Caption
Galerie des machines, Interior of the machine hall during the World Exhibition in Antwerp, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Th. Lantin, Antwerp, cliché maker: Joseph Maes, 1894, paper, collotype, photogravure, height 163 mm x width 218 mm, interior, representation of a building, world fair, world exhibition, exhibition, show, machines, parts of machines, tools and appliances, A wide interior view of a large industrial exhibition hall with a high arched roof supported by a grid of metal trusses and rows of tall vertical columns, an upper gallery with large paneled windows running along the length of the space, and decorative draped fabric along a horizontal beam; the floor area is filled with rows of large machines and locomotives positioned on tracks, various mechanical components, display stands, and scaffolding, with signs and banners mounted above some exhibits; a foreground locomotive with a visible cab and boiler sits on rails, other machinery and engine parts occupy the middle ground, and the distant end of the hall recedes under the vaulted ceiling toward a darker back wall.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26B06_136
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