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WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



four large portals ornamented with sculptured 

 designs. The wall paintings illustrate the history 

 and progress of the arts. The building is in the 

 northern portion of the park with the south front 

 facing the lagoon. 



In the United States section of this department 

 there will be a collection of about 1,200 paintings 

 of a much higher quality than has been shown 

 in any previous American exhibition. A hang- 

 ing space of 36,000 square feet has been set aside 

 for the artists of this country. In addition to 

 paintings, there will be shown superior collections 

 of sculpture, architectural drawings, engravings, 

 etchings, etc. 



One of the galleries in the American section 

 will be devoted to the retrospective collection, 

 comprising the best works produced by Ameri- 

 cans. This collection will exhibit the various 

 stages of American art development. About 100 

 examples will be shown, a number of which al- 

 ready have been secured. 



The loan collection will include modern Euro- 

 pean masterpieces owned in this country. 



In the foreign-art sections at the Exposition 

 all the well-known artists will be represented by 

 some of their best productions. 



The assignment of space in the Art Building 

 to the different nations is as follows : the United 

 States, 34,636 square feet ; France, 33.393 ; Ger- 

 many, 20,400 ; Great Britain, 20,395 ; Italy, 

 19,410 ; Belgium, 12,318 ; Austria, 11,564 ; Hol- 

 land, 9,337 ; Norway, 8,463 ; Spain, 7,807 ; 

 Russia, 7.725 ; Sweden, 7,005 ; Denmark, 3,900; 

 Japan, 2,919 ; Canada, 2,895, and Mexico, 1.500. 

 The exhibits of Prance and the United States 

 will be connected by a large gallery in which 

 will be placed a collection of French master- 

 pieces owned in this country, which will be loaned 

 for exhibition. 



States and Territories Participating. Each 

 of the States and Territories will take part in the 

 Exposition. The following 31 States and 2 

 Territories have made appropriations through 

 their legislatures. The figure as to appropria- 

 tions are revised up to date. 



The following States are raising funds by stock 

 subscriptions : 



Alabama $20,000) Oregon $."0.000 



Arkansas 40,000| South Dakota 25,000 



Florida SO.OOOiTexas 50,000 



Georgia 100,000 



Kansas 100,000 Total $435,000 



Many of the States which have made appropria- 

 tion? are raising additional amounts, aggregating 

 $750,000. The total expenditure by States and 

 Territories will approximate $5,000,000. 



State Building 1 *. The State buildings are 

 arranged to occupy space to the southwest and 

 north of the Art Galleries, at the extreme northern 

 section of the Exposition grounds. The most 

 southerly and nearest to the Midway Plaisance 

 entrance is the Illinois exhibit. Proceeding thence 

 in a northwesterly direction, the buildings rep- 

 resent the following States and Territories : 



Indiana, California, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, 

 Colorado, Washington, South Dakota, Nebraska, 

 North Dakota, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota, Arkansas, 

 Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama, Louisiana, 

 Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Utah, Montana, 

 Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, North 

 Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Dela- 

 ware, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Isl- 

 and, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and 

 Iowa. 



The State buildings of Colorado, Washington, 

 South Dakota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and 

 Kansas will be almost immediately behind each 

 other in a line running northward near the 

 border of the Northwest Pond on the northwest 

 extremity of the grounds. 



The buildings representing the industries of 

 Texas. Utah, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Wyoming, and Iowa form a line run- 

 ning from west to east along the edge of the 

 extreme northern boundary, the Iowa building 

 occupying the northeast corner. Information 

 concerning certain details connected with several 

 of the State exhibits are now available and may 

 be noted here. 



Illinois. The Illinois building will be one of 

 the most imposing of the State structures. It 

 will cost $;>5t',000, the style of architecture being 

 severely classic, with a central dome and a great 

 porch facing southward. 



Ohio. Cost $30,000. This building will be 

 ICO feet square, colonial style. State contribu- 

 tions will bring its value up to $50,000. In 

 front of the building will be the Ohio monument, 

 erected by authority of the State legislature at a 

 cost of $'J5,000. 



Iowa. The Iowa exhibit will be in " The 

 Shelter," 112x80 feet. The building will be of 

 granite, with slate roof. Conical towers or 

 pavilions will be erected at the corners. 



Nebraska. This building, 60x100 feet, will 

 occupy 6,0')0 square feet of ground space, and 

 12,000 square feet of floor space. There will be 

 two stories, the height to ridge of roof being 45 

 feet. Style of architecture, strictly classical of 

 the Corinthian order. 



Minnesota. In the Minnesota Building will 

 be exhibited the old printing press upon which 

 the first newspaper that was ever printed in 

 the State the Minnesota Pioneer was pro- 

 duced in 1849. 



Wisconsin. In the Wisconsin exhibit will be 

 an immense monolith of the finest quality of 

 brown-stone. It is 10<i feet in height, exclusive 

 of the base, which would give it a total height 

 of 117 feet. At the base the obe'isk is !) by 9 

 feet, and tapers to 3 by 2 feet at the top. It will 

 be larger than Cleopatra's Needle or any of the 

 great obelisks of Egypt, and is said to be the 

 largest monolith in the world. 



Washington. More than 200 panels of native 

 woods will be used in the interior decoration of 

 the Washington State Building. Some will be 



