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Lady Aberdeen on Ireland at the 1893 World’s Fair
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Lady Aberdeen on Ireland at the 1893 World’s Fair

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Lady Aberdeen on Ireland at the 1893 World’s Fair

"Types of the Fair" [Adapted from a drawing in Current Literature June 1893.] Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, became viceregal consort of Canada in 1893 when her husband John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon (Lord Aberdeen) was appointed governor general. She was the former viceroy of Ireland and founder of the Irish Industries Association. In her essay about Ireland, published in the July 1893 issue of the North American Review, Lady Aberdeen sets out to describe the contributions of [...]

By Scott|2018-03-16T17:04:12-05:00March 17th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Blarney Castle, Irish Village (Blarney Castle), Lady Aberdeen, Midway Plaisance|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Ceylon Building (p. 40)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Ceylon Building (p. 40)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Ceylon Building (p. 40)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 40 - THE CEYLON BUILDING THE CEYLON BUILDING.—Distant Ceylon made an admirable snowing at the Columbian Exposition, its building forming a notable exhibit in itself. The "Court," as it was called, stood just to the north of the German Building, fronting on the lake. The material was of the beautiful native woods of Ceylon, and the pillars, ends of beams and doors were wonderfully carved in imitation of the [...]

By Randy|2018-09-02T17:34:46-05:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Buddha, Ceylon Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Sri Lanka, Vishnu|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Music Hall, The Peristyle and the Movable Sidewalk (p. 39)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Music Hall, The Peristyle and the Movable Sidewalk (p. 39)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Music Hall, The Peristyle and the Movable Sidewalk (p. 39)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 39 – MUSIC HALL, THE PERISTYLE AND THE MOVABLE SIDEWALK MUSIC HALL, THE PERISTYLE AND THE MOVABLE SIDEWALK.—First to disappear totally from among the grander features of the Columbian Exposition were the Casino and Music Hall, the famous Peristyle and a portion of the Movable Sidewalk, destroyed by fire on the evening and night of January 8, 1894. The view given above shows all save the Casino, with which [...]

By Randy|2019-04-16T09:53:35-05:00March 12th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Casino, Moving Sidewalk, Music Hall, Peristyle, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 37 – THE KRUPP GUN KRUPP GUN EXHIBIT AND LEATHER AND SHOE TRADES BUILDING.—The building in which was the famous Krupp Gun exhibit and that devoted to the Leather and Shoe Trade displays were situated together on the lake front, in the southeastern part of the Exposition grounds, and both appear in the above Illustration. The big gun shown in the Krupp exhibit, the largest in the world, weighs one [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:35:22-05:00March 6th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: gun exhibit, Krupp Gun, Leather Shoe Trades Building, naval exhibit, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, World's Columbian Exposition|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Hunt Ball (p. 36)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Hunt Ball (p. 36)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Hunt Ball (p. 36)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 36 – THE HUNT BALL "THE HUNT BALL. "—Among the hundreds of magnificent paintings exhibited in the Art Palace, the work of artists widely renowned in their special fields, certain pictures had always a throng about them from morning until mght. Among these was one, which, from its intrinsic merit, even beyond its size and brilliant coloring, attracted a continuous group of delighted visitors. It was "The Hunt Ball," the [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:35:37-05:00March 3rd, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Hunt Ball, Jules L. Stewart, painting, Palace of Fine Arts, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

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

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

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 35 – THE FISHERIES BUILDING THE FISHERIES BUILDING.—Quite unlike any other structure on the grounds, yet so situated and so constructed as to blend with the harmonious whole of the Exposition, the Fisheries Building afforded a striking example of an obstacle overcome by architectural genius. The space allotted to the Fisheries was irregular in form, and in what was considered an unpromising locality, but the novel building erected was as symmetrical [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T10:09:26-05:00February 26th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Fisheries Building, Henry Ives Cobb, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|2 Comments

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)

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, [...]

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|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Egyptian Dancing Girls (p. 34)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWSPage 34 – EGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLSEGYPTIAN DANCING GIRLS.—That prominent feature of the Midway Plaisance, a Street in Cairo, had a theatre among its attractions, and what doubtless drew most visitors to this place of entertainment, was the performance of the Egyptian Dancing Girls. The illustration gives excellent portraits of the three dusky beauties who were most prominent there, and shows also the semi-Oriental costume in which they danced. Of the performance it [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:36:21-05:00February 20th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: "Belly Dancer", Board of Lady Managers, Egyptian Dancing Girls, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Street in Cairo|1 Comment

Site of the World’s Columbian Exposition
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Site of the World’s Columbian Exposition

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Site of the World’s Columbian Exposition

The piece below, from the first issue of The World’s Columbian Exposition Illustrated (Vol. 1 No. 1, February 1891) and likely written by editor James B. Campbell, offers an enthusiastic description of the locations that Chicago had recently selected to host the 1893 World’s Fair. The editorial boosterism belies much of the bitter fighting that went into reaching the decision to use Jackson Park as the main fairgrounds. At the time of this publication in early 1891, plans to [...]

By Scott|2021-05-16T11:25:52-05:00February 18th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: bird’s eye view, Book of the Builders, Harriet Monroe, Jackson Park, Lake Front Park, Midway Plaisance, The World’s Columbian Exposition Illustrated, Washington Park, World’s Congress Auxiliary Building|2 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. – Dome of Agriculture Building (p. 33)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. – Dome of Agriculture Building (p. 33)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. – Dome of Agriculture Building (p. 33)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 31 – DOME of AGRICULTURE BUILDING DOME OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING.—The agriculture department of the World's Columbian Exposition was housed in a palace, for the great building devoted to the purpose was a magnificent structure, both as to dimensions and architectural character. The main building stood beside Lake Michigan its principal facade facing the grand basin in the Court of Honor, full opportunity being thus afforded for the display of [...]

By Randy|2018-07-07T12:14:47-05:00February 17th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Agricultural Building, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Court of Honor, Diana, gondolas, Madison Square Garden, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, World's Columbian Exposition|1 Comment