German exhibit Archives - Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair

163. Picturesque World’s Fair – The German Porcelain Display
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163. Picturesque World’s Fair – The German Porcelain Display

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163. Picturesque World’s Fair – The German Porcelain Display

THE GERMAN PORCELAIN DISPLAY.—What proved one of the greatest attractions to art lovers who visited the German section in the Manufactures Building was the wonder-ful porcelain display. No collection of just the same character and quality had ever before been seen in the United States, nor, indeed, elsewhere, and a delighted throng was con-stantly examining this portion of Germany's fine exhibit. The illustration affords a good idea of the general style of arrangement, something devised by the most famous [...]

By Randy|2024-04-08T06:35:14-05:00April 8th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: German exhibit, Germany, Glory of Germania, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Porcelain Porch|0 Comments

155. Picturesque World’s Fair – Entrance to the German Castle
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155. Picturesque World’s Fair – Entrance to the German Castle

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155. Picturesque World’s Fair – Entrance to the German Castle

ENTRANCE TO THE GERMAN CASTLE.--The entrance to the German Castle in the German Village, in the Midway Plainance, was the part of that structure which most recalled to mind a castle of the medieval barons, who had such particularly good times when the Emperor would let them alone and when raids upon their neighbors were always exciting and sometimes profitable. The moat was not very wide nor very deep; the drawbridge would not have accommodated a grand pageant of [...]

By Randy|2023-10-10T17:11:08-05:00August 22nd, 2023|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: German exhibit, German Village, Germany, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

142. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Germania Fountain
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142. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Germania Fountain

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142. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Germania Fountain

THE GERMANIA FOUNTAIN.—Just to the north of the German Building, and showing charmingly against a background of trees which intervened between it and structures to the west, was what was known as the Germania Fountain, a work of art forming part of the German showing. Germania, standing upon a supported globe, held aloft a lamp, while typical additional figures made an effective grouping. . The globe was upheld by four female figures seated upon a lavishly decorated pedestal, which [...]

By Randy|2022-08-11T05:36:23-05:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: German exhibit, Germany, Germany Building, Glory of Germania, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

Sonneberg’s Santa Claus Visits the 1893 World’s Fair
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Sonneberg’s Santa Claus Visits the 1893 World’s Fair

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Sonneberg’s Santa Claus Visits the 1893 World’s Fair

Although the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition ran during the warm months of May through October, a touch of Christmas could be found on the fairgrounds. Nestled in the northwest corner of the German Pavilion inside the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building (Section F, 77-79), the toy manufacturers of Sonneberg, Germany, featured a lovely display of toys and dolls filling an ornate carriage and topped by a Christmas tree. A photograph of the German toy exhibit in the Manufactures [...]

By Scott|2022-12-29T18:45:06-06:00December 24th, 2018|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: Christmas, German exhibit, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, toys|0 Comments

Germany’s “Glory of Germania” Tile Painting in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building
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Germany’s “Glory of Germania” Tile Painting in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

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Germany’s “Glory of Germania” Tile Painting in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building

Within the enormous Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building on the fairgrounds of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition stood the imposing German Pavilion. Along with the other world powers of the era—Great Britain, France, and the United States—Germany displayed her national output in a prominent location around the central clock tower along the middle stretch of Columbia Avenue. Floorplan of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building [Image from Diagrams of World's Fair Buildings. Rand McNally, 1893.] Occupying a section [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:30:10-06:00August 7th, 2018|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: Alexander Kips, German exhibit, Germany, Glory of Germania, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Porcelain Porch|0 Comments

July-September, 2018: “Glory of Germania” on Display at DANK Haus in Chicago
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July-September, 2018: “Glory of Germania” on Display at DANK Haus in Chicago

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July-September, 2018: “Glory of Germania” on Display at DANK Haus in Chicago

A German ceramic tile tableau exhibited at the 1893 World’s Fair is back on display for a limited time at the DANK Haus German American Cultural Center in Chicago. The Glory of Germania is an 18-by-12-foot tableau constructed of 1,057 individual tiles displayed with the German exhibit inside the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. (See our full post here.) After 93 years on display in the Germania Club of Chicago and another 32 [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:29:38-06:00August 7th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: DANK Haus, German exhibit, Glory of Germania, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building|1 Comment