BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF STATE BUILDINGS—LOOKING NORTHEAST.—Very popular was the Fifty-seventh street entrance, at the northwest corner of the Exposition Grounds, situated as it was close to a railroad station and at the end of a street car cable system, and hundreds of thousands of people became, in consequence, familiar with the view given in the illustration. The scene is that presented looking to the northeast from a point near the entrance to the grounds, and is that of the main street which led across the grounds to Lake Michigan and between State Buildings exclusively. Close at hand in the left foreground is the Nebraska Building, with the flag presented by the ladies of Omaha showing conspicuously from its staff as it dangles in a slight breeze. Just beyond, on the same side of the street, is the edifice of North Dakota, and still beyond, looming up conspicuously, is the Kansas Building, in which were so many striking exhibits, including the natural scene where the wild animals of the State, stuffed and placed in natural attitudes, were represented as they existed before driven out by man. On the right, over the grass plat north of the west annex of the Art Palace, may be seen a little of the Minnesota Building, while, farther along, that of Arkansas shows more plainly. In the center the Texas Building is also distinctly visible. Always picturesque were these vistas of State Buildings, exhibiting as they did a pleasant contrast in design, comprehensible, because of their relatively small size, far more easily than the variations of the vast department and governmental structures.

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