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Zigzag Journeys in the White City. With Visits to the Neighboring Metropolis

Chapter 3: ILLUSTRATIONS.
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The narrative follows a village folk‑lore society’s funded excursion to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, tracing a family's days at the Fair alongside the society's storytelling and meetings. It interweaves descriptive tours of major buildings, midways, state and national exhibits, architectural features and nighttime illuminations with accounts of folk tales, songs, and congresses held at the Art Palace. The text sketches the exposition's planning and construction, outlines Chicago's civic growth, and reflects on themes of civic improvement, peace education, and patriotic display. Episodic scenes and numerous illustrations convey the atmosphere, entertainments, and practical impressions the visitors take home.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Page
West Lagoon, Wooded Island, and Manufactures Building
Frontispiece.
Fine Arts Building
14
Agricultural Building
17
The Post Office
21
Manufactures Building and Electric Fountain
27
The Forestry Building
33
Entrance to Egyptian Theatre, Street in Cairo
39
Electricity and Mines Building
47
Administration Building and Court of Honor
48
Opening Day Procession
49
Street Scene,—Opening Day
52
Administration Building
53
Machinery Hall
57
Port of Chicago
59
Government Building
60
The Agricultural Building
61
Macmonnies (Columbian) Fountain
63
The Peristyle
64
Chicago Hotels
65
Government Building
68
The Transportation Building
69
The Horticultural Building
73
Machinery Hall
76
Mines and Mining Building
81
Utah State Building
85
Madison Street
87
The Lake Front
89
Statue of the Republic and Manufactures Building
91
The Art Palace
93
Michigan Avenue
96
Chicago in 1830
98
Chicago from the Auditorium
99
La Salle
101
Illinois Central Terminus and the Harbor
103
Produce Exchange
106
State Street
107
Mr. Potter Palmer
109
Mrs. Potter Palmer
109
Residence of Mr. McVeach
110
Great Union Stock-Yard
111
Residence of Mr. Kimball
113
High Buildings in Chicago
113
A Ten-Story House
114
A Pork-Packing Establishment
114
Mr. P. D. Armour
115
A Pig Killer
115
Residence of Mr. Potter Palmer
116
Mr. Pullman
116
Residence of Mr. Pullman
117
Byzantine Door of the Transportation Building
118
A View of Midway, looking East
119
German Village
122
Ferris Wheel
123
Captive Balloon
125
Looking Southeast from the Ferris Wheel
126
Oriental Wedding Procession
127
Hagenback’s Museum
129
Irish Village,—Donegal Castle
130
Horticultural Building
131
The Whaleback Passenger Steamer
133
Atlas
135
Water Tower
137
Lincoln Park
138
Parade of Actors and Oriental Band on Street of Cairo
139
Damascan Swordsmen
141
The Egyptian Donkey Boys, mounted
143
Corner of Mosque, in Cairo Street
147
Detail of the Golden Door
151
The Boat-Landing and the Lake, from the Liberal Arts Building
155
Administration Building
159
Egyptian Juggler
165
Fisheries Building
171
Administration Building
172
The Electrical Building
175
Agricultural Building, from Electricity Building
179
Convent of La Rabida
181
Caraval Santa Maria
182
Transportation Building
184
New England Kitchen
185
Mrs. Preston, New England Kitchen, Midway
187
New England Girls and their Chaperon, from the New England Kitchen
188
Detail of Statue, south of Manufactures Building
191
Irish Village,—Blarney Castle
193
Scene in Old Vienna
196
Interior View, Manufactures Building
199
Spanish Building
203
United States Battleship “Illinois”
205
Columbian Fountain and Court of Honor
213
Mr. Field
218
Hungarian Dancers
219
Musicians from Moorish Theatre
223
Electricity and Manufactures Building
233
Kansas Building
238
Florida Building
239
California State Building
241
Illinois State Building
243
Woman’s Building
245
Chinese Theatre
248
A Family of Berberines in the Street of Cairo,—Midway
253
Masonic Temple
259
Japanese Ho-o-den
265
City Hall
273
Ceylon Building
277
Manufactures Building
281
Clock Tower in the Manufactures Building
282
French Department of the Manufactures Building
283
French Colonies Building
283
Horticultural Building and Woman’s Building
297
Draw-bridges
301
Stock-Yards
305
Peristyle, from the Agricultural Building
311
The Electrical Building on a Moonlight Night
313
German Building
315
Javanese Fiddler, from the Midway
316
The Ferris Wheel at Night
317
Administration Building by Night
319
India Building
320