The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-03-30
BILLIARDS. PANORAMA.

We are disposed to say few words respecting this
exceedingly clever production not much on account
of its character work Of art although 1t far surpas
ses ANYTHING Of the kind saw, but because We
shall thereby be rendering an important service 70 large
class OF business men in New York, many Of whom con-
stantly advertise in our columns The Panorama IL
rightly and is therefore distinguished IN many OF
of country which might properly be called knowing
Dioramas.' The design OF the Panorama Is adnirnfse,
and has been executed with singular skill and hdeiity
The spectator transported TO the dencated and
every object that would pass before his eyes were he
actually the spot IS wildly presented to hs senses
The scena Of CORTLAND street around to the
Staten Island Ferry which sometimes the beginning Of
the exhibiton Is faithfully done, and produces
marked effect upon ali beholder In Broadway, cne
tho hustle great ! plainly
II he actually lodging the omnibuses, In tying to
the street And 50 Of every part that Il painted on
the canvass. But forgetting the purpose with
which we began this article.
We wish to tell the merchants and shopkeepert OF New
York that the Panorama sdyerses their oanesf ~aey
single medium. In the western towns their shops and
stands by those persons to whom II Is most mpor
tant to them that the information should lie communicated
and the location Of the different places Of butne be-
fixed ia the minds OF the spectators Every
person knows that one visit any particular chop in
strange cy will enable him to and the same again better
than dpzen directions however clearly and distinctly
given In Billiards. Panorama every sign and name Is
distinctly Broadway and OVER EigHff THOU
represented faithfully the Thus the
western dry-goods merchant hehos the and sign
OF wholesale Arm with whose reputation le has he
acquainted probably through the medium Of the
papers and when he visits New York city for the frst
Nc he bends his at to the familiar Spot when
the information he obtained the Panorama he
might have wandered into dozen different establishments
aud completed his purchases before meeting with the
cuar in his mind. And thus with every other bus
whose proprietor buys his goods in the metropolis
1t will borne in mind by readers that there Is
EVERYTHING there delineaed Is copied from thu streets
with exact fAhfulncss and tho moving df houses
and ses are exhibited to the specta'or with as much
before his eyes Thus the Panorama becomes hinge ad
vertising medium for every business whose establish
sentei In the painting We have said that visit the
panor useful a stranger walk through the
locations become ndeibiy impressed upon his mind
when Witnessed at the exhibition, than they could pos
sihy be from weeks iourneying and down broadway
amid the crowd, hustle and confusion Of that mighty
shoroughre. To New York men, therefore, we consider
the Panorama Of the utmost vsire and honestly believe
that it of real benefit the merchants and 10 the
general interests Of that CITY, than any other advertising
Medium In existence Every person who Is interested IN
the business Of the metropolis acknowledge Their
indebtedness TO the artist il they behold the work
he proucej and the press New york are hut doing
Justice to their best patrons when they cndeavar extend
the clearly wide spread popularity OF the exhibition 10
which they all SO much indebted.
To those who familiar with New York the Panorama
Is always pleasing, and numbers Of business msi
accustomed TO make trips to the metropolis visit il
night after night with really reshng to behold
As amusing exhibition, ii Il unrvac and no little
fun be obtained from Watching the upsur4ed eoun
tenances open mouths and staring Of country
folks who hare the Broadway elephant Ths
crowds the apparent confusion the hinge piles buildings
the air Of business and hustle and hurry by which the
paintings distinguished and which faithfully represent
life IN Gotham. almost incomprehensible ID novces
accustomed only to country life the miniature turmoil
Of smaller city Still those Of cur readers
behold the Panorama, and have been In New
York. that every thing represented aby the card and
that all that is set down the be witnessed
tho pavement The lecture. by which the exhibition
Il accompanied Is interesting. concise and correct and
fund of information can he Cleaned therefrum. We
heartily recommend the Panorama to the public the
best work Of the kind now in existence and we can en-
dorse the opinion 81 contemporary who declares his
conviction that ~Bulard has done for the business Of
New York what nothing else than his Panorama could
do and has reflected his genius by the light Of his
Just fame.s
Tins speaks the BUFFALO COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER Of
the Panorama Of New York City.