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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Interior View in the Government Building (p. 44)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Interior View in the Government Building (p. 44)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 44 – INTERIOR VIEW IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING INTERIOR VIEW IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.—While the building erected by the government of the United States was hardly counted among the architectural masterpieces of the Fair, it was at least to be expected that the vast resources available would make its exhibits of special interest, and in this respect public opinion was not wrong. From the possessions of the Smithsonian Institution, [...]

By Randy|2018-04-07T17:58:55-05:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: flags, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Government Building|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Great Display of Windmills (p. 43)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Great Display of Windmills (p. 43)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 43 – THE GREAT DISPLAY OF WINDMILLS THE GREAT DISPLAY OF WINDMILLS.—One of the most picturesque effects produced on the Exposition grounds was that resulting from the grouping of windmills of all sorts and kinds in competition. From the old Dutch windmill made famous in poetry and story to the latest patented American invention, they were there in the path of the lake breezes, blazing in all colors and [...]

By Randy|2018-07-07T12:16:15-05:00March 28th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Agricultural Building, Don Quixote, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, windmills|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Administration Building (p. 42)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Administration Building (p. 42)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 42 – THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.—The heart of the great entity known as the Columbian Exposition was in the Administration Building. Here were the offices of the Presidents and here, also, those of the Director-General and some of his immediate lieutenants. From here the vast machinery was directed and controlled, and about here as a nucleus thronged the multitude preliminary to any great festal occasion. It was [...]

By Randy|2018-03-24T06:19:40-05:00March 24th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Administration Building, George R. Davis, Grand Basin, Harlow Higinbotham, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Japanese Government Buildings (p. 41)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Japanese Government Buildings (p. 41)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 41 – JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS JAPANESE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS.—From the very inception of the idea of the Columbian Exposition, the Japanese Government showed a hearty good will toward the United States in the movement, and was one of the earliest nations on the ground engaged in the erection of its buildings. A site on the Wooded Island was given the old empire, it being the only country occupying space in [...]

By Randy|2018-03-24T06:24:29-05:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Ho-o-den, Hoo-do, Japanese Government, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Tokugawa|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Ceylon Building (p. 40)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Ceylon Building (p. 40)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 40 - THE CEYLON BUILDING THE CEYLON BUILDING.—Distant Ceylon made an admirable snowing at the Columbian Exposition, its building forming a notable exhibit in itself. The "Court," as it was called, stood just to the north of the German Building, fronting on the lake. The material was of the beautiful native woods of Ceylon, and the pillars, ends of beams and doors were wonderfully carved in imitation of the [...]

By Randy|2018-09-02T17:34:46-05:00March 15th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Buddha, Ceylon Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Sri Lanka, Vishnu|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Music Hall, The Peristyle and the Movable Sidewalk (p. 39)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Music Hall, The Peristyle and the Movable Sidewalk (p. 39)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 39 – MUSIC HALL, THE PERISTYLE AND THE MOVABLE SIDEWALK MUSIC HALL, THE PERISTYLE AND THE MOVABLE SIDEWALK.—First to disappear totally from among the grander features of the Columbian Exposition were the Casino and Music Hall, the famous Peristyle and a portion of the Movable Sidewalk, destroyed by fire on the evening and night of January 8, 1894. The view given above shows all save the Casino, with which [...]

By Randy|2019-04-16T09:53:35-05:00March 12th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Casino, Moving Sidewalk, Music Hall, Peristyle, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Krupp Gun (p. 37)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 37 – THE KRUPP GUN KRUPP GUN EXHIBIT AND LEATHER AND SHOE TRADES BUILDING.—The building in which was the famous Krupp Gun exhibit and that devoted to the Leather and Shoe Trade displays were situated together on the lake front, in the southeastern part of the Exposition grounds, and both appear in the above Illustration. The big gun shown in the Krupp exhibit, the largest in the world, weighs one [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:35:22-05:00March 6th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: gun exhibit, Krupp Gun, Leather Shoe Trades Building, naval exhibit, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, World's Columbian Exposition|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Hunt Ball (p. 36)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Hunt Ball (p. 36)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 36 – THE HUNT BALL "THE HUNT BALL. "—Among the hundreds of magnificent paintings exhibited in the Art Palace, the work of artists widely renowned in their special fields, certain pictures had always a throng about them from morning until mght. Among these was one, which, from its intrinsic merit, even beyond its size and brilliant coloring, attracted a continuous group of delighted visitors. It was "The Hunt Ball," the [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:35:37-05:00March 3rd, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Hunt Ball, Jules L. Stewart, painting, Palace of Fine Arts, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Fisheries Building (p. 35)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Fisheries Building (p. 35)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 35 – THE FISHERIES BUILDING THE FISHERIES BUILDING.—Quite unlike any other structure on the grounds, yet so situated and so constructed as to blend with the harmonious whole of the Exposition, the Fisheries Building afforded a striking example of an obstacle overcome by architectural genius. The space allotted to the Fisheries was irregular in form, and in what was considered an unpromising locality, but the novel building erected was as symmetrical [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T10:09:26-05:00February 26th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Fisheries Building, Henry Ives Cobb, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR|2 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Massachusetts Building (p. 35)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Massachusetts Building (p. 35)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 35 - THE MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING THE MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING.—Typical of the history and character of the Old Bay State was the Massachusetts Building, which stood just east of New York on the broad roadway leading east from the Fifty-seventh street entrance to the grounds. It was in the old Colonial style and, as nearly as was practicable, a duplicate of the historic John Hancock residence which, until within comparatively recent years, [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:36:09-05:00February 24th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Colonial, John Hancock, Massachusetts State Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, State Building|0 Comments