The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . SIGN OF ZODIAC, AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. (Martiny.) lD4 AGRICULTURE. main doorway, one passesthrough an opening 64 feetwide into a vestibule, andthence into a rotunda 100feet in diameter. This issurmounted by a mammothglass dome 130 feet high^and perched upon the sum-mit of this is balanced amagnificent statue of Diana^now so famous. Throucrhthe main vestibule statuaryhas been desioned illustra-tive of the agricultural in-dustry. Similar designs aregrouped about all of thegrand entrances in the mostelaborate manner. Thecorner pavilions are sur-mo
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . SIGN OF ZODIAC, AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. (Martiny.) lD4 AGRICULTURE. main doorway, one passesthrough an opening 64 feetwide into a vestibule, andthence into a rotunda 100feet in diameter. This issurmounted by a mammothglass dome 130 feet high^and perched upon the sum-mit of this is balanced amagnificent statue of Diana^now so famous. Throucrhthe main vestibule statuaryhas been desioned illustra-tive of the agricultural in-dustry. Similar designs aregrouped about all of thegrand entrances in the mostelaborate manner. Thecorner pavilions are sur-mounted by domes andgroups of statuary. Thedesiorn of these domes is that of three female figures of herculean proportions supporting a mammoth DIANA, MAIN DOMK, {SL Gaudens.)
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