' Jfe ^h iym^r • rjir ¥.4A A ■)U1 gaeajs^a^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. * m ^iSffiSilili^liimimMmtiifiiii^ifiifii^^ The Vanishing City ^ • e A Photographic Encyclopedia of the World's Columbian Exposition COU^T^I(?{ING.... A Concise Histoiy and 224 VieWS— comprising All Alain Buildings... All State and Territorial Buildings... All Foreign Buildings... Interiors Statuan/... kagoons... Grounds... and Copyright, 1893 by LAIRD & LEE.... Siihscriptioii Eilitioii THE niDWAY PLAISANCE \ CHICAGO LAIRD & LEE, PUBLISHERS • 1893- o A Bri§f History AT the commencement of the Great Exposition, the most enthusiastic promoter of the enterprise little dreamed that it would attract the attention of the whole World, and was destined to go down into history as the most marvellous undertaking ever conceived by man. Specifications of the stupendous project that was to cost nearly thirty millions of dollars, and to cover six hundred and thirty-three acres, were received by foreign countries as an exaggeration in keeping with the claims of the great Western Republic But the sum of $5,000,000 was raised by subscription, and $10,000,000 more pledged in one city. On the eighth ballot in Congress, Chicago received 157 votes; New York, 107; St. Louis, 25; Washington City, 18. Chicago was declared the winner Senator Daniel, of Virginia, introduced a bill into the Senate in March, 1890. to authorize and establish the Exposition at Chicago. President Harrison signed the bill as passed on April 25, 1890, and issued the proclamation December 24, 1890. The Bureau of Publicity and Promotion sent out an average of three thousand packages a day for two years in every language, so that not an ordinary postal station in the world but had pictures and circulars explaining the scope of the Columbian Exposition. Applications poured in till four times the already stupendous space could have been occupied. July 2, 1890, Jackson Park was chosen by the Directory and National Commission. On July 2, 1891, construction was begun on the first building, which was the Mines and Mining Building. October 21, 1892, nearly 300,000 people gathered at the dedicatory services in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. On Monday, the first day of May, 1893, President Cleveland, surrounded by his cabinet and distinguisned men from all lands, formally opened the World's Columbian Exposition. The exact total cost of the Fair was $28,151,168.75, At the closing day. the net assets in cash, v^ith every indebtedness cancelled, was $1,862,483.08. On October 31, 1893, the Exposition was formally closed. In a few days the attendance diminished from hundreds of thousands to a few hundreds, and the wonder of modern civilization was considered past. The exact total attendance, not including that before May 1 or after October 30, was 27,539,041. In presenting this collection of gems to the public, the publisher's greatest hope is that they will not only serve to amuse and instruct those who have already seen the most gorgeous architectural group of scenes ever before produced on earth, but wiil be also an inspiring companion to the millions who have missed the greatest opportunity of their lives. •'sm m' n w m"^ '^ ": M9 ^ §^SSMiMM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.— Dimensions: :;0'2 feet ...(luare; heijiht of dome, 277'4 feet; floor area, 4.2 acres. Cost, 1550,000. Material Tised in construction: lumber, 3,250,000 feet; steel, 1,562.607 pounds. It was occupied by ofBcials of the Exposition, express, telegraph and telephone companies, bank, press headquarters, cafe, Columbian guard, etc. At the head of the Grand Basin, it was the most picturesque building about the Coui't of Honor, and the most famous on the grounds. QOVERNriENT BUILDING.— Dimensions : size, -115 by 345 feet; floor area, 6 acres; height of dome. 23i; feet. Cost of building, $400,000. It contained exhibits of the Post-office, Treasury, War and Agriculture departments, Fisheries Commission, Smithsonian Institute and Department of the Interior. The Dead Letter Office and the Perry Arctic exhibit attracted the most attention. WOriAN'S BUILDING.— Size, .388 by 199 feet. Designed by Miss Sofia G. Haydeu of Boston. Cost. Sl.38.000. The statuary on the building was made by Miss Alice Rideotit of California. The Golden Nail driven by Mrs. Potter Palmer In May was the principal piece of a brooch presented to her. This building contained a model of hospital, Itindergarten. kitchen, refreshment rooms, library, bureau of information, ladies' parlors, resting rooms, dressing rooms, etc. Prepared for. and devoted to the exclusive occupancy and use of women. MANUFACTURES BUILDING, from Hachinery Hall.— Dimensions: size, 1687 by 787 teet; floor area, 32 acres; highest poiut of roof. 237.0 I'eet; 7,000,000 teet of lumber in the floor. Cost, $1,700,000. Largest building ui the world. Three times larger than St. Peter's at Rome. It could seat comfortably 300,000 people. It required Ave carloads ol nails for the 215 carloads of flooring. 40 carloads of glass in the roof. It was provided with 10.000 electric lights. ELECTRICITY BUILDING.— Dimensions: size, 700 liy 345 feet; floor area. O'i acres. Cost. $41U.iiou. Tlie nave, or main body of the bnilding. extending northward from the Grand Entrance was 11.5 feet wide and 1] 2 feet high; height of the roof of the balance of the building, 62 feet. There were 4 domes and 10 towers, the two highest being eacU 195 feet high. MINES AND MINING BUILDINQ.— Dimensions: size, 700 by 350 feet, floor area, 8°^ acres. Cost, 265,000. The first building ever erected in an exposition for the sole purpose of exhibiting the product of mines and mining. It was the first adaptation of the Cantilever system to building and demonstrated fully its excellence for Exposition purposes. The main central entrances were 90 feet to the center of the arch. The gallery, 25 feet above the main floor, was 60 feet wide and extended entirely around the building. The central hall was 630 feet long, the clear space in the center being 115 feet high. TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.— Size, 960 by 25i) feel, besides Annex covering about 9 acres. Cost, $370,000. Famous for its exterior decorations and Golden Door. Style Roniane.sqiie. Railway tracks in the Annex for exhibits of entire trains. The statuary represented the four modes of transportation, air, water, electricity and land. The cupola in the center of the building was 166 feet high, and was reached by eight elevators, which were of themselves, a part of the exhibit. r^n t^ ^1 ^ ARTS.-Popularly termed the "Art Gallery." Size, 500 by 320 feet with two annexes, each 200 by ifni^nnnT T^'"'-''''-- .t"'''',-^^"'^''™"'- Cost, S670.000. Grecian-Ionic style. 1,.359,000 pounds of iron and 13.000,000 brick being m the edifice. Designed by P. B. Atwood, architect. This place with its famous statuary and pictures was always thronged with people. av^vuai^ FISHERIES BUILDING.— Dimensions: size, 365 by 165 feet; floor area, .3 acres. Cost, $225,000, Arcbitect, Henry Ives Cobb, The center towers cover that part of the building where the tanks of tresli and of salt water fish were. The ^^angs or annexes east and west contained angling and aquarial implements. The extreme length of this building was 1,100 feet. There were over 140,000 gallons of water used in the tanks; that is, about 600 tons. HORTICULTURAL BUILDINQ.