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Title: Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ... What to see and how to see it
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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with wholeprisms of cut glass, the object being that it will glitter by the sun-light at day, and from the electric light which will shine in theinterior of said prisms at night. Japanese Bazaars.—Immediately beyond the Libby Glass Co.,are located the Japanese Bazaars. These cover a space about 225feet square, and on said space are located the bazaars, showingthe Japanese people, their customs, and their merchandise. Theyare operated under a direct contract with the Imperial JapaneseCommission. The Animal Show.—Immediately beside the Japanese Bazaar,upon the south side of the Plaisance, is the Carl HagenbechAnimal Show. This is an exhibit which comes from Germany,and shows the ability of man to so domesticate the wild animalsthat they will live continuously with the naturally tame animalswith which the masses are familiar. Mr. Hagenbech has a trainedtroupe of from sixty to ninety animals, including lions, tigers, dogs,cattle, horses, elephants, etc., at play about the cage, and go
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SIR ANTONIO MOROS PORTRAIT OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.The Property of Mr. C. F. Gunther of Chicago. (202) WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 203 through many athletic performances which can be believed onlyafter it has been seen. Mr. Hagenbech is recognized all overEurope as pre-eminently the leader of man in the domesticationof wild animals. Dutch Settleuient.—Immediately west of the last two mentionedattractions is what is known as the Dutch Settlement, extendingthe entire width of the Plaisance. The Dutch settlement is apractical demonstration of the people, their habits, customs, modeof living, and also the merchandise produced by the people of theSouth Sea Islands, including the Fijis, Samoan, the Philippines,Solomon Islands, and Java, Borneo, and the Polynesian Archi-pelago. Upon this tract are sold many of the novelties producedby the people of the islands, and there are also given performancesshowing the various modes of entertainment which are knownpractically to themselves only. Na

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