Seventh Edition M* IOO th Thousand !* * n r "^ ~ . . Glimpses World's Fair A Selection of Gems of the White City Seen flain Exhibition Buildings... Grounds All Foreign Buildings... All State and Territorial Buildings... Statuary... Lagoons The And flidway Plaisance CHICAGO LAIRD & LEE, PUBLISHERS 1803- ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY=THREE BY LAIRD & LEE IN THE OFFICE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AT WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Dimensions: 2152 feet square; height of dome, 277K feet; floor area, 4.2 acres. Cost, $550,000. GOVERNMENT BUILDING. Size, 415 by 845 feet. Floor area, 6 acres. Height of dome, 236 feet. Cost, $400.000. WOMAN'S BUILDING. Size, liSS by 199 feet. Designed by Miss Sofia G. Hayden, of Boston. Cost, $138,000. 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. Larpest building in the world. Three times larger than St. Peter's at Rome. Highest point of roof, 237.6 feet. ELECTRICITY BUILDING. Size, 700 by 345 feet. Floor area, 9% acres. Cost, $410,000. MINES AND MINING BUILDING. Size, 700 by 350 feet. Floor area. 8K acres. Cost, $265,000. TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. Size, 960 by 25(5 feet besides Annex covering about 9 acres total floor space, 20 acres. Cost, $370,000. 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. FISHERIES BUILDING. Size, 365 by 165 feet. Floor area, 3 acres. Cost, $225,000. HORTICULTURAL BUILDING. Size. 1000 by L'40 feet. Floor area, t>K acres. Dome, 114 feet high and 180 feet in diameter. Cost ,$300 ,000. MACHINERY HALL. Size, 846 by 49'J feet. Floor area, 17 J^ acres. Annex, 550 by 490 feet. Floor area of Annex, acres. Cost, $1,200,000. FORESTRY BUILDING. LEATHER AND SHOE BUILDING. f fflf M rru - ^ 1 ANTHROPOLOGICAL, BUILDING. NORTHERN EXPOSURE OF ART PALACE. AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND MACMONNIES FOUNTAIN. THE PERISTYLE. Dimensions- 000 feet long; 60 feet wide; 60 feet high. Bears 48 columns, representing States and Territories. Cost, $300,000 BATTLESHIP "ILLINOIS." Size, 348 by 69 feet 3 inches. CONVENT OF LA RABIDA. Reproduction of place where Columbus found shelter and received assistance in his negotiations with Ferdinand and Isabella. Cost, $50,000. KRUPP GUX BUILDING. Contains largest cannon ever cast. Weight of exhibits, 957 tons, valued at $1.000.000. The 1'24-ton gun cost $50,000 to make. PUCK BUILDING. KKUPP PAVILION FROM THE LAKE. UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU And Life-Saving Station. UNITED STATES LIFE-SAYIXG STATION. LOOKING WEST, FROM PERISTYLE. NORTHWEST FROM MAIN ENTRANCE TO AGRICULTURE THE COURT OF HONOR BY MOONLIGHT. DETAIL OF STATUE NORTH OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. Showing Peristyle and Statue of the Republic. DETAIL, OF STATUE SOUTH OP MANUFACTURES BUILDING Showing Statue of the Republic and Peristyle. 