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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 : Bancroft · leaf 91

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which across deep chasms the Javanese show remarkable ingenuity. At the back of the booth hangs a large painting representing a village such as is reproduced on the Plaisance, and with extensive rice fields stretching far away toward the horizon. It is a cheerful, sunny scene, painted by a Javanese… … his special products on a thirteen sided base, representing the original CANE SUGAR IN GLASSES

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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