English: Yale Lock fair

Identifier: unitedstateshist00ridp Title: United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present day.. Year: 1893 (1890s) Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900 Subjects: Publisher: Boston, New York, The United States history co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Text Appearing Before Image: of the country. Further westward was the departmentallotted to the Yale Lock Manufacturers for the exhibition of theirmodel post-offices. Next came the large section set apart for the dis-play of American silks, woolens, and cotton goods—fabrics rivaling GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 597 the richest products of European and Oriental factories. And thecarpet pavilion—also American—with, its patterns, delicate, novel,luxurious, merited equal praise for the splendor of its treasures. Nordid the cutlery of the United States, which was exhibited above thesections allotted to textile fabrics, suffer by comparison with the finestcorresponding products of British skill. Among the southeastern squares was likewise set the display ofAmerican pottery and porcelain. Near by stood a collection of gran-ite monuments, and in the same vicinity a splendid exhibit of ironand steel, chiefly from the furnaces and works of Pittsburgh. Moreattractive still was the great display of American watches, made by

Text Appearing After Image: VIEW IN THE MAIN EXHIBITION BUILDING. the Waltham Company of Massachusetts and the Elgin of Illinois,Beyond the main aisle, to the north, bristled batteries of Gatling andParrott guns, and farther on were placed exhibits of safes from sev-eral noted firms. The next sections were occupied with the beautifuland costly displays of furnishing goods, costumes, etc., from the prin-cipal merchants of New York and Philadelphia. Then came an ex-hibit of vases, pedestals, and fountains, in terra cotta; then the sec-tions set apart for threads, cordage, and cables; and south of these,beyond the principal avenue, the massive display of the CentennialSafe Deposit Company and the beautiful department of Americanclocks. On the line of the main aisle, between the eastern entrance and 598 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. the greater transept, were arranged the fine collections of cut andground glass, the best being from the works of Wheeling and Pitts-burgh. In the adjacent sections stood the glittering

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