— Dimensions; size, 1000 bj' 240 feet: floor area, GU acres: dome, 114 feet high and 180 feet in diameter. Cost, $300,000. Its style was Venetian renaissance in the Ionic order. It contained 35,000 plates of fruit and the "Kaiser's Wine Cellar," showing by panoramic scenes the wine regions ot Germany. The sculptui-e and decorations were done by Lorado Talt, of Chicago. Designed by Jenney, architect, ot Chicago. In the center court, under the dome, there were very tall palms, bamboos and tree lerns. Surrounding the Horticultural Building, flowers were planted In great profusion. MACHINERY HALL.— Dimensions: Main building. 846 by 492 test: floor area, 17J4 acres. Annex, 550 by 490 feet; floor area. acres. Cost ol whole building. $1,200,000. Officially called " Palace ol Mechanic Art." The Annex contained the steam and electric power which supplied all the light and power of the entire grounds. The placing of machinery in position and removing it were aided by electric elevated traveling cranes, whose spans nearly equalled hail the width of the buUdmg. FORESTRY BUILDING.— Diineiisious: size, 528 by 20S feet; floor area, 2'/^ acres. Co.st. $100,000. Composetl wholly of woods and timbers, many of the woods having the bark on. No iron was used in the construction of this building, wooden bolts and pegs taking the place of nails. Each State exhibited several specimens of its native trees. LEATHER AND SHOE BUILDING.— North of the Forestry Building is an edifice devoted to an exhibition of all the different leathers, from the finest kid and morocco to the strongest sole leather, together with an exemplification of the processes for converting skins into leather. Size of building; 6U0 feet long. 150 feet wide. ANTHROPOLOQICAL BUILDING.— In this location were exhibited primitive moaes ol lite, as siiown at diflerent periods, among various tribes and classes of people in certain portions of the world. In this vicinity an Indian school was conducted, and in the immediate neighborhood the intramural railway had its southern terminus, its northern ending being in front of the United Stales Government Build- ing. This was the most romantic, scientific display on the grounds. NORTH ENTRANCE— ART BUILDING.— A broad court lay before this entrance, reaching to the two annexes. Just across the street were the great buildings of Pennsylvania and New York. This led to the United States statuary. -.,^«'^«^-«ra"''" '■■ :«' IIIIIKl 11. iiim Jills AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND HACnONNIE'S FOUNTAIN.— Tliis is the north side of the rountain with It in full ojieration. The sea horses were very realistic figures raodeled after the Foitntaine de la FidfrnftoH of Toulon. Figure of Diana on the top of the Agricultural Hall dome at the extreme left, looks very small though it was 15 feet high. THE PERISTYLE.— Dimensions: 600 feet long, 60 Jeet wide, 60 leet high. Bore 48 Corinthian columns, representing States and Territories. Cost, SJOO, 000. The water gateway of the Pair. The center was called tlie Arch of Triumph, upon the top of which was the Columbus Quadriga. The statuary on pedestals at the right and left represented the "Genius of Navigation." The heroic figures on the pedestals of the balustrade represented Eloquence, Music, Naviga- tion. Fisherman and Indian. BATTLE SHIP. — At ttiib point is a ship — the "Illinois" — modeled after the most approved ideas in battle-ship architec- ture. Length of ship, 34i3 feet; width, 69 feet; height from water line to top of military mast. 76 feet. Designed by Frank W. Grogan, and cost J100,000. Its purpose is to exhibit the equipment necessary in a modern man-of-war. THE CONVENT OF LA RABIDA.— This is a reproduction of place where Culuinbus took refuge, at Paios. Spaiu: con- tained relics of Columbus loaned by the Pope and Duke of Veragua. It was guarded by U. S. regular soldiers, always on duty, and not allowed to .speak to visitors. It contained a collection of the portraits of Columbus, none alike. Many of the letters of Columbus were exhibited, and the royal orders of Ferdinand and Isabella. Father De Marchena was the prior of the Convent and the fi'iend of Columbus, introducing him to the court of Spain, whence he received his help. llll nil PWillK <■'*■ " " W^ iv\' KRUPP GUN BUILDING. —The mouslm t-ngiues of war under cover of thi^' house was a striking reminder of human tyranny m the midbt of universal peace. No such gun exhibit was ever before set down araong the products ot the farm and workshops with an equal claim for public attention. PUCK PAVILION.— This building was just east of the Childrt'us building and hciween the Woman's building and Horticultural hail. The bronze group surmounting the portico was designed by the celebrated sculptor Henry Baerer. Within the building was to be seen the entire process of making that celebrated political caricaturist called "Puck." THE KRUPP aUN EXHIBIT FROH THE LAKE.— This exhibil from the great gun factory uf Esseu, Germany, showed the resources of that nation as to heavy ordnance. The weight of the guns exhibited was nearly a thousand tons ; value, over a. million dollars. Here was the greatest gun ever cast, weigh- ing 124 tons and costing $50,000 to manufacture. It throws a _projectile, weighing 2,300 pounds, a, distance ot fltteen miles, and costs each discharge SI, 250. frf'r IV"' UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU AND LIFE-SAVINQ STATION.— The Weather Bureau was uoiili- east of the Government Building, near tlie Life-Saving Station and the Battleship. Observations were made twice a day. Lectures were given in the hall on meteorological subjects every day, with the use of lantern slides. It contained all the implements used and the means employed in forecasting the weather. UNITED STATES LIFE-SAVINQ STATION AND THE LIGHT HOUSE.— This station was in charge ot Lieut. MoLellan of the U. S. Revenue Mai'ine. It was fitted up as a living place for the men. There was the usual complement of men, surf-boats and various apparatus in the life-saving service. Exhibitions of life-saving, boat drills, etc., were daily given for the benefit of visitors. The light-house was 100 feet high and at the close of the Exposition was taken to the mouth of the Columbia River to serve as a light house. LOOKING WEST FROH LANDING IN FRONT OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.— The wall and baliis- - trade around the Grand Basin is well shown here. The line of electric bulbs just under the edge of the wall is dimly seen. A perspective is here seen which gives some idea of distance. A lover or the beautiful could sit on the bench, seen at the left, and never cease enjoying the blended sxjlendors ot the Court of Honor. DETAIL OF COURT OF HONOR, LOOKING NORTH=WEST FROM THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.— The supreme beauty of the Court of Honor could never be realized except as the individual stood in some favorite spot and looked over It. There was a superlative excellence of nature and art blending into one harmonious scene which no pictures can reproduce or imagination recall. ^^& v" — " I iii j «^ null i t '^^^M^iki^^ MOONLIGHT ON THE GRAND BASIN.