Michigan State Building Archives - Chicago's 1893 Worlds Fair

137. Picturesque World’s Fair – North and West from the Government Building
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137. Picturesque World’s Fair – North and West from the Government Building

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137. Picturesque World’s Fair – North and West from the Government Building

NORTH AND WEST FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.—From the dome of the Government Building the prospect north and west afforded as much variety as could be had from any point of observation of the Fair Grounds, since in other directions the view was either much shorter or was cut off by the huge department structures. The illustration shows the Fisheries in the foreground, the details of the south façade of the main building outlined very clearly at such short distance. [...]

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Michigan Building (p. 81)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Michigan Building (p. 81)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Michigan Building (p. 81)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 81 – THE MICHIGAN BUILDING THE MICHIGAN BUILDING.—Of all the State buildings on the Fair grounds none was more popular than the Michigan Building. Standing near the Fifty-seventh street entrance, its handsome front catching the eye of visitors, its doors always hospitably open, not to Michigan people alone but to the multitude, and its spacious rooms and luxurious appointments inviting all to their enjoyment, it was generally the resting [...]

By Randy|2019-07-06T09:44:26-05:00July 6th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Michigan State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, State Building|0 Comments

Pictures from “Pictures from an Exposition”

“Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World’s Fair” has opened at the Newberry Library. “Pictures from an Exposition: Visualizing the 1893 World’s Fair” has opened at the Newberry Library in Chicago. The exhibition of nearly two hundred items from the World’s Columbian Exposition fills two galleries in the Library’s newly renovated main floor. Displays are organized into sections on: • Introduction • Construction • Maps and Bird’s Eye Views • Staff and Sculpture • Publicity and [...]

By Scott|2022-10-10T09:01:00-05:00September 30th, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Ferris Wheel, Fisheries Building, Glorification of the Arts, Hagenbeck's Animal Arena, lagoon, Michigan State Building, Newberry Library, sheet music, Simon Pokagon, Wooded Island|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 20)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 20 BIRD'S-EYE VIEW LOOKING SOUTH.—It is difficult to determine what first attracts attention in this picture—the mirror surfaces of water, the cluster of state buildings, or the distant but easily recognized outlines of the great Exposition buildings. Certain it is that Nature, in all her loveliness, never appeared more at her best or appealed more bewitchingly than she does in these two sequestered sheets of water. The crowded roofs [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:39:17-05:00January 7th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: columbian exposition, Illinois State Building, Kansas State Building, Michigan State Building, Nebraska State Building, North Dakota State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, South Dakota State Building, Washington State Building|0 Comments