Caption
Exhibition of Austria at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Austrian exhibit.- Manufactures Building, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 9', photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold, Chicago, photographer: HD Higinbotham, clichémaker: 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 large ornate exhibition structure with decorative arches, sculpted figures, and balustrades fills an indoor space beneath a high iron-and-glass roof. The façade shows carved coats of arms, crowned finials, and ornamental reliefs, with statues integrated into the architecture and winged figures atop the arches. Rows of simple wooden chairs are arranged in front of the building on the open floor. Two uniformed figures stand near a doorway on the left beside framed pictures mounted on the wall. Large industrial trusses, windows, and hanging flags or banners are visible in the background above the structure.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B01_444
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