PAN AMERICAN 1901 MINIATURE ART POSTER ( PROMOTING ) THE PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION HELD IN BUFFALO NEW YORK ( MAY 1 - NOV 1 1901 ) / THE IS AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE PERIOD PRINTING OF THE NOW FAMOUS AND VERY EXPENSIVE LARGE SIZED POSTER ( VALUE IN 2012 ESTIMATED sale LEVEL $ 10,000.00 - $ 12,000.00 ) / FULL COLOR CHROMOLITHOGRAPH PRINTING / THIS MINIATURE AFFICHE / POSTER IS PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES ( PLEASE VIEW THE DIGITAL IMAGES PROVIDED TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR offerDING ) / (1) POSTER FACE (2) TEXT PRINTED IN BLACK ON REVERSE SIDE PROMOTING BUFFALO NEW YORK & THE 1901 PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION / THE ARTIST WAS LOCAL PROMINENT BUFFALONIAN EVELYN RUMSEY CARY ( 1855 - 1924 ) ( CARY CREATED THE IMAGE / THE ORIGINAL SIZED POSTER FEATURES ADDED GOLD PRINTED BORDERS & TEXT DESIGNED BY FREDERIC T HELMER / THIS MINIATURE VERSION WAS PRINTED WITH YELLOW & GREEN BORDERS & TEXT / POSTER TITLE NIAGARA WHICH MEANS MAID OF THE MIST / NIAGARA IS AN IROQUOIAN WORD ANGLICIZED BY MISSIONARIES FROM THE ORIGINAL IROQUOIAN TERM ONGUIAAHRA ( REFERRING TO THE IROQUOIS LEGEND KNOWN AS THE MAID OF THE MIST ( TERMS VERY MUCH STILL IN USE TODAY BY THE ENTIRE WORLD IN REFERENCE TO THE FAMOUS FALLS OF THE NIAGARA RIVER ) / PRINTERS GIES & COMPANY BUFFALO NEW YORK / TO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS IS THE ONLY OTHER GIES & COMPANY PRINTED VERSION OF THE LARGER POSTER ( SO THAT THE COLORS REPRESENTED IN THIS MINIATURE ARE THE SAME AS IN THE LARGE POSTER VERSION ) / THE REVERSE SIDE FEATURES PROMOTIONAL TEXT PRINTED IN BLACK PROMOTING THE 1901 PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION HELD HERE IN BUFFALO NEW YORK ( PROMOTIONAL TEXT HEADINGS FEATURED : HON W. I. BUCHANAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE EXPOSITION & EDWIN FLEMING SECRETARY ( SUBJECT HEADINGS LISTED : (1) COST (2) PURPOSES (3) SITE (4) ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES (5) ELECTRICITY (6) GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION (7) SPECIAL FEATURES (8) BUFFALO ( STATS ) / THIS IS A MINIATURE ATLAS OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE PAN AMERICAN 1901 EXPOSITION HELD HERE IN BUFFALO AT HER HISTORICAL PEEK WHEN THE ENTIRE WORLD DROPPED BY TO VISIT / I PURCHASED THIS ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MINIATURE PAN AMERICAN POSTER NEARLY 45 YEARS AGO / IT IS NOT PHYSICALLY MOUNTED TO THE BOARD BACKING ( INSTEAD IT IS HELD IN PLACE BY 4 TRANSPARENT ALBUM IMAGE CORNERS FOR EASE OF REMOVAL ) / WE WILL SHIP AS PRESENTED WITH THE GLASS & FRAME AND MATTING OR IF YOU WOULD RATHER WITHOUT PLEASE ADVISE YOUR PREFERENCE / SHOULD YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT US VIA MESSAGE FEATURE BEFORE THE LISTING CLOSES . / PLEASE BE SURE TO VIEW THE DIGITAL IMAGES PROVIDED TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR offerDING THANK YOU
SIZE : FRAMED 12 1/4 INCHES TALL BY 9 3/4 INCHES WIDE BY 3/4 INCHES DEEP ( FRAME DEPTH ) WITH THE ACTUAL MINIATURE POSTER MEASURING 5 1/4 INCHES TALL BY 3 INCHES
CONDITION : EXCEPT FOR THE FRAMING THIS ITEM IS OFFERED IN THE SAME CONDITION PURCHASED 45 YEARS AGO / TYPICAL AGE USE DISPLAY & STORAGE WEAR AS NOTED / THE REVERSE PRINTED INFORMATION SIDE OF THE MINIATURE POSTER SHOWS AGE DISCOLORATION / UPPER RIGHT CORNER HAS VERY MINOR DOG EAR / LOWER LEFT CORNER HAS MINOR SURFACE LIFT ( WHITE AREA ONLY IMAGE NOT AFFECTED IN ANY WAY ) / THERE ARE NO RIPS NO TEARS NO NO DISCOLORATION TO IMAGE NO FADING ADDITIONAL OR EXCESSIVE DAMAGES AND NO REPAIRS