Exposition. |
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| 1893/05/00 |
Goldsmith contracts with J W Scott Stamp and Coin Company of New York to sell the cards in the city. A set of ten cards is offered at 25 cent, 29 cents if mailed. |
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| 1893/12/00 |
Charles Goldsmith sells a total of 1,858,000 picture post cards, 2 for 5 cents via vending machines, at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The multi colored cards include the Administration, Electrical, the Fine Arts and the Machinery buildings. |
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Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance |
Chicago |
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Arrival of the Picture Postcard |