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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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or, anda series of six rostral columns designed and executed by JohannesGelert. The animals surmount the bridges that cross the canals,and thus have a location that is unsurpassed. Those of Mr. Kemeysare * Old Ephraim, a male grizzly guarding the approach to hislair; A Grizzly Grave Digger, who is playing with the head of awild sheep she has before buried and has now^ disinterred; APrairie Kincr,* a bull buffalo walkino- around the outskirts of hisherd, to guard against threatened danger ; At Sound of the Whoop, THE SITE AND HOW TO REACH IT. 71 a cow buffalo, standing at the first signal of danger, to guard hercalf; The Still Hunt, the figure of an American panther crouchingready to spring ; At Bay, a female panther ready to defend herlair against an attack. All of these beautiful works are so posedas to give the appearance of watching the approaches to the bridge.The work of Mr. Proctor, which Is of equal merit, consists ofmoose, elk and polar bears. Two sullen moose guard the bridge
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hunters cabin, wooded ISI.AND. leading to the Agriculture Building, and a number of elk are placedon bridges in various parts of the grounds. Two polar bears watchanother bridge, and seem to be looking across an imaginary fieldof ice for seals or explorers. Mr. Proctor Is also the sculptor ofthe lions which guard the treasures of the Fine Arts Building. Buthis most important works here are the equestrian statues decorat-ing the landing in the lagoon opposite the Transportation Building.One is a cowboy, not the eastern ideal but the western reality. Hesits on a typical bucking broncho which he is curbing, and is m 72 THE SITE AND HOW TO REACH IT. every way a most worthy representative of his kind. His com-panion is an Indian, mounted on a pony, which is standing silentwhile the rider orazes from under his shadinor hand, to see what isbefore him on the prairie. The pose and the details are all perfect.

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