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Title: Sioux City illustrated : the pioneer period and an authentic sketch of the Sioux City of today ...
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Heizer, E. P. (Edward P.)
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Publisher: Sioux City : D.C. Dunbar & Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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The thousaiuls who saw itwill not only be i>«>rnianently benefitted by the revelation of new forms of art, but will also derivejferpetual advantage from the expression, in comprehensive style, of the resources and magnitude of theregion. No one could fail to receive enlargetl impressions of the northwest and of Sioux City as thecommercial capital of the northwest The rink building was decorated plaiidy with corn-stniks pendant from the ceilings and arrangedaljout the sides. This hall was used for drills, band contests, concerts, jiublic speaking and the final ball.While not especially ornamented, it was exceedingly essential to the carrying out of the piogramme ofentertainments. The principal streets of the city during Festival week were so finely decorated as to command adegree of admiration but little less than that be.stowed on the Corn Palace itself. Chief among thefeatures of the display were the illuminated arches, erected at the intorsoctioiis i>f the main streets.
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UKolLlRNOb UK. WU. 11. hUlili. These artificial structures consisted of huge spans and cross-trees, towering in pyrainidul fmin to ii heightof fifty feet and each bearing about 3<)0 jets covered witii glass globes of assorted colors. Eight archesspanned Fourth street, which, viewed from the west, appeared like a stream of fire. Two miles of gas-pipewere required for this system of lighting, and there were over 8,000 jets. A massive and ornate arch,with thatched peaks and elal)orate figures wrought in corn, spanned Pierce street between Fourth andFifth streets. This, also, was illuminated at night with gas jets under glass globes. It would require an enumeration of every business house and office in the city to describe the privatedecorations. From a simple veneering of corn in the ear to a complex and carefully drawn plan ofartistic adornment, each building along the public thoroughfares was made to honor the event Thedecorative mania burst forth in emulative force. Gigantic ears o

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