California Sea Lions at the World's Columbian Exposition

According to several sources, admissions to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago totaled more than 27 million. People from all over the world came to see things up close they would otherwise have never had access to, like this California sea lion (Zalophus californicus) diorama in the fair's Government Building. (Copied from From Columbian Gallery: A Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair)