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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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dertakings. Three main buildino-s were devoted to the Paris Exhibition of1855. The Palace of Industry, a permanent structure which is stilla feature of the Champs Elysees, was the principal exhibit hall. Itis rectangular in shape and of solid construction, and contained theindustrial groups. An annex 4.000 feet long was given over tomachinery. Still another building, the Palace of Fine Arts, was 30 PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS. separated from the others by a considerable distance. Betweenthe Palace of Industry and the annex was a rotunda in which wereplaced the crown jewels of the empire and a valuable collection oftapestries and other works of art belonging to the government. In this as in most of the great expositions, the United States hadvery scant representation. Out of 24,000 exhibitors, only 144 wereAmericans. Thirteen of the number were in the department offine arts. Exhibits were subdivided into eight groups, which werein turn divided into 31 classes. Jurors to the number of 398 made
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CENTENNIAIv EXHIBITION, 1876—ART GAI.LERY. the awards, and 190 of the jurors were from foreign countries.One hundred and twelve grand medals of honor, 252 medals ofhonor, 2,300 first-class medals and 4,000 honorable mentions consti-tuted the awards. Of these Cyrus H. McCormick was the onlyAm.erican to receive a grand medal of honor. Messrs. Healy,May and Rossiter were the American artists most conspicuouslynoticed. The total number of visitors during the exposition period was5,162,330. The price of admission varied from eight cents onSenday to ^i.oo on Friday, which was a reserve day, but the PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS. 31 general admission on week-days was one franc, about 20 cents.The expenses exceeded the income by over ^4,000,000, but thatincluded the cost of the permanent building, which represented alarge part of the total expense. Even allowing for this item, the ex-position itself was a financial loss, but it was estimated at the time thatParis gained about ^10,000,000 expended by

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