The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . was com])rised of canned ])ni(lucls, ])hotogra])Iis, histm-icalsketches ol tlie work, and information ahout how chihs mav lie esta1)li>hed in an\-neighl)orhood, etc. The exhihit was not conlined to tomato products alone, ])ut topractically all fruits and vegetahles, which
The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . was com])rised of canned ])ni(lucls, ])hotogra])Iis, histm-icalsketches ol tlie work, and information ahout how chihs mav lie esta1)li>hed in an\-neighl)orhood, etc. The exhihit was not conlined to tomato products alone, ])ut topractically all fruits and vegetahles, which were i)roduced and canned l)y meml)ersof the tomato cluhs. The single entry exhihits also attracted much attention. They were locatedin the center of the building, and occupied one of the largest lioolhs. Products ofah kinds grown on the farm were represented. The \arious txhihits in this boothwere labeled and arranged so that they might easily be located and understood bythe Layman, as well as by the .agriculturist. One feature of the ])uililing that pro\-ed of i)arlicnlar advantage its si)a-ciousness. While it is but one story, it is ])erhaps the roomiest ])uil(ling on lliegrounds. Wide windows and doors are proxided, while wide \\alkwa\s were re-served so that tile throngs that \isited it were not FINE ARTS BUILDING. IN WHICH WAS DISPLAYED THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS EVER SHOWN IN THE SOUTH FINE ARTS The Fine Arts Building of the National Conservation Exposition is a superbstructure for the showing of large and valuable works of art, and its setting, in agrove of stately trees, is ideal for the lover of beauty. The building is spacious in its dimensions, affording sixty by eighty feet ofalmost unbroken wall space for the hanging of paintings, and giving that feelingof breadth and freedom that is proper in a building housing one of the best andmost exclusive exhibits of paintings and statuary ever shown in the South. Located on the crest of a hill, ove
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