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Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building in Ruins, 1894

 

 

 

Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building in Ruins, 1894

Some of Chicago's unemployed took refuge in the abandoned buildings on the world's fair grounds. On January 8, 1894, the Manufactures and Liberal Arts buildings and the Peristyle burned, leaving only the twisted, underlying framework.