Caption

German Village.- on the Midway, View of a recreated German village at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 100', photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold, Chicago, photographer: HD Higinbotham, cliché maker: anonymous, 1893, Charles Dudley Arnold, HD Higinbotham, photographer, cliché maker, North America, Illinois, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 133 mm x width 191 mm, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A panoramic view of timber-framed buildings with steep, multi-gabled roofs and ornamental spires, featuring dormer windows and decorative half-timber patterns on upper walls, a tall tower with a covered balcony and a pointed roof rising above the central structure, arched openings and rectangular windows on lower levels, a foreground wall with an arcade and a lamppost casting a shadow on the lawn, awnings over entrances, bare tree branches visible at the left edge, and a skyline of varied rooflines and finials against a pale sky.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_353

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38.4Mb (8.2Mb) / 14.1in x 10.6in / 4230 x 3172 (300dpi)

Keywords

German Village.- Midway View recreated German village World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 page photomechanical print number Plate 100 photographer Charles Dudley Arnold HD Higinbotham cliché maker anonymous North America Illinois paper collotype photoprint height 133 mm x width 191 mm world fair world exhibition panoramic view timber-framed buildings steep multi-gabled roofs ornamental spires featuring dormer windows decorative half-timber patterns upper walls tall tower covered balcony pointed roof rising central structure arched openings rectangular windows lower levels foreground wall arcade lamppost casting shadow lawn awnings entrances bare tree branches visible left edge skyline varied rooflines finials pale sky