— This scuue is taken from the bridge at the Tiiumphal Arch of the Peristyle. The pedestal of the Statue of the Republic can be seen on the left and the AdministratioQ building in the distance. DETAIL OF STATUE NORTH OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING, showing Peristyle anfl Statue of tlie Republic. Across the Basin from the statue of Horse and Man, representing labor, stood the statue of Bull and Woman, representing Agricultural health. It was near the north entrance of the Agricultural building. By the side of the statue is seen the steps of the landing place for the water-craft. DETAIL OF STATUE SOUTH OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING.— This view looking through the Peristyle to Lake Michigan shows the Columbian triumphal arch in the center with the Statue of the Republic on the right and the statue of the draft horse and laborer on the left. Between the triumphal arch and the Statue of the republic across the basin a tight wire was stretched from the Casino to the Music hall and evening performances given during the latter part of the Exposition. MAIN ENTRANCE TO HORTICULTURAL BUiLDINa.— TMs shows the lower part of the great dome to advantage. It was 114 feet high and 187 feet in diameter. Tlie visitor on entering here was at once lace to face with a field of luxurious tropical plants and a veritable mountain of flowers. Immense vases of plants lined the way in front of this to the broad steps to the landing of the gondolas in the lagoon. LOOKING NORTH FROM LANDING IN FRONT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.— TULs dtt^iil shows an electric launch with Its occupants at the landing. This style of boat was a favorite, and, like the electric railroad, was much of an exhibit itself in the achievements of modern transporta- tion. PERISTYLE, PIER AND LAKE, FROM HANUFACTURES BUILDINQ.— The pier was the landing place ot the lake steamers. It was called Park Haveu. and was 250 by 2,300 feet long. Upon it was the moving .sidewalk. The side- walk consisted ot two parts, the outer revolving at the rate of three miles per hour, and the inner at six miles per hour. The building on the left Is the Music Hall. VIEW SOUTH FROM ELECTRICITY BUILDING. East from Administration building. Looking across the MacMouuie's fountain. Machinery Hall is seen on the right, the Colonnade before the stock pavilion, is back of the obelisk, and Agricultural Hall is on the left. At the right of the fountain were seats where people sat to listen to the music from the band-stand or watch the never ceasing stream of people passing to and fro. NORTH FROM ROOF OF IIANUFACTURES BUELDSNG.— No one ever looked over a finer view ol nature and man tlian was to lie seen from this place. The great lake to the right, the island to the left, and the Queen City ol the great West, in an endless vista to the north, filled up a view never to be forgotten. nERCHANT TAILOR'S BUILDING AND OLD BRIDGE ACROSS NORTH POND.— The coiner ol the Illiuois Buildlug is seen on the right and a full view of the Woman's Building is in the background. The bridge is the old original iron bridge of Jackson Park. It is nearly the only landmark of the park as it was. >^^«rl # ? f! ? ( r i* <■„ , n ifk iti I" !« .It " t! r ^- ^ O c ^ EAST END OF HACHINERY HALL AND THE COLONNADE.— On the left is seen the stock pavilion and Columbian obelisk; the picture is taken from the viaduct across the south canal. The obelisk was pateraed after Cleopatria's needle that now stands in Central Park^New York. It contained the dedicatory Inscriptions to Columbus. VIEW FROM iMACKAY'S SPfcClATORlUn just north oi the gruuuds. on the lake. Many remember the giant skeleton structure caliea the Spectatorium which stood as a monument ot the greatest lailure of Worlds Fair projects. On the right in the corner is seen one of the serrlce buildings, and at its lelt the Iowa Building. The Iowa Building was merely an addition to the -shelter," as it was called, that was early built in Jackson Pari; for the benefit of those who might be caught in sudden rain. ELECTRICITY BUILDING, ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN AND MANUFACTURES BUILDING.— This repre- sents the fouutaiu at its smallest play, hut even then it was extremely beautiful in the play of colors. These fountains played twice each evening, and it was well worth the people waiting, as they often did, for hours to see it. These were the largest electric fountains in the world. LOOKINQ SOUTHEAST FROH ROOF OF WOHAN'S BUILDiNG.— The dome of the Admiuistiatlon Building is seen across Wooded Island directly between the Electricity and Mining buildings. The White Star Line and the Puck buildings are seen just before the Horticultural Building. WHITE STAR LINE STEAHSHIP AND CHILDREN'S BUILDING.— Tbe WMts Star Steamship Building, seen first on the right, contained model ships and rooms fitted out as exact reproductions. The Children's Building, on the left, was a famous creche where weary mothers could leave their habies with trained nurses and see the Pair free from all anxiety. Only one baby was left and never called for. The eleven year old daughter of D. H. Burnham, Director of Works, became its sponsor. MACnONNIES' FOUNTAIN AND MACHINERY HALL.— This represenis the MacMounies' touniain at rest. Tlie electric latiuch serves to stiow the relative size. The iigure ou the right in the corner is one of the Electric fountains. There was another Electric fountain exactly like this one, on the other side of the MacMonnies' fountain. THE QOVERNnENT PLAZA.— Here tlie people could see the outdoor lite of the regular troops who guarded the United States exhibits. The beach was patrolled night and day. Here the maneuvers and drills took place. The cadets ot West Point were there tor a week, and, taken all In all, It was a good exhibition ol army life. rVORTH FROJVi BRIDGE SOUTH OF HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.— The Horticultural Building is seen on the left.Wooded Island on the right, and the dome olthe Illinois Building in the center. The water- craft usually passed from the Grand Basin along the east side of the island, and around to the basin again. It gave a scenery not to be surpassed, even in Venice. THE COLUMBIAN OBELISK Af^D SOUTH CANAL.— The entrance to the Stock Pavilion is seen just back of the obelisk. On each side is the colonnade. Across South Canal is seen the Agricultural Building. This roadway was used mainly by those going to the Stock Pavilion and to one ol the Intramural railway stations. THE COURT OF HONOR.— ■When the roses of the Summer buru to ashes in the sun, When the feast of love is finished and the heart is overrun, When the hungry soul is sated and the tongue at last denies Expression to the wonders that are wearing out the eyes, Then the splendor it will wane like a dream that haunts the t . aiu Or the swift dissolving heauty of the bow above the rain; But the art of man eudureth, and the heart of man will glow With reanimated ardor as the ages come and go.' GOLDEN DOOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. This famous doorway, more silver than golden, was a severe contrast to the many-colored parts of the Transportation Building. It was called Wagnerian by the architects from a supposed resemblance to the contrasts and effects of Wagnerian music. All other buildings were white except this one, In which red predominated. Grace Darling's boat was the chief attraction near this door. GRAND CANAL— AGRICULTURE AND HACHINERY HALL.