Randy, Author at Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair

96. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Forestry Building
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96. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Forestry Building

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96. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Forestry Building

THE FORESTRY BUILDING.— None among the many department structures on the Fair grounds was built with more regard for what was symbolic of its uses than the Forestry Building. It stood very near the southeastern corner of the grounds and its eastern frontage was upon Lake Michigan. Its dimensions were five hundred by two hundred feet, and it had a central height of sixty feet. It was made entirely of wood, not even a nail being used but wooden [...]

By Randy|2020-03-15T05:11:16-05:00March 15th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Forestry Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Shakespeare|0 Comments

94. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Obelisk and Southern Colonnade
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94. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Obelisk and Southern Colonnade

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94. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Obelisk and Southern Colonnade

THE OBELISK AND SOUTHERN COLONNADE.—A fitting termination made to the view south on the South Canal was formed by the Southern Colonnade with the Obelisk in front. The Obelisk was history repeated in stone, or at least in its imitation, for it was a reproduction of the famous Cleopatra's needle, the original of which, thousands of years old, was presented by the Khedive of Egypt to the United States and is now a prominent object in Central Park, in [...]

By Randy|2020-02-23T11:09:31-06:00February 23rd, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Agricultural Building, Machinery Hall, Obelisk, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, South Canal, South Colonnade|0 Comments

93. Picturesque World’s Fair – Southwest from the Government Building
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93. Picturesque World’s Fair – Southwest from the Government Building

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93. Picturesque World’s Fair – Southwest from the Government Building

SOUTHWEST, FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING—The view southwest from the roof of the United States Government Building embraced a great number of attractive objects. The east lagoon and more than half the Wooded Island appeared conspicuously in the foreground, and there was no elevated place in the grounds from which the island and lagoon could be seen together that did not command a sight worth seeing, for any lover of the beautiful. To the left, immediately m front, is the [...]

By Randy|2020-01-26T06:35:44-06:00January 26th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Choral Hall, Electricity Building, Golden Door, lagoon, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Transportation Building, U.S. Government Building|0 Comments

92. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Javanese at Home
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92. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Javanese at Home

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92. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Javanese at Home

THE JAVANESE AT HOME.— In their home life the Javanese are said to be a simple and happy people, and this will be readily believed of them by those who were in the Javanese Village at the Fair frequently enough to note the home demeanor of its occupants. They were most interesting, these gentle Javanese, and, in certain ways and habits and views of life, quite unlike any other people in the world, so fax as the Fair afforded [...]

By Randy|2020-01-20T06:17:44-06:00January 20th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Java Village, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

91. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Cliff Dwellers
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91. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Cliff Dwellers

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91. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Cliff Dwellers

THE CLIFF DWELLERS.--There were few more interesting exhibits at the World's Fair than the home of the ancient Cliff Dwellers, shown in the imitation of Battle Rock Mountain, in the Mac Eimo Valley of Colorado. The curious structure was made of timbers, iron and staff, and stood near the Anthropological Building in the southeast corner of the grounds. The representation of the homes of the people whose history can be but guessed at was most complete, and, upon entering [...]

By Randy|2019-12-16T07:00:34-06:00December 16th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Anthropological Building, Battle Rock Mountain, Cliff Dwellers, Mac Eimo Valley Colorado, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

90. Picturesque World’s Fair – Details of the Golden Doorway
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90. Picturesque World’s Fair – Details of the Golden Doorway

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90. Picturesque World’s Fair – Details of the Golden Doorway

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 90 - DETAILS OF THE "GOLDEN DOORWAY." DETAILS OF THE "GOLDEN DOORWAY."—The magnificent entrance to the Transportation Building, known popularly as the "Golden Doorway"—though it was not golden, but green and silver—was not, architecturally considered, complete with the quintuple arches and doorway proper alone, but included, as part of the entrance effects, a system of elaborate lateral ornamentation, the details of which, on one side, are given in the [...]

By Randy|2024-11-21T10:04:01-06:00November 16th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Golden Door, Louis Sullivan, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Transportation Building|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Fort Sheridan in the Government Building (p. 89)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Fort Sheridan in the Government Building (p. 89)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Fort Sheridan in the Government Building (p. 89)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 89 – FORT SHERIDAN IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING FORT SHERIDAN IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.—In point of reproduction, under a roof, of certain objects connected with the aim of its display the government did exceptionally well. The lay figures of soldiers and animals, the first to exhibit styles of uniforms of different eras, the second to illustrate means of transportation under certain circumstances, were exceedingly life-like and deceived, for the [...]

By Randy|2019-11-01T10:57:00-05:00November 1st, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Fort Sheridan, Mexico, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, U.S. Government Building|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Interior of Machinery Hall (p. 88)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Interior of Machinery Hall (p. 88)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Interior of Machinery Hall (p. 88)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 88 – INTERIOR OF MACHINERY HALL INTERIOR OF MACHINERY HALL.—Quite different from the view afforded inside any other of the buildings of the Fair was that where the acres of all kinds of modern machinery were exposed in competition. So constructed that the most effective display of such exhibits could be made, the vast hall presented a scene never equaled of its kind before. A common simile in describing [...]

By Randy|2019-10-20T06:55:21-05:00October 20th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Germany, Machinery Hall, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Swordsmen (p. 87)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Swordsmen (p. 87)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Swordsmen (p. 87)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 87 – EGYPTIAN SWORDSMEN EGYPTIAN SWORDSMEN.— Among the attractions of a Street in Cairo were a number of swordsmen, some of them very expert in their profession. Their weapons were not of the style in use among Europeans and Americans, but resembled Japanese swords somewhat and had no guard above the hand grip. The blades were not, however, used much in a defensive way, that being left to the [...]

By Randy|2019-12-17T13:27:33-06:00September 30th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Street in Cairo|1 Comment

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Curious Grain Picture (p. 86)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Curious Grain Picture (p. 86)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Curious Grain Picture (p. 86)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 86 – THE CURIOUS GRAIN PICTURE THE CURIOUS GRAIN PICTURE.—There were many fine exhibits in the big Illinois Building, many novel displays and a great showing of objects with what might be called an agricultural tendency, but the throng was always greatest at one particular point, that being immediately in front of what became known popularly as " The Grain Picture." The picture represented a typical, well-conducted Illinois prairie [...]

By Randy|2019-09-14T18:21:06-05:00September 14th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Illinois State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|1 Comment

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