The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14593456869)

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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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GERMAN KALI WORKS, Stars, flowers and running garlands of floral designs are made ofcolored corn. There are also panels with margins of grains ofcorn, and centres of heads of wheat and rye. The central pagoda AGRICULTURE. 177 is similarly ornamented. In succession, to the west, come theStates of Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Facingthe aisle next southward are Massachusetts, Maine, Montana andNew Mexico. California, Kansas, North Dakota, New Hampshire,Connecticut and Oklahoma complete this quarter of the building.Every one of the States has a creditable display that will do muchto advertise its resources. In the southeast quarter of the building,the States In succession are Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky,Indiana, New York, North Carolina, West Virginia, Missouri,
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CANADA EXHIBIT, AGRICULTURAI, BUII^DING, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Idaho, New Jersey, Florida, Virginia, Oregon, Delaware, Maryland, Colorado and South Dakota. As one enters the Agricultural Building at the main portal and 178 AGRICULTURE. turns to the right he first reaches the exhibit of Spain and thePhilippine Islands, occupying nearly 4,000 square feet with a charac-teristic display. Chili, Cuba, British Guiana, Haytl, Liberia, Curagoa,Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Siam, Brazil and Austria com-plete the circle in that corner of the building. It is inthese remoter countries that visitors find thegreat- ^Mj^^^. ^st interest. Their stuffed beasts, birds, ser-pents, ^^S^^^v^^^^^ magnificent tobaccos, their rubber valuable stranor-e woods, their coffees andpalm oil, fruit, coral, straw work,tures, rice and vanilla beans,to us. Mexicoshowing pulque,fee, tobacco anddisplays fine IS veryfects ia and curiouscane, iheir nuts,native manufac-almost all beingoccupies a large area,aguardie