Caption
The Midway.- west end, View of a street with country pavilions at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 112', 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 134 mm x width 190 mm, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A crowded promenade filled with numerous people walking in various directions, many wearing hats and long coats, some carrying umbrellas, and a few pushing or riding bicycles; on the left a row of tall narrow buildings with steep roofs and windows, and people standing on balconies and leaning from windows; toward the center and back there are flags on poles and a large crowd extending into the distance; on the right a multi-tiered tower structure with open arches and a covered walkway beside it, trees nearby, and small pavilion-like structures with people around them; the foreground shows groups and individuals in different poses and interactions against a paved surface.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B01_365
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