— lu this view the observer is looking west along the south side ol the Grand Basin. This was the favorite place for water-oralt, not only because of the beauty of the place, but also because near the point from which this picture was taken was the only outlet to the lake. SOUTH CANAL FROH THE COLONNADE.— This view shows the most deserted and least visited part of the grounds. On the left is Machine"}' Hall; on the right the Agricultural Building. A glimpse of Illinois Building. Electricity Building and Wooded Island may be had in the distance The Columbian obelisk at the left was rarely seen nearer than from the plaza. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND GRAND PLAZA.— Ttie building seen on the right Is the Electricity building, on the left Machinery Hall and in the rear the Terminal station. The west end of the Grand Plaza near the MacMonnies and Electric Fountains was the favorite resort of the people of evenings. Popular music by famous bands was rendered in the stands at the right and the left. VIEW NORTH WKSi FROM AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.— The famous MiicMonnies" Fouutaiu is nere seen with some degree of exactness, taken all in all. It must be rememuered that all ol Lae hgures were of heroic size. Neptune with his trident is seen on the right, the handstand with the listening peoijle, the Klectrlclty Building In the rear of the fountam, and the Administration Building on the left. Tuis scene shows an appreciative imagination how splendid the original must have appeared. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FROH AGRICULTURAL HALL.— This view gives a good ide;i of one oi the I'lisy diiys of the Exposition. The bridge leads over south cuniil on the way around the Cour- of Honor. LOOKING UP NORTH CANAL.— This point of view gives the best study of the immense proportions of the Manufactures Building seen on the right. It is from the west end of the bridge over the canal and next to the Basin. Electricity Building is on the left. The dome of the Illinois Building is seen in the distance beyond Wooded Island, at the left. DETAIL OF ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN.— This view Is ne;ir eni'uyb to magnify Ihe volcanic appeariug mounds, througti wtiicli the water came. Into bometliiug of ttie proniiueuce needed to give a clear idea of their construction. The Agricultural Building is seen in the rear. d 2 5:; >> g rt 2 ■" " . o '2 I 3> =4 ^ I " i3 ■ SS'B 7 is o CQ o ^ == *- 2 '' « o a ^, 2 S -a rt o 3> ^ » zcSSo o £ a s 3 = n ca a ;2 i_ g C S "^ J^, 7 -^ ^ ;i U c -r *^ o FROM THE WOODED ISLAND, LOOKING SOUTH.— The Adrainistration Building is in the distance. The Mines and Miuini^ Building is on Lbe right and the Electricity Building on the left. This was the only outlet from the i^outh end of the Island. The r^xLd turning to the right led, to the Hunter's camp and the one to the lefc to the Australian squatters hut. f fi ' J i^Ii»^'!^?^ SOUTH ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN FROM BRIDGE ACROSS SOUTH CANAL.— The corner of the Grand Basin is seen here to grand effect. The fountain is playing at its lowest limit. ^i^ m «g < S fl « a> =3 ^ O - S S M T rt £ >= U 1 5t 6 g o g| < ■ Q. T. ss £1 +3 3 EAST SIDE OF HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.— This view gives some Idea ol the construction o£ the great flome ol the hall of plants. It Is a detail ol the beautiful gardens that surrounded the Horticultural Building. The dome of the Illinois Building is seen In the distance; that of the Art Gallery is seen lower and broader on the right. SOUTH POND-VVHALINQ BARK " PROGRESS."— About South Pond were grouped the Elhuo- lo-'ical exhibit on the east, agricultural imijlemeuts on the north and west, the Whaling Bark and Fi'ench colonies on the southeast. The ■■ Progress' contained relics of whaliug expeditious and ol . the Ai-ctic Ocean, where it had been used a ntunber of years. DETAIL OF SOUTH ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN.— The water In these two great electric fountains was furnished through a S-t-inch pipe from the VVorthingtou pumps of Machinery Hall. Eighteen water jets were grouped in a circle, thi'owiug a 2-inch stream 150 feet high. Around these jets were seven others less than an inch iu diameter, then another series of six 1}^ inch jets, another series of ?8-inch jets and individual jets, making 152 streams in all. The cost of operation was $1,000 each night. The electric plant, as made by the Edison Company, cost over $100,000. VIEW EAST FROM MACHINE!?Y liAL*.— The buildino: on llie ritrht Is Af>:ricnltnral :ia]l. The Peris- tyle, Music Hall and Grand Basin proves it at once to be a view of the south side and east end of the never equalled and never to be forgotten Court of Honor. Wherever the Statue of the Republic could be seen holding her staff and lifting her globe surmounted by the eagle, the stranger rvonld know his whereabouts Immediately. PARADE OF PRIZE HORSES PASSING AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.— Although there was some exhibitions of rare merit iu the Live Stock Paviiioii, yet the live stock features of the Fair never seemed to attract its share of attention. Perh^:,ps there was much that was more rare elsewhere about the grounds. VIEW OF ADMINISTRA'^iON BUILDING BY NIGHT.— The Gi-iiul Plaza iUiimiiuited. was a sight never to be forgotten. The electric foiiutain ou the right with its rapidly changing colors, the wall of buildings around with their Herce lines of light and the great dome of the Administration Building looking like a sun darkened in spots for the occasion, can never fade from the memory. An electric fountain is on each side. They are 60 feet in diameter and throw water 150 feet high. DETAIL OF THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.— At the first glance, an observer might think he had suddenly come to som.e oriental building, from its grotesque figures and gaudy colors. It seemed to he an attempt at a relief from the one color of the white city, with the golden door thrown in to prove that the architects and decorators had genius. HARINE CAFE.- ■Llinl.-usiuu-: Inn l,y i:;i) In-i. uliil ilii't— clones high. Myl.-, Frellri, i ;iii'.r r-,! i.ulhk- It was the most pretentious of eates. Nothiug was served but shell-tish. ijoultiy and game. It was located between the Fisheries building and the channel leading from the North lagoon to the North pond. VIEW NONTH FROM WEST END OF COLONNADE.— The Exposition officials uamed the building seen on the left, "The Palace ol Mechanic Arts," but the people called it •'Machinery Hall," and the styled name proposed could be seen nowhere but in official catalogues and in big letters under the eaves of the great building. a-5 ; = •3 Sa- Z 3 u ■ a ^-S ; 3 3 £ J ■J = ; n 3 3 :; ■■" ■J c ■■" " S O • ■" 9 3 • < >' , s- ,•;"-' za tu^ a r ".3 to 3 fe =^^6 BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIAN DOOR POSTS AND TOTHn POLKS.