Very Rare Newsletter Produced by the Columbian Expo Machinery Hall

It was quite common for various concessions to publish newsletters to provide information to fairgoers (and various employees and village residents on the Midway) which also included ads to encourage fairgoers' purchases and visiting exhibitors in the building.

This is the only example of this newsletter I have ever seen. Base on how fragile it is, I assume it was 1) printed on low quality paper and 2) amost always tossed onsite after the recipient had a quick look.

I have not removed this piece from the holder as I am quite sure it would lose a bit (or a lot) of the paper. My recommendation for the buyer is NOT to remove the newsletter as you would any other paper in a top loading holder to either read it or put in another holder such as in a binder. Rather, I would suggest cutting the holder open so you could remove the paper without risk of damage. You could then put it in whatever holder you would like for safe keeping and/or display.

By the way....it makes great reading for anyone interested in how things were done during the fair.

If the buyer happens to purchase several paper items that can be shipped together I will refund the appropriate postage. Obviously purchasing this paper and a bulky item probably would be less expensive shipping separately than in an oversized boc to accommodate the very different shapes and weights.