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The terminal Station, View of the train station at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 36', 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 132 mm x width 192 mm, station, shelter (railway, tramway), world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A wide facade of a grand stone building with ornate arches, columns, balustrades, and sculptural decorations stretches across the scene, topped by decorative rooflines and several flagpoles flying flags; in front of the building a tall ornate lamp post stands near the center foreground while groups of people in period clothing and hats walk and gather across a broad open paved plaza, some carrying umbrellas and some conversing, with a low chain barrier and grassy edge visible along the bottom right.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_391

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Keywords

terminal Station View train station World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 page photomechanical print number Plate 36 photographer Charles Dudley Arnold HD Higinbotham cliché maker anonymous North America Illinois paper collotype photoprint height 132 mm x width 192 mm station shelter railway tramway world fair world exhibition wide facade grand stone building ornate arches columns balustrades sculptural decorations stretches across scene topped decorative rooflines several flagpoles flying flags front building tall ornate lamp post stands near center foreground groups people period clothing hats walk gather across broad open paved plaza carrying umbrellas conversing low chain barrier grassy edge visible bottom right