Chapter V: , "The World's Columbian Exposition" from Volume V of "History

of the United States" by E. Benjamin Andrews (1905) is included to provide a contemporary description of the Exposition. ]

OFFICIAL VIEWS OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

ISSUED BY THE

DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY

C. D. ARNOLD H. D. HIGINBOTHAM Official Photographers

1893

PRESS CHICAGO PHOTO-GRAVURE CO.

INDEX.

Scene Plate Administration Building 23, 25, 33 Agricultural Building 18 Arabian Village 112, 113, 114 Austrian Exhibit 9 Band Stand 26 Battle Ship "Illinois" 69 Belgian Exhibit. 10 Bell Telephone Exhibit 32 Blarney Castle 93 Brazilian Building 74 Cafe de la Marine 52 Cairo Street 103 Ceylon Building 79 Chocolate Pavilion 14 Choral Hall 42 Cliff Dwellers 90 Colonnade 20 Columbian Fountain 24, 28 Columbus' Caravels 85, 86 Court of Honor 15, 115 Dahomey Village 110 Donegal Castle. 95 Electricity Building 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 Ferris Wheel 91, 105 Fine Arts Palace 59, 60, 61 Fisheries Building 46, 53 French Exhibit 10 French Government Building 73 General Views 4, 16, 17, 19, 21. 27, 28, 33, 38, 44, 46, 48, 62, 66, 68, 97, 98 German Government Building 72 German Exhibits 8, 40, 87 German Village 99, 100 Government Buildings 54, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 Guatemala Building 78 Hagenbeck's Arena 94 Hayti Building 75 Horticultural Building 43, 57 Illinois Building 47 Indian Pavilion 81 Indians' Wigwams, etc. 88, 89 Japanese Exhibits 49, 50, 51, 54, 55 Johore Bungalow 101 Krupp Building 87 Lapland Village 111 Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 24, 56 Machinery Hall 22, 24, 25 Merchant Tailors Building 58 Midway Views 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114 Mines Building 34, 35 Movable Sidewalk 83 New South Wales Building 75 New York Building 64 Norwegian Exhibit 11 Old Vienna 106, 107, 108, 109 Pennsylvania Building 65 Peristyle 12 Peristyle and Quadriga 13 Rabida Convent 84 Russian Exhibit 7 Samoan Village 96 Spanish Building 72 State Buildings 47, 63, 64, 65 Swedish Building 75 Terminal Station 36 Tiffany and Gorham Exhibits 6 Train of 1831 37 Transportation Building 39, 40, 41 Turkish Building 77 Turkish Village 102, 104 U. S. Government Building 54 U. S. Life Saving Station 67 Venezuela Building 76 Venetian Boat 35 Victoria House 71 Viking Ship 72 Whaleback at Pier 88 West Point Cadets Encampment 67 Woman's Building 45, 40 Wooded Island 52 World's Congress of Beauty 98

PLATE 1--MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.

PLATE 2--NORTHERN FACADE OF LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.

PLATE 3--LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING--WEST ENTRANCE.

PLATE 4--BIRDS EYE VIEW LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.

PLATE 5--SOUTHWEST PAVILION OF LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.

PLATE 6--TIFFANY AND GORHAM EXHIBITS--MANUFACTURES BUILDING.

PLATE 7--RUSSIAN EXHIBIT--MANUFACTURES BUILDING.

PLATE 8--ENTRANCE TO GERMAN EXHIBIT--LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING.

PLATE 9--AUSTRIAN EXHIBIT--MANUFACTURES BUILDING.

PLATE 10--FRENCH AND BELGIAN SECTIONS--MANUFACTURES BUILDING.

PLATE 11--NORWEGIAN EXHIBIT--MANUFACTURES BUILDING.

PLATE 12--THE PERISTYLE.

PLATE 13--PERISTYLE AND QUADRIGA.

PLATE 14--A CHOCOLATE PAVILION.

PLATE 15--THE COURT OF HONOR.

PLATE 16--A VIEW NEAR THE PERISTYLE.

PLATE 17--LOOKING WEST FROM PERISTYLE.

PLATE 18--AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.

PLATE 19--GENERAL VIEW--LOOKING TOWARDS COLONNADE.

PLATE 20--THE COLONNADE.

PLATE 21--THE LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING FROM COLONNADE.

PLATE 22--PALACE OF MECHANIC ARTS.

PLATE 23--ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

PLATE 24--THE COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.

PLATE 25--SECTION OF PALACE OF MECHANIC ARTS AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

PLATE 26--BAND STAND AT ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

PLATE 27--VIEW FROM ELECTRICITY BUILDING--LOOKING SOUTHEAST.

PLATE 28--ELECTRICITY BUILDING AND COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.

PLATE 29--ELECTRICITY BUILDING.

PLATE 30--INTERIOR OF ELECTRICITY BUILDING.

PLATE 31--BASE OF ELECTRIC TOWER.--ELECTRICITY BUILDING.

PLATE 32--BELL TELEPHONE EXHIBIT--ELECTRICITY BUILDING.

PLATE 33--ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FROM WOODED ISLAND.

PLATE 34--MINES BUILDING--FROM THE NORTH.

PLATE 35--VENETIAN BOAT ON THE LAGOON AT NORTH ENTRANCE OF MINES BUILDING.

PLATE 36--THE TERMINAL STATION.

