182. Picturesque World’s Fair – A Frontier Ox-Cart

A FRONTIER OX-CART.—As a sort of annex to the North Dakota Building, there stood outside, upon the greensward, what was called a Red River Ox-Cart. It stood there as representing the only means of conveyance known up to within a little more than twenty years ago throughout the vast territory now composing the two Dakotas. It was simply a stuffed ox, hitched to a cart. It was an amiable-looking ox, one so amiable that it might have been mistaken [...]

By Randy|2026-02-22T15:42:39-06:00February 22nd, 2026|Categories: REPRINTS, Uncategorized|Tags: , |0 Comments
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181. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Illinois Building on Illinois Day

THE ILLINOIS BUILDING ON ILLINOIS DAY. — On the occasion of a day of celebration devoted to any particular state, a scene of interest occurred at that state's building. Naturally, the people of the particular commonwealth would gather in thousands about their edifice and there would be much enthusiasm and much noise while the ceremonies of the occasion were in progress. So it was to be expected that Illinois Day, that of the state in which the Exposition was [...]

By Randy|2026-01-18T11:33:17-06:00January 20th, 2026|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |1 Comment
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180. Picturesque World’s Fair – Looking East from the Golden Door

LOOKING EAST FROM THE GOLDEN DOOR.—Very few views, possibly not more than one, were taken eastward from the Golden Door. That remarkable portal was so striking in itself that it did not occur, apparently, to any one of the various photographers to take any picture in its vicinity which did not include the glittering entrance. There were numerous views near the southern extremity of the lagoons, but there was only one taken at the extreme end and looking across [...]

By Randy|2025-12-14T09:51:58-06:00December 14th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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179. Picturesque World’s Fair – East Front of the Manufactures Building

EAST FRONT OF THE MANUFACTURES BUILDING.—From the lake alone could be obtained a comprehensive view of the Manufactures Building, the largest structure in the world. From the harbor it could be observed in all the majesty of its magnitude. It was like a mountain range, the first story and descending slope forming foothills to the great dome which, with the balustrade surmounting the promenade formed the crest of the range. It looked as if it were the work of [...]

By Randy|2025-09-21T10:57:08-05:00October 10th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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178. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Iowa Building

THE IOWA BUILDING.—The building of the State of Iowa occupied a very attractive place in the Exposition grounds. It was situated in the extreme northeastern corner of the Fair grounds; one of its fronts overlooking Lake Michigan. It had the additional advantage that it was composed partly of the old Jackson Park Pavilion, a stone structure standing in the park before the Fair, and one of considerable architectural merit. The main part of the Iowa Building conformed in a [...]

By Randy|2025-09-21T11:13:33-05:00September 21st, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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177. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Lagoon in front of the Art Palace

THE LAGOON IN FRONT OF THE ART PALACE.—It was not a very big sheet of water which lay just south of the Art Palace in the Exposition grounds. It was not imposing in dimensions, though it was by no means small, and it was not such a thoroughfare for launches and gondolas as were other lagoons and connecting straits, but it is doubtful if ever a sheet of water anywhere afforded fairer spectacles or if ever upon one of [...]

By Randy|2025-08-27T07:49:22-05:00August 25th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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176. Picturesque World’s Fair – An Eskimo Boy

AN ESKIMO BOY.--Not the least interesting objects in the village of the Eskimos, and certainly the most attractive, were the youngsters who rolled about like the seals in the waters of their own cold country. One of the young gentlemen of the group became an exceedingly popular personage with visitors to the odd village of odd people. He had reached the age of about four years, but his general air and bearing indicated that he had little more to [...]

By Randy|2025-07-06T18:04:21-05:00July 9th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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175. Picturesque World’s Fair – Canoes on Transportation Day

CANOES ON TRANSPORTATION DAY—Transportation Day was a great day all over the Fair grounds, not merely when the aristocratic blooded horses, with modern turn-outs, jostled lumbering camels and reindeer, and when an ox hitched to a rude cart might have nearly run over a palanquin, but upon the ponds and bayous and the canals, where the odd craft of different races swept along together in fantastic contrast. The scene in the illustration is evidently one afforded when there was [...]

By Randy|2025-06-16T11:11:56-05:00June 17th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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174. Picturesque World’s Fair – Interior of the Woman’s Building

INTERIOR OF THE WOMAN'S BUILDING. The interior of the Woman's Building, viewed from the gallery at either end, presented an exceedingly attractive appearance. The great space was admirably lighted from the skylight over the central court, and the objects on display were visible with exceptional distinctness. Very curious and interesting were many these objects, character of which may be at least vaguely discerned in the illustration. A feature of the exhibits in this building was that many of them [...]

