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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1893
Page
7
The article describes a grand Potter Palmer home near Lakefront, valued at $70,000 with sixty five sleeping rooms and ornate interiors. It also covers plans for the World’s Fair exhibits including trained animals, a snake den by Donald Burns, and a military guard under Colonel Edmund Rice to oversee Columbian exposition safety and guest access.
The text surveys Chicago’s Columbian Exposition plans with emphasis on architecture and sculpture. Florence Todd Patterson of Westfield is named among the young women guiding the fair’s advancement, linking to her late father, and architects and sculptors like Daniel C. French and Lorado Taft are listed for planned buildings. The Agricultural Building’s design highlights Cybele and Triptolemus, while the Swedish building and other exhibitors are noted as the project progresses under Frank D. DAG.
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