PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS

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MACHINERY HALL FROM THE SOUTHEAST.—The Spanish Renaissance style adopted by the gifted architects who designed Machinery Hall, enabled a beautiful effect and the north and east facades of the great building ranked in most respects with the grandest of the Exposition. The illustration here afforded shows the southeast corner of the structure and most of its east frontage, and gives a fair idea of the many attractive elements. Here was an extent of five hundred feet, every square yard of which was of elaborate finish, and, aside from its special charm, part of a harmonious whole. The covered loggia at the first story appears to exceptional advantage in this view and the lavish decoration of its graceful columns is made apparent. The staff was stained to an ivory tint, and the gold finish of the upper part of the columns made a rich and striking combination.  The heroic figures gathered at the portals added much to the effect of each facade. Over the eastern entrance, on the pediment, Columbia appeared sitting on a throne, Honor and Wealth standing beside her, the one ready to award the laurel leaf, and the other what gold may purchase; while, awaiting, stood the great inventors. Above the pediment appeared the group of figures seen on the north as well, Science, Fire, Water, Air and Earth, all graceful and symbolic. The great towers on the east, like those on the north, each supported an angel just alighting from flight, and all the sculptural and architectural effects of the other towers were here repeated. Statuary also enriched the opening to the canal.

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