Caption
Electricity Building and Columbian Fountain, View of the electricity building and the Columbian Fountain at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 28', 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 190 mm, ornamental fountain, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A wide stone plaza filled with many people walking and standing, several holding umbrellas, faces and clothing visible in period styles; a large ornate building with arched entrances, decorative columns, domed towers, sculptural reliefs, and a central large arched opening; flagpoles and banners rising above parts of the building; a multi-tiered fountain with statues, sculpted animals, and decorative railings in front of the building; rows of benches and lampposts along the plaza edges; a tall column topped with a statue near the fountain; various smaller statues and architectural details scattered across the scene; a pale sky occupying the upper background.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B01_386
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