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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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d & Votey Organ Company, of Detroit, Michi-gan, for Festival Hall. Its case, which is made of staff, corresponds^vith the general style of the building, and occupies a space thirty-eight feet in height, twenty-five feet In depth and thirty-four feet inwidth. It Is believed by the builders and by many musicians thatthe qualities of the organ and many of its novel characteristics willmark an epoch in organ-building. There are ii6 stops and 3,901pipes. The specifications for the organ were drawn by Mr. Clar-ence Eddy, the noted organist of Chicago, In conjunction with Mr.Votey. It is a triumph of the organ-builders skill. By observing the liberality displayed by the Exposition Companyto music as an art, it is seen that the Idea of the Worlds Fair is toshow justice to everything In the scope of human culture andknowledge. It Is gratifying to know that the country appreciatesthese efforts, and that universal voice declares the Worlds Colum-bian Exposition to be the greatest in history.
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NE of the several departmentsof the Worlds Columbian Ex-position in which science andeducation are the main objectsof the exhibit is Department- M. In the fall of 1890, before the site of the Exposition was definitelylocated in Chicago, a plan was conceived, and presented by requestof the Worlds Fair Committee, for a department which shouldillustrate early life in America from remote ages before historictimes down to the period of Columbus, The sketch originally outlined has been broadened in so manydirections ^that the department may be said to have outgrown itsname, thus giving rise to the necessity of a more comprehensivetitle for the building in which the department is arranged. Thelegend over the main entrance, ^Anthropological Building, Manand his Works, is very comprehensive and indicates the scope ofthe department, which not only treats of the moral, mental andphysical characteristics of man, but also shows the beginnings ofhis great achievements in art, in architecture and in

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