Caption
Old Vienna, on the Midway, Replicas of historic buildings at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 108', 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 128 mm x width 190 mm, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A street scene shows a row of tall, old-style buildings with steeply pitched roofs, dormer windows, and decorative architectural details, including a carved relief on one facade and small turrets on the roofline; a high wall with regularly spaced battlements runs along the front of the buildings and a large ornate lamp post stands near the wall; numerous people in period clothing walk and stand in the open area in front of the wall, with some seated on chairs near the wall and small groups gathered near an entrance in the wall where a crowd is visible; market stalls or small canopies are set up along the base of the wall and various signs and boards lean against the wall; several windows, shutters, lattice frameworks, and external stair-like structures are visible on the building faces, and horse-drawn wagons and carts are seen among the people.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B01_360
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