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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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fine statuary marbles fromCarrara. The South American States, those landsthat for so many centuries were the cyno-sures of the adventurer for eold, demon-strate that their treasure vaults are not yetexhausted, and fittingly complete the greatmineral exhibit of the foreign countries. No city avenue ever presented a morefestive and at the same time substantialarray of arcliitectural fronts than those onBullion Boulevard Illuminated by the west-ern sun and adorned with the coats-of-arms-of the States. rQf-oxrqjN MONOI.TTn MlNJ5t3. 251 The great mineral-producing commonwealths have come out fora carnival, and have called in to assist in their entertainment thestonemason and bricklayer, the cutter and polisher, the decoratorand the architect. As a result a solid front of architectural beauty,ever varying from pillar to classic temple, from parapet to mono-lith, vestibules, arches and turretted battlements, make a line ofminiature palaces that afford a fitting retreat and appropriate resi-
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WASHINGTON EXHIBIT. dence for the exalted sisterliood of States. Every bit of materialin its position is pregnant with meaning, every stone and piece ofclay has a significance attached to it by virtue of its position.These massive monoliths that mark the four corners of the Wis-consin space are more thansandstone. They are representativesof the great areas of sandstone that form a fringe around the greatsolid central core of the State—the Isle of Wisconsin. This archof cannei coal forming the facade of Kentucky has added to it a 252 MINES. Story of production and use. That tessellated floor of PennsylvaniaIs more than a tile floor. In a fascinating way it tells the varietyof clays derived from the subsoils of the Keystone State and theskill of the potters art. In this way have monotonous piles ofstone, ore, sands or clay been transformed into shapes that at once

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