The book of the fair; an historical and descriptive presentation of the world's science, art, and industry, as viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 (1893)
Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918 · Chicago, San Francisco, The Bancroft Co. · leaf 153
a favor¬ ite resort for tired visitors. There are four entrances to this pavilion, and in its centre is a corn pagoda, its base composed of jars of grain, and aptly rep¬ resenting one of the leading industries of a state whose crop of maize has averaged for a score of years more than 200,- 000,000… … what a Roman temple. The GRAIN AND SEEDS, PENNSYLVANIA glass columns which surround it are filled with cereals so arranged as to present a pleasing color effect; the cornice is also composed of glass compartments, through which the grains of Ohio are exhibited in all their variety and richness, and…