'tier a MAIN ENTRANCE TO HORTICULTURAL BUILDING. VIEW NORTH FROM LANDING AT TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. PERISTYLE, PIER AND LAKE FROM MANUFACTURES BUILDING. LOOKING SOUTH FROM ELECTRICITY BUILDING. NORTHWEST FROM ROOF OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING. MERCHANT TAILORS' BUILDING. Woman's Building in the distance. MANUFACTURES BUILDING FROM LAKE SHORE. LOOKING EAST FROM ROOF OF WOMAN'S BUILDING. EAST END OF MACHINERY HALL AND COLONNADE. VIEW PROM NORTHEAST CORNER OF GROUNDS. ELECTRICITY BUILDING, ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN AND MANUFACTURES BUILDING. LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM ROOF OF WOMAN'S BUILDING. WHITE STAR LINE STEAMSHIP AND CHILDREN'S BUILDINGS. MACMONNIE'S FOUNTAIN AND MACHINERY HALL. GOVERNMENT PLAZA. NORTH FROM BRIDGE SOUTH OF HORTICULTURAL BUILDING. OBELISK, COLONNADE AND WEST END OP AGRICULTURE. M ' $f \|i i VIEW EAST FROM GALLERY OP ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. GOLDEN DOOR TO TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. GRAND CANAL AGRICULTURE AND MACHINERY HALL. SOUTH CANAL FROM THE COLONNADE. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND GRAND PLAZA. VIEW NORTHWEST FROM AGRICULTURAL. BUILDING. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FROM AGRICULTURE. WEST SIDE OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING. Dome of Illinois Building in the Distance. DETAIL OF ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN. SOUTH POND WHALING BARK "PROGRESS." VIEW NORTHEAST FROM ELECTRIC FOUNTAIN. VIEW OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING BY NIGHT. DETAIL OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. CAFE MARINE. LOOKING UP NORTH CANAL FROM COLONNADE. BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIAN DOOR POSTS OR TOTEM POLES. VIEW NORTHEAST FROM TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. CLIFF DWELLERS AND RUINS OF YUCATAN. VIKING SHIP. Manufactures and Government Buildings in the Distance. THE CARAVELS. DETAIL OF PERISTYLE. THE WINDMILLS. YUCATAN RUINS. THE LIBERTY BELL. DETAIL OF MACMONNIE'S FOUNTAIN. WHALEBACK "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS." CARAVEL " SANTA MARIA. INTERIOR OF ELECTRICITY BUILDING AT NIGHT. CLOCK TOWER AND ENTRANCE TO FRENCH EXHIBIT. MANUFACTURES BUILDING. AUSTRIAN EXHIBIT IN MANUFACTURES BUILDING. INTERIOR VIEW OF HORTICULTURE BUILDING. INTERIOR VIEW, ANTHROPOLOGICAL BUILDING. INTERIOR VIEW, MANUFACTURES BUILDING. INTERIOR VIEW OF MANUFACTURES BUILDING. INTERIOR OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING. VIEW OF NORTH END OF GROUNDS. Showing State Buildings. VIEW OF NORTH END OF GROUNDS. Showing State Buildings. ARKANSAS STATE BUILDING. CALIFORNIA STATE BUILDING. Next to Illinois, the largest State Building. Size, 144 by 435 feet. Cost, $75,000. ROOF GARDEN, CALIFORNIA BUILDING. COLORADO STATE BUILDING. Size, 125 by 45 feet. Cost, $35,000. CONNECTICUT STATE BUILDING. DELAWARE STATE BUILDING. FLORIDA STATE BUILDING. IDAHO STATE BUILDING. ILLINOIS BUILDING. Largest State building. Size, 160 by 450 feet. Cost, $250,000. INTERIOR VIEW, ILLINOIS STATE BUILDING. INDIANA STATE BUILDING. IOWA STATE BUILDING. Size, 60 by 100 feet. Cost, $35,000. JOINT TERRITORIAL BUILDING Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma. KANSAS