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| Keywords: world's worlds columbian exposition fair 1893 chicago illinois world's columbian exposition worldscolumbianexposition chicago world's fair chicagoworldsfair white city whitecity electricity building electricitybuilding "The Pioneer of Electric Science." Statue of Benjamin Franklin "looking toward heaven ere he set loose his kite to catch the lightnings...Monument not only of the great father of the republic whom it counterfeited, but a testimony as well of the genius of Carl Rohl-Smith, the Danish sculptor. 'Fulmen' (lightning or a thunderbolt) is above the statue on the front of the building." From Columbian Gallery: A Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair by The Werner Company. 1893. Digitial Identifier: GN90799d_CG_123w World's Columbian Exposition Collection at The Field Museum "The Pioneer of Electric Science." Statue of Benjamin Franklin "looking toward heaven ere he set loose his kite to catch the lightnings...Monument not only of the great father of the republic whom it counterfeited, but a testimony as well of the genius of Carl Rohl-Smith, the Danish sculptor. 'Fulmen' (lightning or a thunderbolt) is above the statue on the front of the building." From Columbian Gallery: A Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair by The Werner Company. 1893. Digitial Identifier: GN90799d_CG_123w World's Columbian Exposition Collection at The Field Museum | ||||
