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- Selections from Elkington's repousse exhibit - Main Building.
- Exhibit title: Elkinston [sic] & Co., Birmingham, Exhibit #134, Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. #1. Ornate enameled and repousse work platters, vases, and urns decorated with figurines and plants. Titles on labels: Cloisonne and repousse -- England, and: Selection from silver and steel repousse, works of art, and: Taken expressly for Harper's Weekly.
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- Selections from Russian section - Main Building.
- Bronze and silver figurines of horses and riders, one figurine of a sheep. One ornate clock and two matching candle holders. Title on label: Selection's [sic] from Russian Sec: M.B. Taken expressly for Harper's Weekly.
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- Selections from Tiffany & Co. - Main Building.
- Collection of metal ware, including two painted plates -- one with an Asian motif, the other with a Native American motif -- sugar bowls, vases, coffeepots, creamer and a candlestick decorated with Native American motifs and two Indian figurines, one in a canoe. Exhibit title: Tiffany & Co., New York, N.Y., Exhibit #430, Main Exhibition Building, Bldg. #1. Titles on labels: Selection from Tiffany & Co.'s exhibit, and: Selection's from Tiffany & Co.'s exhibit, and: Taken expressly for Harper's Weekly.
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- Silver and bronzes, Russian section - Main Building.
- Bronze and silver figurines of horses and riders. Ornate urns, plates, and gunpowder horns.
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- Singer Sewing Machine Company's Building
- Interior view of the Singer Sewing Machine Company's Building. Depicts a formal display featuring two mannequins wearing elegant gowns. Behind the mannequin display, the background shows embroidered, floral draperies hanging before the windows.
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- Singer Sewing Machine Company's Building, Interior
- Interior view of the Singer Sewing Machine Company building. Depicts a formal room with multiple chair, a table, and chest of drawers. Also shown are several prints or paintings, a large mirror, and a chandelier light fixture.
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- Skeleton of Negatherium Cavreri, Agricultural Hall
- Interior view showing a skeleton of the Negatherium Cavreri dinosaur. Also shows various fossils and tusks on display. Two signs above the display read "Casts of Fossils" by Illinois Industrial University, and Henry A. Ward, Rochester N.Y.
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- Spanish Government Building.
- Exterior view of the building with flagpoles on top and a streetlamp and walkway in front.
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- State buildings from Machinery Hall.
- View of state buildings and grounds from Machinery Hall featuring the Pennsylvania State Building in foreground.
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- State buildings, Massachusetts in foreground.
- View of various state buildings with the Massachusetts State Building in foreground.
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- State buildings, "New Hampshire Day."
- Architects: Connecticut Building -- D.R. Brown, from a design by Donald G. Mitchell. Four state buildings, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Michigan, in the background. In the foreground are roads filled with people, and railroad tracks.
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- State buildings, "New Hampshire Day".
- Four state buildings, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Michigan, in the background. Connecticut Building -- D.R. Brown, from a design by Donald G. Mitchell. In the foreground are roads filled with people, and railroad tracks.
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- Statue Columbus
- Frontal view of the statue of Columbus. Located in a park lined with pathways and trees. Depicted in the background is a building, in front of which is a cannon.
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- Statue - "Love Blinds".
- Exhibit title: Love is blind, Italy, Exhibit #340, Art Annex, Bldg. #102. Sculpture of a nude woman with flowers around her legs. A Cupid is above her, covering her eyes with his hands.
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- Statue: "Out in the rain".
- Sculpture of two children, a boy and a girl, standing under an umbrella.
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- Statue: "Vanity".
- Sculpture of a girl leaning backwards, admiring the back of her dress.
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- Steam Fire Engine Exhibit - Machinery Hall
- Interior view of Machinery Hall showing two steam fire engines. Various flags can be seen on top of the engines.
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- Study in Horticultural Hall - for "art and industry".
- Exhibit title: Foley, Margaret A., Rome, Exhibit #1, Horticultural Hall, Bldg. #151. Foley's Fountain surrounded by ferns. In the background there is a sign for Tuft's soda water.
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- Swedish School House.
- Exterior view of side of log building. A man and a woman stand in front along with paths and shrubs.
