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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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and Textile Arts. At the west entrance, byBlashfield, wino^ed figures alleo^orical of the arts of the Armorerthe Brass-worker, the Iron-worker and the Stone-worker; by Rein-hart, seated figures, representing the Goldsmiths and other decora-tive arts, with vases of plants in the arches overhead. The sub-jects of Mr. Gari Melcherz panels over the southwest entrance are*The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace. Two panels, by I02 M ANUF ACTU Rt^. Mr. F. D. Millet, are located over the entrance of the northwestcorner; they represent the weaving trades, the subjects being** Penelope at the Loom and The Return of Ulysses. Twopanels, by Mr. Lawrence C. Earle, are placed over the northeastentrance, respectively representing The Glassblowers and Pot-tery. Mr. McEwens panels, placed over the entrance at thesoutheast corner, typify Music and Textiles. The subjects inall of the decorations in this building are treated in classical styleand are very fine. Around the sides in a frieze appear the names
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BOOKING OVKR CLOTH BOOTHS TO CLOCK TOWER. of the States with their coats-of-arms, and gigantic eagles with up-lifted wings are poised on the pedmients over the entrances. Through the centre of the buildincr north and south, from entranceto entrance, runs a veritable street, Columbia avenue, fifty feet wideand studded at the corners of each intersecting street or aislewith ornamental lamp-posts bearing electric lights. Across this MANUFACTURES. 103 Street at Its middle runs another of the same width, thus dividingthe interior of the building into four immense rectangular spaces,which are each further divided by intersecting cross aisles. In thecentre of the building, at the Intersection of the two main streets,stands an Imposing clock-tower. This maornificent clock-tower Is 120 teet hlo^h, with a base of 20feet diameter, which is formed of four square towers, rising to a

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