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165. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Texas Building
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165. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Texas Building

By Randy|2024-06-16T11:53:56-05:00June 16th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Texas State Building|

THE TEXAS BUILDING.—The Texas Building, a fine structure, was a credit to the patriotism and energy of the ladies of that state and equally a rebuke to the legislature of the great commonwealth which failed to make the needed appropriation in time. It was to the women alone that praise for Texas' representation at the Fair was due. The building occupied a fine site near the northern extremity of the grounds, not far from the Fifty-seventh Street entrance. The [...]

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The Fair as a Spectacle, Part 1: “Behold my grandeur!”
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The Fair as a Spectacle, Part 1: “Behold my grandeur!”

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The Fair as a Spectacle, Part 1: “Behold my grandeur!”

By Scott|2023-07-03T06:44:38-05:00June 30th, 2023|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Charles Mulford Robinson, clock tower, Columbus Quadriga, Court of Honor, Grand Basin, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Peristyle, Statue of the Republic|

Continued from Introduction THE FAIR AS A SPECTACLE. How it seemed to a visitor—Strolling and dreaming by day and by night. By Charles Mulford Robinson Part 1: “Behold my grandeur!” As a loving word rings in the heart when the voice that breathed it is still, as a beautiful face dwells in Memory’s kingdom after years have flown, and a noble deed still lives though its occasion be passed, so the beauty of the Fair, written anew in thousands [...]

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146. Picturesque World’s Fair – Birds-Eye View of State Buildings – Looking Northeast
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146. Picturesque World’s Fair – Birds-Eye View of State Buildings – Looking Northeast

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146. Picturesque World’s Fair – Birds-Eye View of State Buildings – Looking Northeast

By admin|2022-12-03T13:53:46-06:00December 3rd, 2022|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Arkansas State Building, Kansas State Building, Lake Michigan, Minnesota State Building, Nebraska State Building, North Dakota State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Texas State Building|

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 [...]

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Michigan Building (p. 81)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Michigan Building (p. 81)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Michigan Building (p. 81)

By Randy|2019-07-06T09:44:26-05:00July 6th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Michigan State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, State Building|

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 81 – THE MICHIGAN BUILDING THE MICHIGAN BUILDING.—Of all the State buildings on the Fair grounds none was more popular than the Michigan Building. Standing near the Fifty-seventh street entrance, its handsome front catching the eye of visitors, its doors always hospitably open, not to Michigan people alone but to the multitude, and its spacious rooms and luxurious appointments inviting all to their enjoyment, it was generally the resting [...]

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Massachusetts Building (p. 35)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Massachusetts Building (p. 35)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Massachusetts Building (p. 35)

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:36:09-05:00February 24th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Colonial, John Hancock, Massachusetts State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, State Building|

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 35 - THE MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING THE MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING.—Typical of the history and character of the Old Bay State was the Massachusetts Building, which stood just east of New York on the broad roadway leading east from the Fifty-seventh street entrance to the grounds. It was in the old Colonial style and, as nearly as was practicable, a duplicate of the historic John Hancock residence which, until within comparatively recent years, [...]

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 17-18)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 17-18)

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:39:58-05:00December 24th, 2017|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Battleship Illinois, California State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Victoria House|

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 17 THE UNITED STATES BATTLE-SHIP ILLINOIS.—The happy idea of a battle-ship as a part of the naval exhibit at the World's Fair is said to have originated with Commodore R. W. Meade, U. S. N. The result of the conception was the "Illinois," which lay apparently at anchor in Lake Michigan, near Victoria House, and approachable from one of the docks. The "Illinois" was a reproduction of one of [...]

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