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Cafe de la Marine, View of the Café de la Marine at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 52', photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold, Chicago, cliché maker: anonymous, 1893, Charles Dudley Arnold, photographer, cliché maker, North America, Illinois, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 134 mm x width 191 mm, inn, coffee-house, public house, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A riverside scene showing a large ornate building with multiple steep conical and pyramidal roofs, turrets, and decorative wooden balconies along its façade, with awnings over the lower-level openings and people visible on the balcony and near the entrance; trees and shrubs line the bank in front of the building; a gondola-like boat with a covered seating area is on the water in the foreground with a standing oarsman and another person seated under the cover; the water reflects the boat and vegetation; additional smaller structures and festival-like tents are visible to the right of the main building against a light sky.

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Cafe de la Marine View Café de la Marine World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 page photomechanical print number Plate 52 photographer Charles Dudley Arnold cliché maker anonymous North America Illinois paper collotype photoprint height 134 mm x width 191 mm inn coffee-house public house world fair world exhibition riverside scene showing large ornate building multiple steep conical pyramidal roofs turrets decorative wooden balconies façade awnings lower-level openings people visible balcony near entrance trees shrubs line bank front building gondola- boat covered seating area water foreground standing oarsman another person seated under cover water reflects vegetation additional smaller structures festival- tents visible right main building light sky