This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... W. Taylor. Uncle Sam in Evidence. The United States Government Board has expended its half-million dollars with splendid results. Every department is here with its best possible showing. The exhibits are housed in a magnificent group of three buildings, one of them more than four hundred feet long by one hundred and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... W. Taylor. Uncle Sam in Evidence. The United States Government Board has expended its half-million dollars with splendid results. Every department is here with its best possible showing. The exhibits are housed in a magnificent group of three buildings, one of them more than four hundred feet long by one hundred and thirty feet wide, and with a central dome two hundred and fifty feet high. The two lesser buildings are each one hundred and fifty feet square, and are connected with the main building by massive arcades. The architecture is Spanish, of an enduring aspect. Seven thousand square feet are devoted to the exhibit made by the United States Treasury Department under Wallace H. Hills, Superintendent of the Treasury. A feature of this large exhibit is a lighthouse, forty-five feet high, under the central dome of the large building, being an exact reproduction of one of the best known lighthouses on the Atlantic coast. The Mint is represented by a coin press having a capacity of eighty coins per minute. This is kept in operation making souvenir medals. The Bureau of Printing shows a plate printing press turning out souvenirs. The Marine Hospital Service shows a model of a quarantine station. The Coast and Geodetic Survey exhibits a miniature tide gauge. A big knife used for a quarter of a century in the Treasury Department, for cutting bills in two when turned in for United Stales Government Main Building. "COURAGE," on Triumphal Bridge. redemption, is one of the curios. The Treasury officers estimate that the blade of the knife has passed through bills representing a face value of between five and six billion dollars. The first ledger and journal kept by the treasurer of the colonial government, the oldest government record in existence, is s...
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Add this copy of The Pan-American Exposition and How to See It to cart. $53.62, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Wentworth Press.
