Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . ^ The Mines Building from the north presented a most attractive frontage, the Wooded Island onthe left, the placid waters of the West Lagoon as a foreground, and the walls bordering the roadwayon the right combining to make a proper contrast for the picture. The equestrian statue shown in theview is Proctors The Columbus Statue, in which he is represented as taking possession, in the name of his sovereigns,of the New World he has discovered and which stood at the east entrance of theAdministration Build-ing was, next to that of the R
Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . ^ The Mines Building from the north presented a most attractive frontage, the Wooded Island onthe left, the placid waters of the West Lagoon as a foreground, and the walls bordering the roadwayon the right combining to make a proper contrast for the picture. The equestrian statue shown in theview is Proctors The Columbus Statue, in which he is represented as taking possession, in the name of his sovereigns,of the New World he has discovered and which stood at the east entrance of theAdministration Build-ing was, next to that of the Republic, the piece of statuary which drew more attention than any otheron the grounds. It was an imposing object.
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