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Category : World's Columbian Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World's Columbian Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
World's Columbian Exposition Souvenir
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition in Photo-Gravure...
Author: World''s Columbian Exposition (18 Ill.)Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314766929
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Souvenir
Author: Keystone Watch Case CoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clocks and watches
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893
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Category : Toy and movable books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Chicago's 1893 World's Fair
Author: Joseph M. Di ColaPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738594415
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
What came to be known as the World s Columbian Exposition was planned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus s 1492 landfall in the New World. Chicago beat out New York City, St. Louis, Missouri, and Washington, DC, in its bid as host a coup for the Windy City. The site finally selected for the fair was Jackson Park, originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, a marshy area covered with dense, wild vegetation. Daniel H. Burnham and John W. Root were selected as chief architects, creating the famous White City. The fair featured several different thematic areas: the Great Buildings, Foreign Buildings, State Buildings, and the Midway Plaisance, a nearly mile-long area that featured exotic exhibits. The exposition also showcased the world s first Ferris Wheel and introduced fairgoers to new sensations like Cracker Jack, Pabst Beer, and ragtime music. The World s Columbian Exposition, covering 633 acres, opened on May 1, 1893. Admission prices were 50cents for adults, 25cents for children under 12 years of age, and free for children under six. Unfortunately, by 1896, most of the fair s buildings had been removed or destroyed, but this collection takes readers on a tour of the grounds as they looked in 1893."
Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition
Author: Hartmann Bros. & Reinhard (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The World's Fair Souvenir Album, Containing General Views of the Columbian Exposition, Grounds, Main Buildings, Foreign and State Buildings, Peristyles, Lagoons, Statuary, Fountains, Architectural Details, Midway Plaisance, Etc., Covering the Whole...
Author: HardpressPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781313410205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Designing Tomorrow
Author: Robert W. RydellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300149579
Category : Century of Progress International Exposition
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Based on an exhibition held at the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, October 2010-July 2011.
The World's Columbian Exposition
Author: Norm BolotinPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070815
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
This exceptional chronicle takes readers on a visual tour of the glittering "white city" that emerged along the swampy south shore of Lake Michigan as a symbol of Chicago's rebirth and pride twenty-two years after the Great Fire. The World's Columbian Exposition, which commemorated the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage to America, was held from April to October in 1893. The monumental event welcomed twenty-eight million visitors, covered six hundred acres of land, boasted dozens of architectural wonders, and was home to some sixty-five thousand exhibits from all over the world. From far and wide, people came to experience the splendors of the fair, to witness the magic sparkle of electric lights or ride the world's first Ferris wheel, known as the Eiffel Tower of Chicago. Norman Bolotin and Christine Laing have assembled a dazzling photographic history of the fair. Here are panoramic views of the concourse--replete with waterways and gondolas, the amazing moving sidewalk, masterful landscaping and horticultural splendors--and reproductions of ads, flyers, souvenirs, and keepsakes. Here too are the grand structures erected solely for the fair, from the golden doorway of the Transportation Building to the aquariums and ponds of the Fisheries Building, as well as details such as menu prices, the cost to rent a Kodak camera, and injury and arrest reports from the Columbian Guard. This unique volume tells the story of the World's Columbian Exposition from its conception and construction to the scientific, architectural, and cultural legacies it left behind, inviting readers to imagine what it would have been like to spend a week at the fair.