By Randy|2025-08-03T11:45:39-05:00May 3rd, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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173. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Idaho Building

THE IDAHO BUILDING.—So attractive and so striking in appearance was the building erected in the Exposition grounds by the Territory of Idaho that before the Fair closed it was sold to an English club to be transported across the ocean and re-erected as a shooting box. The structure reminded one of a Swiss chalet, but was intended in its style and composition to indicate the varied resources of the young territory. All the material was from Idaho, and so [...]

By Randy|2025-06-03T17:00:37-05:00April 8th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , |2 Comments
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172. Picturesque World’s Fair – Camels and Drivers in Cairo Street

CAMELS AND DRIVERS IN CAIRO STREET.--There was no end to the variations of scenes presented by the camels and drivers in Cairo Street so often described, but in the actual life of the village never really monotonous. A very patient lot were the camels, else, under the abuse they received, both manual and verbal, they would have often turned upon their masters and beaten them down with their ungainly hoofs. It seemed to be, in his opinion, the duty [...]

By Randy|2025-02-09T16:21:35-06:00February 9th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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171. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Turkish Village

THE TURKISH VILLAGE.—Before the Columbian Exposition closed, the Turkish Village had become one of the prominent features of the Midway Plaisance, and drew a host of visitors. Its chief attractions were the theater and the bazaar, though the mosque, camps and cottages, the Persian tent, Cleopatra's needle and the serpentine column were among the curious things to see. Upon the stage of the theater the scenes presented were purely oriental, giving, it was claimed, a just idea of the [...]

By Randy|2025-01-19T14:34:59-06:00January 20th, 2025|Categories: REPRINTS, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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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: , , , , , |0 Comments
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169. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Beauty Show

THE BEAUTY SHOW—What bore upon its front the legend, "International Dress and Costume Exhibit, or World's Congress of Beauties," was a large rectangular structure seen upon the right soon after entering the Midway Plaisance from the Exposition grounds. Further information regarding the attractions within was conveyed in an additional notice to the effect that "Forty Ladies from Forty Nations" were there on exhibition. The interior consisted chiefly of a great hall, surrounded on three sides by a raised and [...]

By Randy|2025-01-12T09:54:07-06:00November 9th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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168. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Marine Cafe

THE MARINE CAFE.—The Café, built in an attractive semi-Gothic style, located just at the beginning of the east side of the strait, connecting the lagoons with the north pond was most attractive in appearance, while occupying a convenient situation for those who would eat. Naturally, the Marine Café became one of the popular institutions of the Fair. The building was a large one, and afforded rooms for the Bureau of Public Comfort in the lower story, where were telegraph [...]

By Randy|2024-09-28T03:40:30-05:00September 28th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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167. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Kentucky Building

THE KENTUCKY BUILDING.—The Kentucky Building was adjacent to that of Missouri, near the northwest corner of the grounds, and was a pleasing structure in the Colonial style. It was seventy-five by ninety feet in dimensions, with fine porches supported by Corinthian pillars. The offices and parlors were large and roomy and the general air one of comfort and hospitality. Inside the building stood a fine statue of Daniel Boone. In the main room of the interior was a large [...]

By Randy|2024-09-09T08:11:25-05:00September 9th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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166. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Rhode Island Building

THE RHODE ISLAND BUILDING.—The smallest state in the Union made by no means the smallest showing at the Columbian Exposition. She contributed $50,000 toward a state exhibit, and her pretty building, which cost $10,000, was presented to Chicago at the close of the Fair. It was a graceful structure, in the style of a Greek mansion, its columns and pilasters enriched by decorated moldings and a balustrade surrounding the roof. The interior contained rooms for the commissioners, for guests, [...]

By Randy|2024-07-23T20:53:41-05:00July 21st, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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165. Picturesque World’s Fair – The Texas Building

THE TEXAS BUILDING.—The Texas Building, a fine structure, was a credit to the patriotism and energy of the ladies of that state and equally a rebuke to the legislature of the great commonwealth which failed to make the needed appropriation in time. It was to the women alone that praise for Texas' representation at the Fair was due. The building occupied a fine site near the northern extremity of the grounds, not far from the Fifty-seventh Street entrance. The [...]

By Randy|2024-06-16T11:53:56-05:00June 16th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , |0 Comments
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164. Picturesque World’s Fair – The North Canal – Looking South

THE NORTH CANAL—LOOKING SOUTH —From a point near the west approach to the bridge connecting the Electricity and Manufactures Buildings a view was afforded southward down the South Canal, which had many interesting features. The always thronged bridge between the plaza in front of the Administration Building and the south front of the Manufactures cuts off, it is true, a portion of the view but adds in itself an interesting feature. The photograph from which the illustrations were made [...]

By Randy|2024-05-12T09:49:55-05:00May 12th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments
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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 wonderful 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 constantly 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|2025-07-12T08:42:33-05:00April 8th, 2024|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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