— Very tew people ever passed the tigure seen here without a smile or a laugh, but it was serious enough to the QuacUahl or British Columbia Indians who gave their savage dances in the cabin seen at the left. Not a few tipsy men stopped their leering and stood before It in awe while the children laughed or cried according to their lancies or their fears. NORTH FROM ROOF=QARDEN OVER DOOR OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.— The view shows the waterway, walk and lawus between Wooded Island and Horticultural building. The flrst building at the left is the Choral building, the dome in the background, that of the Illinois building LOOKING NORTH-EAST FROM TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.— The speoier in white on the lifht was a very clever piece of sculpture representing an Indian scout looking across the plain at some approaching friend or foe. The dome on the right across the island is that of the United States Government Building. RUINS OF YUCATAN.— These Toltee ruins were made of staff. The moulds were of papier mache. made from the original ruins by the United States Consul to Yucatan, Edward H. Thompson. If the "proper study of mankind is man." the students could have no better beginning than to solve the problem of these ruins. They were indeed the ruined temples of a forgotten age. CLIFF DVVELLi,<^^.«te» BRIDGE ACROSS NORTH CANAL, next to the Grand Basin.— This bridge was tlie chief passageway between ihe Agricultural Building and Machinery Hall. Fri>m it could be had one of the best views oJ the magniflcienc Court of Honor. THE NEW LIBERTY BELL.— The great bell ol Moscow was made by bits ol metal ot every kina sent from people all over the aominious of Russia. It was the submission ot the people to the greatest autocracy of the world. The new Liberty Bell was cast from metal chiefly contributed by the school children of the greatest republic on earth. It was the expression of the new civilization, and bore its doctrine engraved upon Its side: "A new commandment I give unto you— That ye love one another." r y 11 Ui' ' Ar^.i/^i^r DETAIL OF THE COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.— Designed by Frederick MacMonnies. Largest fountain in the world. Cost, JoO,000. It is Columbia on the barge of state. Fame is at the prow. • The Arts and Industries are at the oars. Time guides at the helm, and the sea horses of commerce help to draw the barge. The oars at the right are plied by Music, Architecture, Sculpture and Painting; the left by Agriculture, Science, Industry and Commerce. niNING, ELECTRICITY AND WEST ENTRANCE TO MANUFACTURES BUILDING.— This shows Lhe bridge lending iroin Uie roadway between iMiuing and tilectricity Building over to Wooded Island From this bridge the tine scenes of Wooded Island illuminated could best toe observed. None who stood there could ever forget the fairyland thus presented. Q. A. R. PARADE PASSING HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.— G. A. R day at the Fair was a noted occasion. The veterans inarched in an almost endless procession about the grounds and disbanded at the Administration Building. This picture shows the band just appeai'iug that led the procession. THE WMALEBACK.— \'ei-,v lewtiiuld fail I') retottnize tins ;is the famous CliristDplier Columbus, yet its size appears strangely flimiuutive as compared with the real whaleback, which often carri&d 8.000 visitors to Jackson Park. It is here nearing the landing of the World's Fair Pier j3 a O 1> I) "5 ^ s - Z y; Cfi ^ Z a5 ?J t- ff p3 O rt S 5 o 3 CARAVEL "SANTA MARIA."— This curiivel stood iu the south iulet between the Couveut La Rabida and the Agricultural Buikliug. It was tnade in Spain, took part iu the Columbian celebrations there, and was then towed over to America through the lakes, and anchored at the World's Pair. It took part iu the naval celebrations at New York, flying the Spanish flag. Spain presented the three cara- vels to the United States. INTERIOR OF ELECTRICIT\' BUILDING AT NIGHT.— The Electricity Building could never be appreciated except at night, when it was aglow with innrmerable exhibitions of light. In this building was seen the greatest advancement ol modern times. It was a carnival or electricity which the wildest dreams of 1 i-auklin, Ohm or Morse nev.n- reached. The Columbian column was 85 feet high, around which 'lung 3,500 incandescent lamps. DETAIL OF FISHERIES, View from the south.— Dimensions: size ot building, 365 by 165 feet: floor area, 3 acres. Tlie annexes are connected with tbe main building by circular arcades, each annex being 135 feet in diameter. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb, architect, ot Chicago, and cost $225,000. General fisheries exhibit in the main bttilding, angling In the west annex, and aquaria in the east annex. INTERIOR VIEW, MANUFACTURES BUILDING.— This is looking down wbat is familiarly known as Columbia Avenue. It is taken from the north balcony over the sections devoted to Chicago fur- riers. No picture can give any adequate conception of the vastness of this building or the greatness of its display. The perpendicular framework seen at the left is the elevator shafts. LA BELLE FRANCE, COLUHBIA AVENUE, MANUFACTURES BUILDING.— With rreuch skill and I'Yeuch love of display, this remarkable exhibit was arranged with the considerate blending of patriotism and art. Everything that represented French character as well as the lamotis scenes of French history were grouped according to their respective and combined eflects. - AUSTRIAN EXHIBIT IN MANUFACTURES BUILDING.— It occupied 120 feet frontage on Columbia Avenue, of the Manufactures Building. The iJavilion was 65 feet high, surmouuted by the eagle and imperial emblems of Austria. It was the greatest exhibit ever made by that country. 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" \.'T:-^^^^^''-7^^;, ,-''..?,-., '■*■ H^^^^^V^ ^-- ^^^:$^';^ f tf ^ Ai^l^jgigyij^m** i^J:--;-;-_ " -rv^-i. -_.-, ■~''-='.-.'^^'^'T-'>.>. i>^,^(.-v- ^'-zJ'^~'^~\\^^.y ■ Ht ^"^^^^^^ ^B ' :^: ' ^^^^^^^PSIK^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^i^^^^^^^^*^^^^! INTERIOR VIEW OF HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.— The glazed dome of the Horticultural Building was 180 leet in diameter and 114 feet high. It contained a reproduction of Mammoth Crystal cave in Black Hills, South Dakota. Over this grew the largest palms, tree ferns, hamboos. bananas and other tropical trees, making a veritable mountain transported from the torrid zone. INTERIOR VIEW, ANTHROPOLOGICAL BUILDING.— This building contained more articles of romantic study than any other on the grounds, but its position at the southeast corner of the grounds made it out ot the way of the general travel of the public. LOOKING NORTH ALONG COLUMBIA AVENUE, HANUFACTURES BUILDING.— The cross on the left is on the Hag of Denmark, and is a reminder of the furious days of the Prince of Orange. It floated from the central tower, which was 90 feet high. Directly across the aisle is the exhibit of Russia. The tower seen in the distance is the great clock tower of the center ot the buildtag. A CHICAGO FURRIER'S EXniBIT, MANUFACTURES BUILDINQ.