PLATE 37--FIRST TRAIN IN STATE OF NEW YORK, RUN ON THE MOHAWK & HUDSON R. R., 1831.

PLATE 38--LOOKING NORTH FROM TERMINAL STATION.

PLATE 39--TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.

PLATE 40--A GERMAN GATEWAY IN WROUGHT IRON--TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.

PLATE 41--THE GOLDEN DOOR, TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.

PLATE 42--CHORAL HALL.

PLATE 43--HORTICULTURAL BUILDING FROM WOODED ISLAND.

PLATE 44--LOOKING SOUTH FROM LOGGIA OF WOMAN'S BUILDING.

PLATE 45--WOMAN'S BUILDING.

PLATE 46--BRAZIL SWEDEN CAFE DE LA MARINE FISHERIES LOOKING EAST FROM WOMAN'S BUILDING.

PLATE 47--THE ILLINOIS BUILDING.

PLATE 48--LOOKING WEST FROM CAFE DE LA MARINE.

PLATE 49--VIEW OF JAPANESE TEA GARDEN--FROM LAGOON.

PLATE 50--THE JAPANESE TEA GARDEN.

PLATE 51--JAPANESE BOAT ON THE LAGOON.

PLATE 52--CAFE DE LA MARINE.

PLATE 53--FISHERIES BUILDING FROM WOODED ISLAND.

PLATE 54--UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND JAPANESE HO-O-DEN.

PLATE 55--THE JAPANESE HO-O-DEN.

PLATE 56--LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING FROM WOODED ISLAND.

PLATE 57--WOODED ISLAND NEAR HORTICULTURAL BUILDING.

PLATE 58--MERCHANT TAILORS BUILDING.

PLATE 59--PALACE OF FINE ARTS.

PLATE 60--PALACE OF FINE ARTS--SECTION OF SOUTH FRONT.

PLATE 61--INTERIOR OF PALACE OF FINE ARTS.

PLATE 62--FEEDING THE DUCKS.

PLATE 63--AVENUE OF STATE BUILDINGS.

PLATE 64--NEW YORK STATE BUILDING.

PLATE 65--PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING.

PLATE 66--LOOKING WEST FROM LIFE SAVING STATION.

PLATE 67--UNITED STATES LIFE SAVING STATION.

PLATE 68--ENCAMPMENT OF WEST POINT CADETS, GOVERNMENT PLAZA.

PLATE 69--BATTLE SHIP "ILLINOIS."

PLATE 70--THE VIKING SHIP.

PLATE 71--GREAT BRITAIN, VICTORIA HOUSE.

PLATE 72--BUILDINGS OF SPANISH AND GERMAN GOVERNMENTS.

PLATE 73--GOVERNMENT BUILDING, FRANCE.

PLATE 74--THE BRAZILIAN BUILDING.

PLATE 75--GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, SWEDEN, HAYTI AND NEW SOUTH WALES.

PLATE 76--GOVERNMENT BUILDING, VENEZUELA.

PLATE 77--TURKISH BUILDING.

PLATE 78--GUATEMALA BUILDING.

PLATE 79--THE CEYLON BUILDING.

PLATE 80--ON THE BEACH--EAST OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING.

PLATE 81--THE INDIAN PAVILION.

PLATE 82--WHALEBACK AT EXPOSITION PIER.

PLATE 83--THE MOVING SIDEWALK ON PIER.

PLATE 84--CONVENT OF LA RABIDA.

PLATE 85--THE SANTA MARIA.

PLATE 86--THE NINA AND PINTA.

PLATE 87--THE KRUPP BUILDING.

PLATE 88--BIRCHBARK WIGWAMS OF PENOBSCOT INDIANS.

PLATE 89--HOUSES AND TOTEM POLES OF ALASKAN INDIANS.

PLATE 90--THE CLIFF DWELLERS.

PLATE 91--THE FERRIS WHEEL.

PLATE 92--WORLD'S CONGRESS OF BEAUTY, ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 93--BLARNEY CASTLE, ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 94--HAGENBECK'S ARENA--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 95--DONEGAL CASTLE, ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 96--THE SAMOAN VILLAGE--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 97--THE MIDWAY, LOOKING WEST.

PLATE 98--THE MIDWAY, FROM FERRIS WHEEL, LOOKING EAST.

PLATE 99--ENTRANCE TO THE GERMAN VILLAGE, ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 100--GERMAN VILLAGE--MIDWAY.

PLATE 101--THE JOHORE BUNGALOW--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 102--IN THE TURKISH BAZAAR.

PLATE 103--A MINARET IN THE CAIRO STREET--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 104--TURKISH LADIES IN TURKISH VILLAGE--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 105--FERRIS WHEEL--FROM THE WEST.

PLATE 106--ENTRANCE TO OLD VIENNA--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 107--SAUSAGE VENDER--OLD VIENNA.

PLATE 108--OLD VIENNA--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 109--EAST COURT IN OLD VIENNA.

PLATE 110--DAHOMEY VILLAGE--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 111--THE LAPLAND VILLAGE--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 112--TYPES OF THE ARABIAN VILLAGE--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 113--SCENE AT ARABIAN VILLAGE--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 114--IN THE ARABIAN VILLAGE--ON THE MIDWAY.

PLATE 115--COURT OF HONOR FROM ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

End of OFFICIAL VIEWS OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

Excerpt from "History of the United States".