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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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eading rooms arelocated on the second floor, as are also waiting, reception and toiletzooms for ladies. There are some interesting art exhibits in thebuilding, as well as displays of the great agricultural resources ofthe State. It is amply equipped with stand pipes and other appa-ratus for checking fires. Henry Voss, of Omaha, is the architectof the building, and it was erected at :. cost of ^15,000. Designedas the general headquarters for Nebraska people and their friends,it is entirely satisfactory for the purpose intended. The North Dakota State Building is next on the left after onepasses Nebraska. It is also in the colonial style of architecture,which seems to be particularly appropriate to the State buildings.It is dignified, though not severe ; home-like and hospitable, yet nottrivial. In the North Dakota edifice the solid structure of thefront elevation is essentially classic, with large exterior colonnadesor porches carried up to cover two stories, a feature which is useful,
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500 STATE BUILDINGS. and which, at the same time, softens and makes attractive theseverer lines of the classic ideal. The orround-floor colonnade formsthe porch, and the second story a gallery, doubly attractive by thefine situation of the buildino-. The interior offt^rs orenerous stair-ways and hall space, lighting and ventilation. The whole first flooris thrown into one room, 60 by 90 feet, affording ample room for dis-play of the State exhibits, which include nearly every product ofthe soil found in the temperate zone, whether from held or forest,

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