— The fantastic appearauce Irom above of the exhibits iu the uorLh end of the Manufacttires Builcling is well shown here. It was a miniature city of spires, domes and curiously constructed houses. INTERIOR OF GOVERNnENT BUILDING— Detail oS Fish Commission.— The United States fish exhibit occupied the north end of tlie Government Building. It was intended in no wise to be a rival of the exhibit in the Fisheries Buildins, but more to show the methods of breeding fish in the United States and the success of fish culture in general. VIEW OF NORTHWEST PART OF GROUNDS, SHOWING STATE BUILDINGS.— This was taken from a building outside of the grounds. Tlie Esquimau village is tlie first in view, the north-west i)oud and the fence around the village is seen. The edge of the Kansas building is on the left. North Dakota is clear in the center at the right of the Kansas building. Arkansas is the first seen beyond the Kansas building. The tall tower of the Illinois building is seen in the background. The flag is flying in front of the Washington building. VIEW OF NORTH END OF GROUNDS, SHOWING STATE BUILDINGS.-The Texas buildiug is seeu at the left, Kausas at^ the right, and Kentuclcy through the open view. New York and Pennsylvania are conspicuous iu the center back- ground, with the Art Gallery beyond them at the right. The State buildings were very interesting studies, but few people had the time to see them all. ARKANSAS STATE BUILDING.— Tliis edllice uovered ;i ground area of 66 by 02 feet. Had live exhibit rooms and a registry room. In the assembly hall, 25 by 65 feet was a teu-foot mantel of Arkansas white onyx. Designed by Mrs. Jean Douglas, of Little Rock. Architect, E. Kaufman, of Chicago. Contractors the Heidenrich Company, of Chicago. Cost, $15,000. The fountain of Hot Springs crystals in the center of the rotunda. In this building. Illuminated by electj-ic lights was a very attractive novelty. CALIFORNIA STATE BUILDING.— Next to Illinois, this w;is the largest on the gruuuds, cuveriug a ground area of 144 by 435 feet. Was In the style of the old California Catholic mission buildings, the outside being finished in plain plaster, cracked a_J seamed in imitation of those old buildings as they appear to-day; particularly was the south part of the edifice and main tower a representation of the old mission huilding at San Diego. Nearly the entire first floor was occupied with a display of fruit and canned goods. Architect, P. Brown, of Sau Francisco. Contractors, the Heldenrich Co., of Chicago. Cost, $75,000. ROOF-QARDEN, CALIFORNIA BUILDING.— This garden on the root of the Oilifornia bnililing was a favorite resort of Western people. Here they could eat their meals among plants and in an airy pTace that reminded them of the shores of Southern California or the mountain sides of Western Mexico. This view gives a good idea of the tiling in the roof of this building. 2 n tike Ha^s Shore at Jackson Park, and still remains, as improved . for exhibition purposes. Is 60 by 100 feei ijo size. The ■■Shelter" portion was largely used for the special State exhibit of Jowa soil prod'OCjlcus, wlule other portions of the building contained ample rooms for State commissioners, BBopl'S aom tie State and their visiting gue.-its. Arch itects. the Josselyn & Taylor Co.. of Cedar BaPios. Ooiitractor, John G. Coder, of Harrlsburg, Pa. Cost, $35,000. JOINT TERRITORIAL BUILDING— Arizona, New Mexico, Oklalioma.— Designed by Seymour Davis, ot Topeka. Kansas. Ok lalioraa showed here its grains, grasses, fruits and cattle products; Arizona its minerals and Indian work, and New Mexico its mineral appliances. Many views ot the scenes in the territories were given. There was no attempt at an elaborate display, but it was an interesting exhibit oJ territorial wealth and resources, OLD RED RIVER CART.— The old Red River Cart seen between the North Dakota and Kansas state buildings more properly belonged in the Transportation building, but nevertheless it had many observers. It was no doubt considered a valuable means of transportation in the early days along the shores ol the Red River of the North. KENTUCKY STATE BUILDING.— Maury & Dodd, Louisville. Kentucky, architects. This buildiug typified the Southern Colouial style. The size was 75 by 9o feet. The products and resources oJ the State, Irom the famous blue grass region to the " dark and bloody ground " of Daniel Boone, were well represented. The house presented the luxurious comforts of the typical southern homestead. LOUISIANA STATE BUILDING.— This building was just north of the western annex of the Art Gallery. It had eight rooms, one for Arcadian exhibits, another for the relics of the French and the Spanish days, another for the antique furniture of Gov. Gah'ez. from the museum in the capital of Baton Rouge, and another as a Creole kitchen. The Pelicati State did itself proud in the Interesting exhibition of extreme Southern affairs. KANSAS STATE BUILDING.— This was a lnvffe hiiikUng, covering an area of 135 by 138 feet.' Was" two stories high, constructed of wood and covered Avith staff. Was surmountea by a glass dome, through which was obtained an abundance of light lor the exhibition of the natural history collection of that State. Architect, Seymour Davis, of Topeka. Contractors, Fellows & Vausaut, of Topeka. Cost, $35,000- to aj •3 K g S I a ^ o a 2 o g oj '3 fl a " o a c^ o f 3 d .3 3 '^ o : i; ;4 CJ c t- g g U ¥ «= ® "^ ^floa 2 3 a « 2 Ei'-" ?'£'■" ■S S ■ti -■a S3 a o o I o '9 i BUILDING OF NEW SOUTH WALES.— It was classical in design and ornamentation. Size, 60 by 60 feet. There was a ball, the entire length ol the building, 30 leet wide. In the center was a dome 30 feet in diameter It was mainly a place for the ofBces of the legation- INDIA BUILDING.— II wa.s not :l g<..verunieiii building, bui \v;l.s erectoU to exhibit l.he curios and produclt) of East India. It contained two bars, like liquor bars, except that tea was retailed instead of liquor. It was 80 by GO feet. It was ornameuted according to the tastes of the Orient. FOUNTAIN IN COURTYARD OF FRENCH BUILDING.— This Court faced the lake and therefore turnished a rare view and a splendid retreat. The French people could well be proud of their unpretentious yet exceedingly interesting building. It gave a tine study of the public institutions of France, such as schools, prisons, hospitals, etc. < O a ^ ei JAPANESE HO=0=DEN. "Phoenix Temple," Wooded Island.—TMs building has been presented to the Park Com- missioners and will remain in iib present location. Represents the styles of three Japanese epochs. The furniture and art works were selected by the Imperial Museum. Japan was one of the earliest of the foreign nations to make arrangements for this Exposition, her appropriation of $630,765 being so munificent as to call forth the warmest commendation. BUCLDINQ OF CEYLON.— This was called the Ceylou Court. It consisted of an octagonal building Willi two wings. Size, 150 by 50 feet. Style, Dl-avidian. It was made In Ceylon of Cingalese wood, then ^shipped and put toTpthev whei'e it stood. It was designed after the ruined temples Anuradliapura and Polonnaruwa, capitals oi Ceylon a thousand years ago. BUILDING OF COLOHBIA.