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Glimpses of the World's Fair.

1

Administration Building.
Dimensions: 262 feet square; height of dome, 277˝ feet; floor area, 4.2 acres. Cost, $550,000.

2

Machinery Hall.
Size, 846 by 492 feet. Floor area, 17˝ acres. Annex. 550 by 490 feet. Floor area of Annex, 6 acres. Cost, $1,200,000.

3

Government Building.
Size, 415 by 345 feet. Floor area, 6 acres. Height of dome, 236 feet. Cost, $400,000.

4

Manufactures Building from Machinery Hall.
Size, 1687 by 787 feet. Covers 32 acres. 7,000,000 feet of lumber in the floor. Cost, $1,700,000. Largest building in the world. Three times larger than St. Peter's at Rome. Highest point of roof, 237.6 feet.

5

Horticultural Building.
Size, 1000 by 240 feet. Floor area, 6˝ acres. Dome 114 feet high and 180 feet in diameter. Cost, $300,000.

6

Electricity Building.
Size, 700 by 345 feet. Floor area, 9 2/3 acres. Cost, $410,000.

7

Woman's Building.
Size, 388 by 199 feet. Designed by Miss Sofia G. Hayden, of Boston. Cost, $138,000.

8

Mines and Mining Building.
Size, 700 by 350 feet. Floor area, 8 2/3 acres. Cost, $265,000.

9

Detail of Fisheries Building.

10

Palace of Fine Arts.
Size, 500 by 320 feet, with two annexes, each 200 by 120 feet, Floor area, 5 acres. Fireproof. Cost, $670,000.

11

Transportation Building.
Size, 960 by 256 feet — besides Annex covering about 9 acres — total floor space, 20 acres. Cost, $370,000.

12

Eastern Facade of Machinery hall.

13

Administration Building and Grand Plaza.

14

South Canal from the Colonnade.

15

Japanese Ho-o-den — Wooded Island.
This building has presented to the Park Commisioners, and will remain in its present location.

16

West Entrance to Manufactures Building.

17

Interior of Government Building.

18

Detail of Statue South of Manufactures Building.
Showing Statue of the Republic and Peristyle.

19

Detail of Statue North of Agricultural Building.
Showing Peristyle and Statue of the Republic.

20

Agricultural Hall and Colonnade.
Size of main Agricultural building, 800 by 500 feet; Floor area, 15 acres. Size of annex, 550 by 300 feet; Floor area, 3.9 acres. Total cost, $620,000.

21

Battleship "Illinois."
Size 348 by 69 feet 3 inches.

22

Southwest Corner of Manufactures and Peristyle.
From Electricity building.

23

South Entrance to Electricity Building.

24

East End of Machinery Hall and Colonnade.

25

View South from Electricity Building.

26

Fisheries Building.
Size 265 by 165 feet. Floor area 3 acres. Cost, $225,000.

27

The Peristyle.
Dimensions: 600 feet long; 60 feet wide; 60 feet high. Bears 48 columns, representing States and Territories. Cost, $300,000.

28

Mining, Electricity and West Entrance to Manufactures.

29

View of Adminstration Building by Night.

30

MacMonnie's Fountain and Machinery Hall.

31

North End of Electricity and Mines and Mining Buildings.

32

Government and Manufactures Across Wooded Island.

33

Convent of La Rabida.
Reproduction of place where Columbus found shelter and received assistance in his negotiations with Ferdinand and Isabella. Cost, $50,000.

34

Statue of America.
Between Canadian and British buildings.

35

United States Life-Saving Station.

36

Detail of MacMonnie's Fountain.

37

United States Weather Bureau.
And Life-Saving Station.

38

G. A. R. Parade Passing Horticultural Building.

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Looking up the North Canal.

40

Electric Fountain.

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Parade of Prize Horses Passing Agricultural Hall.

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North Inlet and Fisheries Building.

43

From the Wooded Island Looking South.

44

Manufactures Building from the South.

45

Art Palace Looking East.

46

Caravel "Santa Maria."

47

Cliff Dwellers.

48

Yucatan Ruins.

49

The Windmills.

50

White Star Line Steamship and Children's Buildings.

51

Bridge on Wooded Island.

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Cliff Dwellers and Ruins of Yucatan.

53

West from Landing in Front of Mining Building.

54

Battleship "Illinois" and Prow of Viking.

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British Columbia Indian Door Posts or Totem Poles.

56

Fountain in Front of German Building.

57

Ruins of Yucatan.

58

East Side of Horticultural Building.

59

Peristyle from Agricultural Hall.

60

Venetian Gondola and Japanese Ho-o-den.

61

Golden Door to Transportation Building.

62

Arkansas State Building.

63

California State Building.

Next to Illinois, the largest State Building. Size, 144 by 435 feet. Cost, $75,000.

64

Interior of California State Building.

65

Roof Garden, California Building.

66

Colorado State Building.
Size, 125 by 45 feet. Cost, $35,000.

67

Connecticut State Building.

68

Delaware State Building.

69

Florida State Building.

70

Idaho State Building.

71

Illinios Building.
Largest State building. Size, 160 by 450 feet. Cost, $250,000.

72

Iowa State Building.
Size, 60 by 100 feet. Cost, $35,000.

73

Joint Territorial Building. — Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma.

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Kansas State Building.

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Kentucky State Building.

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Lousiana State Building.

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Maine State Building.

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Maryland State Building.

79

Massachusetts State Building.

80

Michigan State Building.

81

Minnesota State Building.

82

Missouri State Building.

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Montana State Building.

84

Nebraska State Building.