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- Swedish School House - Interior
- Interior view of the Swedish School House. Depicts a classroom with individual desks and chairs arranged in multiple rows facing the teacher's podium. Also shown are maps and graphs, as well as illustrations of various people from history posted on the walls of the classroom.
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- Swedish Schoolhouse.
- Exterior of log building. In foreground are paths and shrubs.
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- Terra cotta ware, Portugal section - Main Building.
- Interior view of Main Building. Collection of Portuguese terra cotta statues and architectural ornaments.
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- The Lake
- View of a lake from point of view of a boat on the water. In the center of the lake is a fountain, surrounded by a stone ledge. The background depicts a sailboat in front of a large, lengthy building.
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- Tower - Fairmount Park.
- Exterior view of a tower in Fairmount Park. Depicts tress, shrubs, rocks, urns and walkways.
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- Transept - Machinery Hall
- Interior view of Machinery Hall Transept. Depicts the Corliss Engine in the center background. Leading to the Corliss Engine are lines of locomotives.
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- Unidentified ceramic exhibit.
- A collection of unidentified decorated urns, pitchers, cups, vases, and other pieces of tableware.
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- U.S. Chemical Dept., Main Building.
- Interior view showing displays in the United States Chemical Department in the main exhibition building. Philadelphia Lead Works' exhibit in the foreground.
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- U.S. Government Building
- Exterior view of U.S. Government Building. Shows various paths leading to the building, all of which are neatly separated by areas of grass. Also depicted in front of the building are cannons, along with a horse-drawn carriage and a gazebo.
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- U.S. Government Building and State Avenue from West end.
- View of Government Building with railroads, carriages, and pond in foreground.
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- U.S. Government Building - Main Avenue Looking East
- Interior view of the U.S. Government Building along Main Avenue looking East. Depicts flags draped along the wall. Also shows row upon row of glass display cases with artifacts.
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- U.S. Government Building - Main Avenue Looking West
- Interior view of U.S. Government Building along Main Avenue looking West. Depicts a sailboat in the foreground, next to which are people seated on benches. In the background is a horse-drawn carriage. Also shown are various flags adorning the walls.
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- U.S. Government Building- Main Avenue Looking West
- Interior view of the U.S. Government Building along Main Avenue looking West. Depicts large sailboat/ship in the foreground. Also shows flags draped along the walls and various other artifacts located throughout the Main Avenue.
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- [U.S. Government Building - Seals and Sea Lions - Smithsonian Exhibit]
- Interior view of the U.S. Government Building. Depicts a display of stuffed seals and sea lions lounged atop large rocks. Also shown is a sign that reads "Smithsonian," indicating that the display is part of the Smithsonian Institution's Exhibit. In the background are various other stuffed land mammals.
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- U.S. Government Building - Transept, looking South.
- Interior view of the U.S. Government Building transept looking South. Exhibits include light from lighthouse, model of a carriage, stuffed seals and walruses. Flags draped along the walls.
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- Variation Agricultural building, from northeast.
- Exterior of Agricultural Hall with street light lined walkway in front.
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- Variation - Navy group for Lincoln Monument.
- Exhibit title: Naval group - Larkin G. Mead, Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass, Exhibit #146, Memorial Hall/Art Gallery, Bldg. #101. Sculpture of three men around a cannon. One man is seated on top of the cannon, one is peering around it on the left and the third is standing erect with a telescope in his hand. All are in navy dress. Erected outside of Memorial Hall. The sculpture was made for the Lincoln Monument in Springfield, Illinois.
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- Variation "Old Abe", Wisconsin Eagle
- Shows the bald eagle "Old abe" tethered to a platform stand. Platform is shaped as a shield, and decorated with stars and stripes.
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- Vermont State Building.
- Exterior view of the front of the building. Depicts shrubs, walkways and street lamp.
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- Vermont State Building.
- Exterior view of the front of the building. Depicts shrubs, walkways and street lamp.
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- Verviers Section - Machinery Hall
- Interior view of Machinery Hall featuring the Verviers of Belgium Section. Depicts the exhibit as indicated by multiple signs reading, "Verviers Belgique". Also shows numerous looms on display, as Verviers of Belgium were makers of fine broad cloths and overcoats.