Inside the Fine Arts Building
The interior of the Fine Arts Building is a finished gallery hung with paintings.
The questionWhy was a finished gallery like this not kept by a growing city?
Investigate · Atlanta 1895
Interior of Fine Arts Building, Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta LCCN95511616
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Photo: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress · Public domain · via Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
Same kind of clue, elsewhere
#10Twelve men and a tripod to plant one treeIf one tree took this much effort, what did the palaces take?
Carriages for scale along the north-east frontAt that scale, what did the hauling and erection really require from a horse-powered city?
Crowds give the scaleHow many stone-setters and teams would a hall like this need on the timeline recorded?
The Galerie des Machines at true scaleHow was a span that size raised for a single season?
The Court of Honor with crowdsAt this scale, what were the crew and horse counts needed for about 200 buildings in about two years?
A horse and wagon unloading cratesHow many wagon trips would it take to supply a whole fair this way?