85

New Hampshire State Building.

86

New Jersey State Building.

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New York State Building.
Size, 160 by 105 feet. Cost, $150,000.

88

North Dakota State Building.

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Ohio State Building.

90

Ohio Statue.

91

Pennsylvania State Building.
Size, 110 by 166 feet. Cost, $60,000. Exact reproduction of old "Independence Hall." Contains Independence Bell.

92

Rhode Island State Building.

93

South Dakota State Building.

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Texas State Building.

95

Utah State Building.

96

Vermont State Building.

97

Statuary in Court of Vermont Building.

98

Virginia State Building. — Mount Vernon.

99

Washington State Building.

100

West Virginia State Building.

101

Wisconsin and Indiana State Building.
Wisconsin, 80 feet by 90 feet, Cost $30,000. Indiana, 100 by 125 feet, Cost $65,000.

102

Old Red River Cart.
Between North Dakota and Kansas State Buildings.

103

Leather and Shoe Building.

104

Forestry Building.

105

Anthropological Building.

106

Government Plaza.

107

Interior of Electricity Building at Night.

108

South Pond. — Whaling Bark "Progress."

109

Building of Costa Rica.

110

India Building.

111

Building of New South Wales.

112

Building of Ceylon.

113

German Building.
Size, 150 by 175 feet. Cost, $200,000. Germany's exhibit at the Exposition is valued at over $10,000,000.

114

Building of Hayti.

115

Building of Spain.

116

Swedish Building.
Built in Sweden. Cost, $40,000.

117

Building of Norway.

118

Building of Guatemala.

119

Building of Colombia.

120

Building of Great Britian. — "Victoria House."

121

Building of Venezuela.

122

Building of France.

123

Fountain in Courtyard of French Building.

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Entrance to French Department in Manufactures Building.

125

Turkish Building.

126

Building of Brazil.

127

Canadian Building.

128

Krupp Gun Building.
Contains largest cannon ever cast. Weight of exhibits, 957 tons, valued at $1,000,000. The 124-ton gun cost $50,000 to make.

129

View from North End of Electricity Building.

130

Main Entrance to Horticultural Building.

131

Statue of the Republic and Manufactures Building.
Statue designed by C. D. French; 65 feet high.

132

Southeast from Electricity Building.
Showing southwest corner Manufactures and Agricultural Building.

133

View East from Machinery Hall.

134

View from 59th Street Station Intramural Railway.

135

North from Mines and Mining Building.

136

Manufactures Building from Lake Shore.

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Across the Grand Plaza from Machinery Hall.

138

Grand Canal. — Agricultural and Machinery Hall.

139

Southeast from Roof of Transportation Building.

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North from Roof of Manufactures Building.

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South from Roof of Manufactures Building.

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Northeast from Roof of Manufactures Building.

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Northwest from Roof of Manufactures Building.

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West from Roof of Manufactures Building.

145

New England Kitchen.
Midway Plaisance.

146

World's Congress of Beauty.
Midway Plaisance.

147

Musicians. — World's Congress of Beauty.
Midway Plaisance.

148

Village of Irish Industries. — Blarney Castle.
Midway Plaisance.

149

Aztec Ruins and Electric Theatre.
Midway Plaisance.

150

Libbey Glass Works.
Midway Plaisance.

151

Hagenbeck's Arena.
Midway Plaisance.

152

In the Samoan Village.
Midway Plaisance.

153

South Sea Islanders.
Midway Plaisance.

154

Samoan Village.
Midway Plaisance.

155

Johore Bungalow.
Midway Plaisance.

156

Javanese Village.
Midway Plaisance.

157

Soudaneese Baby — Street in Cairo.
Midway Plaisance.

158

Damascus Palace.
Midway Plaisance.

159

Algerian Theater.
Midway Plaisance.

160

The Ever-Present "Kodak" Fiend.

161

Japanese Bazar.
Midway Plaisance.

162

German Village.
Midway Plaisance.

163

French Cider Press.
Midway Plaisance.

164

Algerian and Tunisian Palace and Theater.
Midway Plaisance.

165

Street of Constantinople.
Midway Plaisance.

166

Panorama of Kilauea.
Midway Plaisance.

167

Eifel Tower Pavilion.
Midway Plaisance.

168

Damascan Swordsmen — Street in Cairo.
Midway Plaisance.

169

"Orange Cider."
Midway Plaisance.

170

Across North Inlet.

171

Egyptian Juggler — Street in Cairo.
Midway Plaisance.

172

Japanese Bazar.
Midway Plaisance.

173

Irish Village — Donegal Castle.
Midway Plaisance.

174

Ferris Wheel.
264 feet high. Carries 36 cars, capacity 60 passengers each. 20 minutes required for round trip. Cost, $300,000.

175

Detail of Ferris Wheel.
Midway Plaisance.

176

Looking North from the Ferris Wheel.

177

From the Ferris Wheel Looking Directly East.

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Looking Northeast from Ferris Wheel.

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Japanese Bazar. Midway Plaisance.

180

Scene from Old Vienna. Midway Plaisance.

181

Ferris Wheel from "Old Vienna."

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Vienna Cafe and Ferris Wheel.
Midway Plaisance.

183

Captive Baloon.
Midway Plaisance.

184

Chinese Theater.
Midway Plaisance.

185

Parade Passing East of Midway Plaisance on Opening Day.

186

Ostrich Farm.
Midway Plaisance.

187

Lapland Village.
Midway Plaisance.

188

Bedouin Life in the Desert. — "Dress Parade."
Midway Plaisance.

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