1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Machinery Hall Peabody Stearns ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAIR3 XGFB7 Shown is the lake full

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1893 Chicago Worlds Fair Machinery Hall Peabody Stearns ORIGINAL HISTORIC FAIR3 XGFB7 Shown is the lake fullMachinery Hall. This is an original 1893 halftone print of the Palace of Mechanic Arts, known as Machinery Hall. Done in the Spanish Renaissance style, the building was the creation of Peabody & Stearns of Boston at a cost of $1,200,000. Truly one of the most spectacular buildings of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair! (Please note that, typical of halftone prints, there is printing on the reverse.) Period Paper has obtained a wonderful set of photographic