. Dedicatory and opening ceremonies of the World's Columbian exposition : historical and descriptive . arge and attractive factory, in which all the processes of Ameri-can glass manufacture were shown. The Donegal Village was designed and erectea by Mrs. Ernest Hart, to aidthe Donegal industrial fund, an organization founded with the object of fosteringcottage industries and handwork in the northwest of Ireland. In the cottagesthat surround the village green the handicrafts were conducted. There werereproductions of Druidical stones and early Christian crosses, and the roundtower, the St. Lawr
. Dedicatory and opening ceremonies of the World's Columbian exposition : historical and descriptive . arge and attractive factory, in which all the processes of Ameri-can glass manufacture were shown. The Donegal Village was designed and erectea by Mrs. Ernest Hart, to aidthe Donegal industrial fund, an organization founded with the object of fosteringcottage industries and handwork in the northwest of Ireland. In the cottagesthat surround the village green the handicrafts were conducted. There werereproductions of Druidical stones and early Christian crosses, and the roundtower, the St. Lawrence gate at Drogheda and Donegal castle. Among the other sights of the Midway were the cyclorama of the SwissAlps, the largest picture ever painted, giving a magnificent view of the Eiger,Moench, and Jungfrau peaks, and adjacent scenery of that region ; the modelColorado gold mine, designed by William Yeast, Central City, Colorado; the icerailway, the band of Mexican Indians, the Japanese bazaar, the Bedouin camels,the Eiffel tower model, the Brazilian variety theater, and the Hindoo
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