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170. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Promenade and Beach
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170. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Promenade and Beach

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170. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Promenade and Beach

THE PROMENADE AND BEACH.—Without the famous Promenade along the shore of Lake Michigan, the Columbian Exposition would have lacked one of its attractive features. The great body of blue water, over which came cooling breezes in the hottest days of midsummer, rested the eye after the visitor had become sated, if that were possible, with the glories of the Fair, and the Promenade and Beach afforded a pleasant walking or lounging place, as the case might be. The shadows [...]

By admin|2024-12-24T16:35:39-06:00December 24th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Canada Building, Lake Michigan, Life Saving Station, Military Encampment (Government Plaza), PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Victoria House|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Life Saving Station (p. 76)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 76 – THE LIFE SAVING STATION THE LIFE SAVING STATION —The Life Saving Station was a popular institution at the World's Fair. At a certain hour every afternoon the crowd assembled on the lake shore and gazed out over the water, out of which, at a considerable distance, rose a mast, theoretically, that of a vessel submerged beneath. To the mast clung one or more supposedly shipwrecked people awaiting [...]

By Randy|2019-03-10T19:20:34-05:00March 17th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Government Plaza, Life Saving Station, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Victoria House|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Looking Northeast from the Government Building (p. 70)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 70 – LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.—From the roof of the Government Building, looking northeast, a view was afforded of a portion of the North Inlet, the elevated railway a group of prominent structures and of Lake Michigan beyond. Conspicuous in the foreground on the right is a portion of the Life Saving Station, the inlet upon which it was located connecting [...]

By Randy|2018-12-02T13:41:16-06:00December 2nd, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Germany Building, Intramural Railway, Life Saving Station, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Spectatorium|0 Comments