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186. Picturesque World’s Fair – From the Balcony of the Woman’s Building
FROM THE BALCONY OF THE WOMAN'S BUILDING.—The view afforded from the balcony of the Woman's Building might have been enjoyed by thousands more than was really the case had the broad floor of that balcony been well supplied with seats. For some reason, however, this was not the case, and the many, who in the shade the building afforded in the afternoon might have sat at ease enjoying the prospect across the lagoons and wooded island, with the National Government and Fisheries and other buildings in the distance, were ordinarily compelled to seek a resting-place elsewhere. In the view [...]
Fourth at the Fair, Part 18: 330,542 People Celebrate
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 17: Fireworks of Unequaled Grandeur
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 16: Music for Independence Day
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 15: Around the Fairgrounds
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 14: J. R. Burton’s Address to the Denizens of the Midway
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 13: A “patriotic pleasure-seeking procession” on the Midway Plaisance
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 12: Liberty Bells, Old and New
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 11: In the Woman’s Building
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.
Fourth at the Fair, Part 10: James S. Norton’s Oration and Reading
The Fourth of July at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the biggest day yet at the Fair.