Caption

Teahouse of Ceylon at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Tea House of Ceylon Main Court, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 51', 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, light printing, height 134 mm x width 190 mm, tea garden, garden restaurant, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A thatched pavilion with a steep conical roof sits partially obscured by tall leafy trees, surrounded by groups of people in period clothing; several women in long dresses and hats stand and converse near the left foreground while a cluster of men in suits and hats occupy benches and the pavilion entrance, some seated and some standing; decorative trim hangs along the pavilion eaves, and small signs are visible at the entrance; figures move or sit around tables on the right, and vegetation fills the upper portions of the scene.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_406

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Keywords

Teahouse Ceylon World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 Tea House Ceylon Main Court page photomechanical print number Plate 51 photographer Charles Dudley Arnold HD Higinbotham cliché maker anonymous North America Illinois paper collotype light printing height 134 mm x width 190 mm tea garden garden restaurant world fair world exhibition thatched pavilion steep conical roof sits partially obscured tall leafy trees surrounded groups people period clothing several women long dresses hats stand converse near left foreground cluster men suits hats occupy benches pavilion entrance seated standing decorative trim hangs pavilion eaves small signs visible entrance figures move sit tables right vegetation fills upper portions scene