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Glimpses of the World's Fair.
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Administration Building.
Dimensions: 262 feet square; height of dome, 277Ë feet; floor area, 4.2 acres. Cost, $550,000.
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Machinery Hall.
Size, 846 by 492 feet. Floor area, 17Ë acres. Annex. 550 by 490 feet. Floor area of Annex, 6 acres. Cost, $1,200,000.
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Government Building.
Size, 415 by 345 feet. Floor area, 6 acres. Height of dome, 236 feet. Cost, $400,000.
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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.
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Horticultural Building.
Size, 1000 by 240 feet. Floor area, 6Ë acres. Dome 114 feet high and 180 feet in diameter. Cost, $300,000.
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Electricity Building.
Size, 700 by 345 feet. Floor area, 9 2/3 acres. Cost, $410,000.
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Woman's Building.
Size, 388 by 199 feet. Designed by Miss Sofia G. Hayden, of Boston. Cost, $138,000.
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Mines and Mining Building.
Size, 700 by 350 feet. Floor area, 8 2/3 acres. Cost, $265,000.
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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.
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Transportation Building.
Size, 960 by 256 feet — besides Annex covering about 9 acres — total floor space, 20 acres. Cost, $370,000.
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Eastern Facade of Machinery hall.
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Administration Building and Grand Plaza.
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South Canal from the Colonnade.
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Japanese Ho-o-den — Wooded Island.
This building has presented to the Park Commisioners, and will remain in its present location.
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West Entrance to Manufactures Building.
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Interior of Government Building.
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Detail of Statue South of Manufactures Building.
Showing Statue of the Republic and Peristyle.
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Detail of Statue North of Agricultural Building.
Showing Peristyle and Statue of the Republic.
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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.
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Battleship "Illinois."
Size 348 by 69 feet 3 inches.
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Southwest Corner of Manufactures and Peristyle.
From Electricity building.
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South Entrance to Electricity Building.
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East End of Machinery Hall and Colonnade.
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View South from Electricity Building.
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Fisheries Building.
Size 265 by 165 feet. Floor area 3 acres. Cost, $225,000.
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The Peristyle.
Dimensions: 600 feet long; 60 feet wide; 60 feet high. Bears 48 columns, representing States and Territories. Cost, $300,000.
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Mining, Electricity and West Entrance to Manufactures.
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View of Adminstration Building by Night.
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MacMonnie's Fountain and Machinery Hall.
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North End of Electricity and Mines and Mining Buildings.
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Government and Manufactures Across Wooded Island.
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Convent of La Rabida.
Reproduction of place where Columbus found shelter and received assistance in his negotiations with Ferdinand and Isabella. Cost, $50,000.
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Statue of America.
Between Canadian and British buildings.
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United States Life-Saving Station.
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Detail of MacMonnie's Fountain.
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United States Weather Bureau.
And Life-Saving Station.
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G. A. R. Parade Passing Horticultural Building.
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Parade of Prize Horses Passing Agricultural Hall.
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North Inlet and Fisheries Building.
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From the Wooded Island Looking South.
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Manufactures Building from the South.
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White Star Line Steamship and Children's Buildings.
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Cliff Dwellers and Ruins of Yucatan.
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West from Landing in Front of Mining Building.
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Battleship "Illinois" and Prow of Viking.
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British Columbia Indian Door Posts or Totem Poles.
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Fountain in Front of German Building.
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East Side of Horticultural Building.
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Peristyle from Agricultural Hall.
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Venetian Gondola and Japanese Ho-o-den.
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Golden Door to Transportation Building.
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Next to Illinois, the largest State Building. Size, 144 by 435 feet. Cost, $75,000.
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Interior of California State Building.
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Roof Garden, California Building.
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Colorado State Building.
Size, 125 by 45 feet. Cost, $35,000.
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Illinios Building.
Largest State building. Size, 160 by 450 feet. Cost, $250,000.
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Iowa State Building.
Size, 60 by 100 feet. Cost, $35,000.
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Joint Territorial Building. — Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma.
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New York State Building.
Size, 160 by 105 feet. Cost, $150,000.
