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Bounced from the Beer Garden on the Midway Plaisance
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Bounced from the Beer Garden on the Midway Plaisance

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Bounced from the Beer Garden on the Midway Plaisance

Visitors to the 1893 World’s Fair frequently complained about the behavior of restaurant staff, with claims of their padding the bill of fare to not offering polite service. While venturing into cafes and bars among the various international villages of the Midway Plaisance, guests faced even greater tensions due to language barriers and differences in cultural norms. The Beer Garden in front of the Castle in the German Village, 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. [Image from Unsere Weltausstellung. Eine [...]

By Scott|2025-03-14T11:11:13-05:00March 14th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: German Village, Teresa Dean|0 Comments

Homesick in the German Village
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Homesick in the German Village

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Homesick in the German Village

The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 showcased many exciting attractions that were new and unusual to the tens of millions of visitors—electrical devices powered by mammoth dynamos, unfamiliar music and dance from Asian and African cultures, and a giant rotating observation tower. In some instances, though, fairgoers found comfort in the familiar, as in the case of when this immigrant ventured into German Village on the Midway Plaisance and reconnected to fond memories of the Fatherland. Entrance to [...]

By Scott|2025-03-12T16:03:03-05:00March 13th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: German Village|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

THE CITY OF WONDERS: A Souvenir of the World’s Fair (Chapter 10)
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THE CITY OF WONDERS: A Souvenir of the World’s Fair (Chapter 10)

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THE CITY OF WONDERS: A Souvenir of the World’s Fair (Chapter 10)

THE CITY OF WONDERS A SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD'S FAIR by Mary Catherine Crowley (1894)

By Scott|2022-12-10T10:03:03-06:00December 31st, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Algerian and Tunisian Village, American Indian Village, Austrian Village (Old Vienna), Captive Balloon, Chinese Village, Dahomey Village, Ferris Wheel, German Village, Hagenbeck's Animal Arena, Hindoo Jugglers, Ice Railway, Japanese Bazaar, Java Village, Lapland Village, Midway Plaisance, Moorish Palace, sedan chair, Street in Cairo, Turkish Village|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The German Castle (p. 46)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The German Castle (p. 46)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The German Castle (p. 46)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 46 – THE GERMAN CASTLE THE GERMAN CASTLE.—The most notable feature of the German Village in Midway Plaisance was, assuredly, the German Castle, a manner of structure with which very few save foreign visitors were at, all familiar. It bore little resemblance to the ideal fortress of the Middle Ages, even to those upon the Rhine whence robber barons descended upon passing bodies of traders or to make war [...]

By Randy|2018-04-14T06:44:54-05:00April 14th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: German Village, Germany, Midway Plaisance, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|1 Comment