Concessions on the Midway Plaisance
- Algerian and Tunisian Village
- American Indian Village
- Anschutez Electro-photographic Tachyscopes
- A reproduction of the natural motions of objects and animals.
- Austrian Village and Old Vienna
- A reproduction of that part of Vienna known as 'die Graben' as it appeared two hundred years ago.
- Barre Sliding Railway
- This was never operated. The project was for a car supported on hollow iron shoes sliding upon rails, water being fed into the cavity of the shoe and escaping between the rail and the shoe during motion. The project failed because of defective management and lack of funds.
- Brazilian Concert Hall
- Dances performed by natives from the interior of Brazil.
- Bulgarian Curiosities
- California Ostrich Farm
- Camera Obscura
- Exhibit of views, transferred by the camera obscura, of a portion of the Exposition grounds.
- Captive Balloon
- Chinese Village
- Colorado Gold Mining
- Machinery illustrating methods of mining.
- Compagnia Venezia-Murano
- Exhibit of Venetian glass blowing.
- Costumed Natives
- Cyclorama of the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Island of Hawaii
- Dahomey Village
- Diamond Match Company
- Samples of Matches; no admission fee.
- Dutch East India Village
- East India Bazaar
- Egyptian Temple
- Electric Theater
- Containing a picture of Alpine scenery, with electric effects, showing the changes of Nature from dawn to night.
- Ferris Wheel
- French Pavilion and Cider Press
- For the manufacture and sale of cider from apples from France.
- German Village
- This contained a fine ethnological museum...The garden was large enough to accommodate 8,000 visitors, and two fine German military bands...gave concerts daily. Their fine physique, handsome uniforms, and excellent playing lent an additional charm to this very creditable concession.
- German Wienerwurst House
- Nurnburg Bratwurst Glocklein.
- Hagenbeck's Zoological Arena Company
- A remarkable exhibit of trained animals.
- Hungarian Cafe and Concert Pavilion
- Ice Railway
- A sleighing or coasting track, 875 feet long, covered with artificial ice and snow.
- International Dress and Costume Company
- Consisting of girls wearing costumes of various nations.
- Irish Village of the Irish Industries Association
- An imitation of Castle Blarney.
- Irish Village
- Reproduction of Donegal Castle.
- Japanese Bazaar
- Java Village
- Johore Bungalow
- Malaysian Curiosities.
- Lapland Village
- Libbey Glass Works
- A large, complete, and very interesting model glass factory.
- Log Cabin and Restaurant
- Containing colonial relics and a restaurant for old-fashioned New England dinners.
- Model of Eiffel Tower on a scale of one to fifty.
- Model of St. Peter's Church, Rome
- Moorish Mosque
- Moorish Palace
- Natatorium
- Ottoman Hippodrome
- Racing on dromedaries, Arabian sports and horsemanship, dancing, feasting, and wedding ceremonies, showing life in the wild East.
- Panorama of the Bernese Alps
- Parisian Art Glassware Company
- Persian Palace
- South Sea Islands and Village
- Stereopticon views of Pompeii
- Turkish Village
- United States Submarine Diving Company
- Venice-Murano Glass Blowing Factory
- Vienna Bakery and Cafe and Theater
- Workingmen's Home
- Reproduction of a model cottage, such as are owned by workingmen in Philadelphia.
Source: A History of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1897, p. 77-80 and
The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: The World's Columbian Exposition.
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