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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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womans department. 453 collection of their works. There are stained glass windows byseveral artists, Including Miss Sears, of Boston. The exhibits by the women of foreign nations consist of laces,embroideries, oll-palntlngs, water-colors, carvings, books, etc.Each country, however, has Its peculiarities, as, for Instance, Mexi-can women contribute fine feather works and similar fabrics ; thewomen of Fayal send delicate needlework on silk and linen; theFrench display embroideries, raised work, and similar decorations;
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A CORNER OF THE ORGANIZATION ROOM. the Armenian Christian women unique but exceedingly fine work,and Turkish women exquisite embroidery. In addition to the rooms we have named on the ground floor, Inthe north end are the sections devoted to England, Russia, Austra-lia, Ireland and Scotland. There Is a stained-glass exhibit, a dress-makers exhibit, a corn palace, a collection of paper flowers, an 454 womans department. educational room, rooms for the display of inventions and discov-eries, and the Smithsonian Indian and African rooms. The main parlor on the east was decorated and furnished by thewomen of Cincinnati. The assembly room, at the north end of the gallery, is the favorite meetingplace of women throughoutthe Exposition. Here aregiven Instructive talks by notedwomen, the daily lectures in-cluding subjects embracingphilanthropy, literature, domes-tic science, and indeed everytopic In which women are inter-ested and which is illustratedin the Exposition. The association room at

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