Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 418
the Main Exhibition Build-ing, which is truly immense. It is difficult tomake any one, who has not seen this building,understand how large it really is. It is i,8So feetlong and 464 feet wide. Three such buildings, setend to end, would extend over a mile. Boys andgirls who live in the country will… … THE MAIN EXHIBITION BUILDING. Philadelphia was wisely selected as the mostfitting place for the celebration, for in that city thenation truly had its birthplace. There, as soon asthe Declaration of Independence was signed in theOld State House, the little baby United Statesof America opened its…
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