One of the most fascinating exhibits on the Midway at the Pan-American Exposition is the Japanese Village. This space occupies about one and one-half...
Before the rise of trade unions and the arrival of the welfare state, membership of a mutual Friendly Society, such as the Oddfellows, provided some...
This picture was taken from the Court of Fountains. Here we present a view of the Exposition grounds as the visitor would see them while standing at...
This picture shows the miners washing out gold by what is known as the sluice box method. Here we see the miners shovelling from both sides the soil...
Some factories are so much the centre of their town that they begin to define it. 'Pilks' wasn't yet the industrial giant it would become, but it was...