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Pennsylvania State Building.
Size, 110 by 166 feet. Cost, $60,000. Exact reproduction of old "Independence Hall." Contains Independence Bell.
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Statuary in Court of Vermont Building.
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Virginia State Building. — Mount Vernon.
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Wisconsin and Indiana State Building.
Wisconsin, 80 feet by 90 feet, Cost $30,000. Indiana, 100 by 125 feet, Cost $65,000.
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Old Red River Cart.
Between North Dakota and Kansas State Buildings.
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Interior of Electricity Building at Night.
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South Pond. — Whaling Bark "Progress."
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German Building.
Size, 150 by 175 feet. Cost, $200,000. Germany's exhibit at the Exposition is valued at over $10,000,000.
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Swedish Building.
Built in Sweden. Cost, $40,000.
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Building of Great Britian. — "Victoria House."
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Fountain in Courtyard of French Building.
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Entrance to French Department in Manufactures Building.
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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.
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View from North End of Electricity Building.
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Main Entrance to Horticultural Building.
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Statue of the Republic and Manufactures Building.
Statue designed by C. D. French; 65 feet high.
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Southeast from Electricity Building.
Showing southwest corner Manufactures and Agricultural Building.
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View East from Machinery Hall.
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View from 59th Street Station Intramural Railway.
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North from Mines and Mining Building.
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Manufactures Building from Lake Shore.
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Across the Grand Plaza from Machinery Hall.
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Grand Canal. — Agricultural and Machinery Hall.
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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.
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New England Kitchen.
Midway Plaisance.
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World's Congress of Beauty.
Midway Plaisance.
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Musicians. — World's Congress of Beauty.
Midway Plaisance.
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Village of Irish Industries. — Blarney Castle.
Midway Plaisance.
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Aztec Ruins and Electric Theatre.
Midway Plaisance.
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Libbey Glass Works.
Midway Plaisance.
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Hagenbeck's Arena.
Midway Plaisance.
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In the Samoan Village.
Midway Plaisance.
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South Sea Islanders.
Midway Plaisance.
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Samoan Village.
Midway Plaisance.
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Johore Bungalow.
Midway Plaisance.
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Javanese Village.
Midway Plaisance.
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Soudaneese Baby — Street in Cairo.
Midway Plaisance.
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Damascus Palace.
Midway Plaisance.
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Algerian Theater.
Midway Plaisance.
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The Ever-Present "Kodak" Fiend.
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Japanese Bazar.
Midway Plaisance.
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German Village.
Midway Plaisance.
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French Cider Press.
Midway Plaisance.
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Algerian and Tunisian Palace and Theater.
Midway Plaisance.
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Street of Constantinople.
Midway Plaisance.
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Panorama of Kilauea.
Midway Plaisance.
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Eifel Tower Pavilion.
Midway Plaisance.
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Damascan Swordsmen — Street in Cairo.
Midway Plaisance.
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"Orange Cider."
Midway Plaisance.
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Egyptian Juggler — Street in Cairo.
Midway Plaisance.
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Japanese Bazar.
Midway Plaisance.
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Irish Village — Donegal Castle.
Midway Plaisance.
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Ferris Wheel.
264 feet high. Carries 36 cars, capacity 60 passengers each. 20 minutes required for round trip. Cost, $300,000.
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Detail of Ferris Wheel.
Midway Plaisance.
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Looking North from the Ferris Wheel.
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From the Ferris Wheel Looking Directly East.
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Looking Northeast from Ferris Wheel.
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Japanese Bazar. Midway Plaisance.
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Scene from Old Vienna. Midway Plaisance.
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Ferris Wheel from "Old Vienna."
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Vienna Cafe and Ferris Wheel.
Midway Plaisance.
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Captive Baloon.
Midway Plaisance.
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Chinese Theater.
Midway Plaisance.
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Parade Passing East of Midway Plaisance on Opening Day.
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Ostrich Farm.
Midway Plaisance.
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Lapland Village.
Midway Plaisance.
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Bedouin Life in the Desert. — "Dress Parade."
Midway Plaisance.