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Sanitary Fairs

Four sources that demonstrate the scope and scale of the Sanitary Fairs organized by Union women.

Lithograph of the main building of the Great North Western Sanitary Fair

Great North Western Sanitary Fair main building, 1865. Chicago History Museum, Chicago History Museum, Gift of Geo. H. Laflin, Esq, ICHi-63123.

Burden’s Booth

Burden’s Booth, second Northwestern Sanitary Fair, undated. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-15123.

Diorama from the Northwest Sanitary Fair

Diorama from the Northwest Sanitary Fair, 1863 or 1864. Chicago History Museum, Gift of Marie S. Gale, given in memory of Daniel Warren Gale, II,1953.358.

“Any holder but a Slaveholder,” potholder

“Any holder but a Slaveholder,” potholder, undated. Chicago History Museum, Gift of Mrs. Hugh C. Crowgy and Mrs. W.A. O’Bannon, Jr., 1969.1737.