— Style Italian Renaissance. Size 45 by 45 feet. It contained great numbers of rare tropical plants. Its exhibit of antiquities was unexcelled. The Condor seen surmounting the dome is the national bird of Colombia. The collection of antiquities is made a present to the Queen Regent ot Spain for her decision favoring Colombia in its dispute with Venezuela concerning the boundary line. BUILDING OF BRAZIL.— Designed by Lieut.-Cul. Aguiar, of the Brazilian army. Dimensions, lis by 148 feet. Dome, 43 feet in diameter and 43 feet higli; building, 50 feet high. Style, French Renais- sance. Cost, $90,000. The exhibits were mainly of coflees, fabrics and woods. Considering the internal dissensions of Brazil, it had a very creditable display. BUILDINQ OP St-AIN.— Architect, Rafael Gaustaviuo, of New York City. Ihis building is a repi'odu^ tlou of the Elk Exchange, of Valencia, Spain. The tower shown on the left corner of the huilding was the place where the bankrupt or defaulting merchants were confined. Many relics of Columbus and the early Spanish navigators were shown here. BUILDING OF SWEDEN.— The Swedish Building was triangular lu shape and covered 12,000 square feet. It con- tained a main floor and gallery having a south front of lOi feet; the whole surmounted by a tower 200 feet in height. Was of wood, the parts being made and shipped from Sweden. FOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF OERHAN BUILDING.— The most beantiful ideal rural scene outside ol Wooded Island was undoubtedly the one In front of the German building. As it was somewhat out- side of the general line ol travel, it was not seen by the majority of people. It was a reproduction from the Imperial gardens. TURKISH BUILDINQ.— Tills government buiiaing is said lo have been built in imitation or a fountain made hy Sellm the Great over 200 years ago. It was made of a Turkish hardwood called Mucharabia. The Interior walls were richly decorated and inlaid. Tests of the Koran or Mohammedan Bible were placed here and thera The display was mainly of costly silks and rich jewelry. BUILDING OF COSTA RICA.— Doric in style, 103 by 60 Teet. It was ligbted by 20 large double casement windows. Cobt. $20,000. It had an exhibition of tropical birds and plants besides many articles of native manufacture, BUILDING OF FRANCE.— Dimensions 2.',0 by 175 fee;. This building contained a room called "De La Fayette.' In it were all tlie relics preserved in France of the dealings with La Fayette and the United States. The house was made of staff in the style of the French Renaissance. It was elaborately decorated and the walls were hung with the finest gobelin tapestry. It was the most interesting from a historical standpoint of all of the buildings. BUILDING OF GUATEMALA.— Size, 111 leet square. Spanish style. Cost i40 000. A center court. 33 teet square— the old Palos Spanish house. It contained an exhibit of Guatemalean products. Its chief exhibit was coffee and tropical plants. Its towe-- were 23 by 23 feei; and 65 feet high. BUILDING OF GREAT BRITAIN.— The Victoria House, devoted to the local interests of Great Britain, stood conspicuously iilone on the eastern side of the Exposition grounds. Was finished in timber and terra cotta, and represented the English style of architecture in the sixteenth centuary. It accomodated, throughout the Fair, the English visitors and guests of the British Commission. VENETIAN GONDOLA AND JAPANESE HO=0=DEN.— Japan was among the tirst nations to realize the gigantic pvop^riiDns of the great Fair, and to take advantage of the opportunities offered. They were given a most pieturesciue spot on Wooded Island, where they erected permanent buildings and gave them to the park, BUILDING OF VENEZUELA.— >l.vli'. i.,nT..-K.iiiiu:i, CuusiruLaed of white m:irblf. The st;nui-s m-.-u over Ihe right aud left towers u,re that ol Columbus the discoverer and Bolivar the liberator. It contained many historic and pre-historic relics. The chief curio was the flag carried by Pizarro in his subjugation of Peru. NEW ENGLAND KITCHEN, Midway Plalsance.— The chief exhibit in this place was the old-time cooking which the observer was supposed to buy at a good round price and imagine, at least, that it was so superior to the cooking ol the present time as to give him a perpetual longing for the days before Boston baked beans were kno\vn. WORLD'S CONGRESS OF BEAUTY, Midway Plaisance.— The ■■International Urc-^ iiiiu i'o>iume Exliibit" was the high-flown title ot what the people preferred to call the ■■Beauty Show." The ■•Beauty "was a question o( considerable conjecture and faith, but the prospect brought many quarters into the coffers of the company. Perhaps the men never regretted the entrance fee because ot the types ol female beauty seen, nor the women, because ot the kinds of dress. VILLAGE OF IRISH INDUSTRIES— BLARNEY CASTLE, Midway Plaisance.— t^Is concession was given to ilie Irisli iudusLries Association, of whicli the Countess of Aberdeen was president. The gateway was a model of KingCormac's Chapel, Rock of Cashel. The association was designed to furnish extra employment for the poor of Ii'eland. The exhibit consisted of every conceivable band-made article peculiar to the Irish people. I AZTEC RUINS AND ELtiCTRiC THEATER, Midway Plnisance.— The so-calieil Aztef iniiiis nic ui. .. dimly seen on the right of the picture. The ■•spouter." as he was familiarly termed, is pointing thai way "and eloquently discoursing on the wonders to be seen within for only ten cents. The chief exhibi- tion of the Plaisan'ce was the bedlam of cries to be heard along the way concerning the maryellous things to be seen beyond the box oface. LIBBEY GLASS WORKS, Midway Plaisance.— This company was Irom Toledo. Ohio. They showed the entire glass industry from mixing the sand with the oxide of lead, lime and alkalies to the finest finishing, cutting, spinning and weaving. There was no better educational exhibit of modern industry in the Plalsance than this. The mystery of glass-making was no more a mystery to the visitors, HAGENBECK'S ARENA, Midwaj- Plaisance.— There was no more popular place in Hit- i'Ui ;UiLt.- luau this. The trained wild beasts were a great sight to all. Carl Hagenbeek is renowned as tne greatest of animal trainers, and has supplied nearly all the great Zoological gardens of the world. From the dwarf elephant, weighing only 15.5 pounds, to his collection of obedient, ferocious auimaJs all perform- ing together, the like could not soon be seen again. IhJi"^ SAMOAN VILLAGE, Midway Plaisance.-TUe Siimoaus were especially interestlnB because of nhv^,r,t T^ troubles m those islands invojving the United States, England and Germany. They were Sa^cr^tLt^SrihTat'rr^"' ''"' "'"'^ "'^" '''"'''' '"''''''■ ''^^ ^'^'"''^ ^"'^ ^'^°-" '^ '™- °- «' '"« SAnOAN WARRIORS, Midway Plaisauce.— This sceue l■epl■eseul^^ Hie Samoaiis parading through the street from their village to the adjoining theatre. It never failed to "catch" the crowd. People who expected to see brutish looking savages were certainly disappointed. They were generally a hardy, intelligent looking class of men and women. JOHORE BUNGALOW, Midway Plaisauce.