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The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14593655439-2)

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FIGURES ON TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. (John J. Boyle, Sculp.) 2. Dennis Papin. 4. The Brakesman. 1. George Stephenson 5. Joseph Michael Montgolfier. 7. Rohert Fulton. 3. James Watt. 6. The Pilot.

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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

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LOCOMOTIVE, FACADE, TRANSPORTATION BLDG (John J. Boyle.)

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FIGURES ON TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. (John J. Boyle, Sculp.) 2. Dennis Papin.4. The Brakesman. George StephensonJoseph Michael Montgolfier.7- Rohert Fulton. 3. James Watt.6. The Pilot. (266) TRANSPORTATION. 267 without encountering the difficulties which now beset and environsuch study and investigation. The result is a grand object-lessoiipresented so clearly and impressively that one may learn In hoursand days what would otherwise require months and years. It wasthe aim of the department to keep the historical feature clearly inview and even to magnify it. By so doing the great exhibition ofthe actual means of transportation employed throughout the worldto-day and the wonderful achievements of recent years stand outIn high relief by contrast. The first and most noticeable, and not the least interesting,feature of the Transportation Building, is the beautiful scheme ofpolychrome decoration which is applied to its exterior. To treatthe building externally in manycolors was the origina

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