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Show I r , 1 Like Famous Mosques of the Orient, Vast Domes Rise High In the Heavens A glimpse of the splendors of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This photograph shows the classic Palace of Horticulture, rich in ornamentation and detail. Its stupendous glass dome, 186 feet in height and 152 feet in diameter, is the marvel of sightseers. THE magnificence of the open air horticultural display and of the wonderful landscape pnrdens at the Panama-Pacific International Expojdtlon Is apparent In the panoramlo photograph abora, The most striking feature of tha photograph Is, of course, tha vast Palace of Horticulture, a great building Saracenic In Its architecture and in relation to its dome and minarets suggesting the mooque of the Sultan Ahmed L The detail and ornamentation are of the sixteenth century French renaissance,' while the exquisite wooden trellis work Is derived from the garden architecture of the Louis XIV, period. 4 Tho principal feature of the palace is a huge 6tecl dome 1S6 feet high and H2 fet In diameter and covered with glasH. At night the dome will be Illuminated from within by colored searchlights, which will cause It to seem to be alive with light, sparkling with all the colors of the spectrum, like some giant soap bubble A revolving dl?k with segments of different colors will pass over a battery of powerful searchlights, and theae colored rays will be diffused through varied shaded lenses. To a sightseer on a ship In San Francisco harbor, four or five miles from the Exposition site, the huge glass dome of the palace seems like a shimmering mirror. It stands out as one of the most conspicuous features among the lofty domes and minaret of tha magic city f palaces on the shores of San Francisco boy. The Exposition will open on Fob. 20 and close on Dec. 4, 1915. This picture was taken in July, 1914 |