STATE BUILDING. KENTUCKY STATE "BUILDING. LOUISIANA STATE BUILDING. MASSACHUSETTS STATE BUILDING. MINNESOTA STATE BUILDING. MISSOURI STATE BUILDING. MONTANA STATE BUILDING NEBRASKA STATE BUILDING. NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE BUILDING. NEW JERSEY STATE BUILDING. XEW YORK STATE BUILDING. Size, 160 by 105 feet. Cost, $150,000. NORTH DAKOTA STATE BUILDINLJ. OHIO STATE BUILDING. PENNSYLVANIA STATE BUILDING. Size, 110 by 166 feet. Cost, $60,000. Exact reproduction of old "Independence Hall.' Contains Independence Bell. RHODE ISLAND STATE BUILDING. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE BUILDING. TEXAS STATE BUILDING. UTAH STATE BUILDING. VERMONT STATE BUILDING. VIRGINIA STATE BUILDING Mount Vernon WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING. WEST VIRGINIA STATE BUILDING. WISCONSIN AND INDIANA STATE BUILDINGS. Wisconsin, 80 by 90 feet; Cost, $30,000. Indiana, 100 by 125 feet; Cost, $65,000. BUILDING OP HAYTI. BUILDING OF NEW SOUTH WALES. fflrr rmrm FOUNTAIN IN COURTYARD OF FRENCH BUILDING. JAPANESE HO-O-DEN Wooded Island. This building has been presented to the Park Commissioners, and will remain in its present location. BUILDING OP CEYLON. BUILDING OF COLOMBIA. BUILDING OF BRAZIL. BUILDING OF SPAIN. SWEDISH BUILDING. Built in Sweden. Cost, $40,000. 10 TURKISH BUILDING. BUILDING OF COSTA RICA. BUILDING OF FRANCE BUILDING OF GUATEMALA, BUILDING OF GREAT BRITAIN " Victoria House. VENETIAN GONDOLA AND JAPANESE HO-O-DEN. BUILDING OF VENEZUELA. NEW ENGLAND KITCHEN. Midway Plaisance. WORLD'S CONGRESS OF BEAUTY. Midway Plaisance. VILLAGE OF IRISH INDUSTRIES Blarney Castle. Midway Plaisance. AZTEC RUINS AND ELECTRIC THEATRE. Midway Plaisanee. LIBBEY GLASS WORKS. Midway Plaisance. HAGENBECK'S ARENA. Midway Plaisance. IN THE SAMOAN VILLAGE. Midway Plaisance. 11 SAMOAN VILLAGE. Midway Plaisance. JOHORE BUNGALOW. Midway Plaisance. JAVANESE VILLAGE. Midway Plaisance- DAMASCUS PALACE. Midway Plaisance. I I Illll f ALGERIAN THEATRE. Midway Plaisance. JAPANESE BAZAR. Midway Plaisance. GERMAN VILLAGE. Midway Plaisance. GERMAN VILLAGE. Midway Plaisance. A CORNER OF THE GERMAN VILLAGE. Midway Plaisance. ALGERIAN AND TUNISIAN PALACE AND THEATRE, Midway Plaisance. STREKT OF CONSTANTINOPLE. Midway Plaisance. PANORAMA OP KILAUEA. Midway Plaisance. SB < 8 Si 51 DAMASCAN SWORDSMEN Street in Cairo. Midway Plaisance. IRISH VILLAGE Donegal Castle. Midway Plaisance. MOORISH PALACE AND FERRIS WHEEL Midway Plaisance. I , AJS J ^ H 3 w i* a li ^gc DETAIL OF FERRIS WHEEL. Midway Plaisance. DETAIL OF FERRIS WHEEL FROM THE GROUND. Midway Plaisance. LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM FERRIS WHEEL. LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM FERRIS WHEEL. FERRIS WHEEL FROM "OLD VIENNA. Midway Plalsance. CHINESE THEATRE. Midway Plaisance. CAPTIVE BALOON. Midway Plaisance. OSTRICH FARM AND BRAZILIAN CONCERT HALL. OSTRICH FARM. Midway Plaisance. LAPLAND VILLAGE. Midway Plaisance. WALTER BAKER & GO'S PAVILION, WORLD'S COLUflBIAN EXPOSITION. WALTER BAKER & GO'S COCOA AND CHOCOLATE, THE STANDARD FOR PURITY AND EXCELLENCE.