The Dream City: The Austrian Portal <STYLE TYPE="text/css">  </STYLE> <body LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <img src="title3.gif" alt="The Dream City, Paul V. Galvin Digital History Collection" width="672" height="115"><br> <br> <TABLE> <tr> <td width="50"> <td valign="bottom"><a href="00024061.html"><img border=0 src="left.gif" alt="Previous Page" width="37" height="16"></a> <img src="4/00022062.JPG" width="384" height="256"> <a href="00024063.html"><img border=0 src="right.gif" alt="Next Page" width="37" height="16"></a> </tr> <tr> </tr></table> <table> <tr><td width="100"> <td><small>View larger images: <a href="750/00023062.jpg">750x500 pixels</A> or <a href="1500/00024062.JPG">1500x1000 pixels </small></tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td width="30"> <td width="550"><b>THE AUSTRIAN PORTAL</b> - By reason of the promptitude of the Austrians in erecting their facade on Columbia Avenue, it is possible that the beautiful Austrian portal received an undue share of attention, for its picture was everywhere copied because it was the only one the photographers could obtain. Our engraving shows it on the day of the opening of the exhibit, early in May. A more discouraging scene than then presented itself in the great building could not be conceived, for it was weeks before the splendid displays of the leading American exhibitors, the Russians, Danes and the Norwegians were prepared for public inspection. The <a href="00024063.html">Austrian Section</a> of Manufactures was placed next north of Germany, on the same side of Columbia Avenue, and as both countries are practically German, there was much to commend in their union. The offices of the Commissioners were at each side of the grand entrance. There was a consolidated exhibit of thirty-five Vienna manufactories of amber, meerschaum, pearl, ivory and metal goods. Gifts of corporations to the Emperor and a woven silk portrait of his Majesty were here shown, and a reproduction of the salon of the Princess Metternich vied with the handsomest furnishings in the French and Italian Sections. Looking down from the west galleries into the Austrian inclosure, the eye was arrested by the great display of colored glassware, and in the wire-spun glass with golden embossings these manufactures lead the world. The display of porcelain was also notable.</tr> <tr><td><td><small><b><a href="http://columbus.iit.edu" target="_top">Exposition Home Page</a> || <a href="00024061.html">Previous Page</a> || <a href="00024063.html">Next Page</a> || <a href="dctoc.html">Dream City Main Page</a></small></bold> </table> <br> <br> <small>Copyright, Paul V. Galvin Library <br> Digital History Collection<br> Page created: August 26, 1998 </body> </html>