— That far-away country, through the visiting Sultan of Joliort^, made a ver>' creditahle exhibit. Tlieir main exhibit was made in the Agricultural Building. The various exhibits showed a considerable degree of native ingenuity, and materially raised that people in the estimation of the visitors. SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS.— These spleiiditl specimens of physical strength. wh(we race h;is ben n, i ivr. hi ly rescued from cannibalism, were worth going many miles to see. The benevolent look on iheir faces did not betoken such an origin THE EVER PRESENT "KODAK" FIEND.— The lleud lu Ibis piomre was very lovely and pleasing and tlie Iwo meu sitting by the Javanese village had no horror of being "took." Long live the "Kodak." So say all who are thus able to cherish the splendid scenes of the greatest Exposition the World ever saw. JAVANESE VILLAGE, Midway Plaisance.— Tlie Javanese were conceded generally to be the most pleasing people lo be fuuud outside of the Caucasian race. Intelligent, inoffensive and polite, they made friends with everybody. Java being a Dutch viceroyalty. the village was the product uf a syndicate of Dutch traders. DAMASCUS PALACE, Midway Plaisanee.— The Damascus Palace was not a very imposing structure but the man at the entrance, who told the gaping crowds ol the wonderful exhibit of relics Irom Damascus, always had an eagerly listening crowd. Alter all, everything exhibited in "Midway" was really worth being seen. CATHEDRAL OF ST. PETER AT ROME, Repi-o.lurtlon, Mid\v;iy Plaisiimt-.— This buildiug contained the model on an exact scale of one sixteenth oi the most famous structure of the world. It was 30 by 15 feet and 15 feet high, and has been handed down from the 16th century through a number of noble Roman families and Popes. It is now the property of Mr, Spindon. ALGERIAN THEATRE, Midway Plalsance.— If tliere were any so called "fakes" anywhere it was that played on the crediiluus people in the various foreign theatres. The dances and performances were loo monotonous and dull to be entertaining. The bad name they received was their chief advertising card ■imce they really deserved no name at all. JAPANESE BAZAAR, Concession No. ii, Midway PUiisance.— The Japanese ijeople are proving tliem- selves veritable Yankees in thriftiuess. There was never an opporluuily which they did not at ouce avail themselves ot to display their wares. Polite attendants were always ready to use the most persuasive means on a prospective customer. FRENCH CIDER PRESS, Midway Plalsance.— This reproduction was as perfect as it it had been lifted, waiter girls and all. direct from a mountain side in France and set do\vn in Midway Plaisance. The deft girls were very solicitous for the Imbiher's wants, and could draw any kind of a drink desired from the ice cold French cider jugs. EIFEL TOWER PAVILION, Midway Plaisauce.— The minimized Eifel Tower, as shown in this building, was a very clever reprodueiion and was pronounced by those who had seen the Parisian wonder as very real. Every appliance of the tower was reproduced in the scale of one-fiftieth of the original, elevators, light-house, lawns, flower-gardens, lakes with miniature swans gliding across and the statuary, all with wonderful precision. GERMAN VILLAGE, Midway Plaisance. — This view is taken from the balcony of the Ptinorama of the Bernese Alps, showing the east entrance of the Deutsches Dorf. Its concert garden had a seating capacity of at least 8000 and the tables were nsuaUy well filled. The Village consisted of typical fatherland farm houses and a Hessian hall in which were placed a million dollars' worth of German antiquities. GERMAN VILLAGE, Midway Plaisauoe.— These buildings were tlie most stibstantial in the Pliiisance. In every detail the social and domestic ideal of the German people was carried out. The Mediaeval castle full of Medieval relics was the most interesting from a historical standpoint of anything in Midway Plalsanee. These relics were valued at over a million dollars. fvn';*??*'^,'^'* "^.?,'''^ VIENNA, MidWiiy Plaisanee.-The old -Gasf house shown here was a curioi. . . ■ r , , . , ,,„ ALGERIAN AND TUNISIAN PALACE AND THEATRE, Midway Plaisauce.— The village consisted of the conceit hall or theater, in which were about atty actors, musicians, jugglers, dancing-girls, etc., of a Moorish cafe, Kabyle house, an Arab tent village, and booths for the sale of Moorish embroideries, jewelry, etc. This theater, like others of the East, made most of its money by preying upon the immoral curiosity of the West. STREET OF CONSTANTINOPLE, Midway Plaisauce.— During tiie early part oi tlie Expusiiion a uumber of bazaars lor selling Eastern merchandise was opened some distance back of the thoroughfare. It attracted but few visitors. A happy thought struck the managers. It was a shrewd guess at western curiosity and thriftlness. A halt-concealing wall was erected across the open space. Under the symbols of the crescent was written, in large letters, " Street in Constantinople— Entrance Free." Then the place was crowded until the close of the Exposition. PANORAilA OF KILAUEA, iiij',',.iy Plai=auLi; -Tli.j building was polygonal in shape. 140 feet in diameter and 60 feet high. This volcano is very appropriately termed the ■•Inferno of the Pacific." The canvas of this most realistic cyclorama was 54 feet high and 412 feet long. The volcano was weird enough tor the wild natives of Hawaii to give it a Goddess of Plre and worship the dread deities of the crater. None will forget the appearance of the Goddess Pele where she sat in front of the building, JAPANESE BAZAAR, Midway Plaisance.—Tliis nazaai'. niodeleii after llmsp comiiKui in .I:ipan, wa^ full of the most interesting Japanese merchancUse. The articles sold were mostly bought for souvenirs rather than for use. DAHASCAN SWORDSMEN, Street in Cairo, Midway Plaisance.— Toledo and Damascus were famous In olden times for their swords and swordsmeu. These men belabored each other's shields to the sotinds of fife and drums, but it was never considered interesting after the novelty of the first sight. The men always seemed weary of their work, and to take no relish in their mock fights. They would whirl and turn and strike at imaginary foes until their referee rushed in between them and stopped the sauguinaiT struggle. O g} a? 2 ■Jl o £ » £ S 3 =• 5 Z >. 5 . < - .3 J 3) O IRISH VILLAGE— DONEGAL CASTLE, Midway Plaisauce.— There were two irisla villages in the Plaisance, one under the auspices of the Irish Industries Association, the other designed and carried out by Mrs. Ernest Hart. This is the picture of the gateway of St. Lawrence at Drogheda, as reproduced by Mrs. Hart. The chief place of interest was the ruins and banqueting hall ol Donegal Castle, containing very interesting Irish relics. - ^ MOORISH PALACE AND FERRIS WHEEL.— This was a very Uue Uuildiut' m^ide acciinling to the most elaborate Moorish architecture. It was somewhat au imitation ot the Alhambra. Illusions and delusions were exhausted in the effort to make it a labyrinth of wonders. m g S "J n^^^^^ ■}: : A%\%\VA'/*%'^^VA-^^:' <^*-'' '' '-.......y;;..;,,. ' #"ri. '0^-' J6aL ^^11 to? 1 1 iwrnm^ 1 |.; ,r-ts?i»ir:u.| 1 ?'-w...vi*',"."STCS8 -• 'r j ] '4^^^i^RM «l ^ire-s ":-—;•—.