In close proximity to the Massachusetts
Building stood the unique Byzantine structure that Minnesota visitors
called home. In the main reception hall, whose generous doors were of decorative
class, shaded by Venetian blinds, the visitor from Minnesota found a warm
welcome. The building was of excellent construction, cement blocks and heavy
wooden casings formed its walls, and it was the intention of the Commission
to remove it and rebuild it on some other site after the Exposition had
not further need of it. It was 82 by 92 feet in size, and cost about $16,500.
In the Mines and Metallurgy Palace, Minnesota
had made a splendid exhibit including models of the Fayal Mine and the City
of Duluth. There also was a famous pipestone mantle lent by the ladies who
made it. In the Forestry, Fish and Game Building, Minnesota showed her fishery
resources by tanks of fresh-water fish, and there was a realistic display
of forestry and game in the form of a forest of real trees, a painted background
blended with the real objects, and among the real trees were wild animals
mounted in natural poses. In the Education Building,
among other thins, Minnesota exhibited the work of her manual training schools.
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