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Author : Erastus Long Austin
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Sesqui-centennial International Exposition written by Erastus Long Austin and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, 1926 written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James D. Ristine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439637539
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition written by James D. Ristine and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926, the city of Philadelphia hosted the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition to honor the 150th anniversary of American independence. The exposition featured four major exhibition palaces where innovations and advancements in science, technology, education, industry, and agriculture were displayed. An additional fifth palace was dedicated to the fine arts, and foreign nations and individual states erected their own buildings as well. The exposition's theme of patriotism was showcased through the re?created High Street of 1776, a favorite for many. Visitors were also entertained and delighted as they experienced areas known as Treasure Island and the Gladway, where all manner of amusements abounded. Crowds were drawn to the many sporting and cultural events held in the newly built stadium. Even the grounds of the navy yard were opened to the public, allowing citizens views of historic and modern naval vessels and military exhibits. By these offerings, and many others, the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition celebrated the nation's past, present, and future.
Author : United States. National Sesquicentennial Exhibition Commission
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Report of the National Sesquicentennial Exhibition Commission of the United States Government Exhibits written by United States. National Sesquicentennial Exhibition Commission and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Sesquicentennial Exhibition, Philadelphia written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on industrial arts and expositions
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sesquicentennial Exhibition Philadelphia written by United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on industrial arts and expositions and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sesquicentennial Committee (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Book of Pittsburgh written by Sesquicentennial Committee (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas H. Keels
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439903298
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)
Download or read book Sesqui! written by Thomas H. Keels and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1916, Philadelphia department-store magnate John Wanamaker launched plans for a Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition in 1926. It would be a magnificent world's fair to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The “Sesqui” would also transform sooty, industrial Philadelphia into a beautiful Beaux Arts city. However, when the Sesqui opened on May 31, 1926, in the remote, muddy swamps of South Philadelphia, the fair was unfinished, with a few shabbily built and mostly empty structures. Crowds stayed away in droves: fewer than five million paying customers attended, costing the city millions of dollars. Philadelphia became a national scandal—a city so corrupt that one political boss could kidnap an entire world’s fair. In his fascinating history Sesqui!, noted historian Thomas Keels situates this ill-fated celebration—a personal boondoggle by the all-powerful Congressman William S. Vare—against the transformations taking place in America during the 1920s. Keels provides a comprehensive account of the Sesqui as a meeting ground for cultural changes sweeping the country: women’s and African-American rights, anti-Semitism, eugenics, Prohibition, and technological advances.
Author : Robert W. Rydell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226732371
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book World of Fairs written by Robert W. Rydell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-11 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the depths of the Great Depression, when America's future seemed bleak, nearly one hundred million people visited expositions celebrating the "century of progress." These fairs fired the national imagination and served as cultural icons on which Americans fixed their hopes for prosperity and power. World of Fairs continues Robert W. Rydell's unique cultural history—begun in his acclaimed All the World's a Fair—this time focusing on the interwar exhibitions. He shows how the ideas of a few—particularly artists, architects, and scientists—were broadcast to millions, proclaiming the arrival of modern America—a new empire of abundance build on old foundations of inequality. Rydell revisits several fairs, highlighting the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial, the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition, the 1933-34 Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, the 1935-36 San Diego California Pacific Exposition, the 1936 Dallas Texas Centennial Exposition, the 1937 Cleveland Great Lakes and International Exposition, the 1939-40 San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition, the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, and the 1958 Brussels Universal Exposition.
Download or read book The Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition for the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harold E. Hibler
Publisher : Coin & Currency Institute
ISBN 13 : 0871841029
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (718 download)
Download or read book So-Called Dollars written by Harold E. Hibler and published by Coin & Currency Institute. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When So-Called Dollars was published it was the first, and it is still the only book to deal comprehensively with its subject matter. The book begins with the legendary Erie Canal Completion issues of 1826 and proceeds to catalog 135 years of the Golden Age of American history, all the way up to 1961. Although there have been many propositions for reviving the book over the years, none were more than theoretical musings until two collectors, Tom Hoffman of Crystal Lake, IL and Jonathan Brecher of Cambridge, MA set the process in motion. They have been joined by two others, Dave Hayes and John Dean, to produce a remarkable new edition, of the sort that can only be the product of dedicated hobbyists who love their subject and see it as their obligation to share with others the knowledge gained from years of collecting. While the second edition holds true to the original in basic style and in substance, prices have skyrocketed and it offers much that is new. There are many more illustrations than in the first edition. In fact, virtually every type is now represented by a photograph. More historical information for the issues is presented in the text, which has been further expanded with additional listings of both previously unknown metal varieties and totally new items. The size of each item is now given in mm rather than in 16ths of an inch as in the 1963 edition. Each issue has been assigned a rarity rating of from R-1, indicating more than 5,000 known, to R-10, meaning unique. In addition, a loose-leaf price guide included in each book at no additional charge. The index has been expanded to include references to more subjects and places. Finally, there is a section of color plates. The Hibler & Kappen book remains the standard reference work on the subject with its HK numbers an instantly recognizable means of cataloging and identification.
Author : Christian Brinton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Modern Art at the Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition written by Christian Brinton and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James D. Ristine
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738565446
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Philadelphia's 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition written by James D. Ristine and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1926, the city of Philadelphia hosted the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition to honor the 150th anniversary of American independence. The exposition featured four major exhibition palaces where innovations and advancements in science, technology, education, industry, and agriculture were displayed. An additional fifth palace was dedicated to the fine arts, and foreign nations and individual states erected their own buildings as well. The expositions theme of patriotism was showcased through the re?created High Street of 1776, a favorite for many. Visitors were also entertained and delighted as they experienced areas known as Treasure Island and the Gladway, where all manner of amusements abounded. Crowds were drawn to the many sporting and cultural events held in the newly built stadium. Even the grounds of the navy yard were opened to the public, allowing citizens views of historic and modern naval vessels and military exhibits. By these offerings, and many others, the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition celebrated the nations past, present, and future.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Pictorial History of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. S. Ingram
Publisher : Philadelphia ; Springfield, Mass., [etc.] : Hubbard Bros.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Centennial Exposition Described and Illustrated written by J. S. Ingram and published by Philadelphia ; Springfield, Mass., [etc.] : Hubbard Bros.. This book was released on 1876 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including history of the Centennial from inception to final closing ceremonies, description of the principal buildings, foreign pavilions, booths and state buildings, with their interesting displays, exhibits of resources and products of the nations of the world; the most ingenious devices in Machinery Hall, woman's work in Woman's Pavilion, mineralogical, archaeological and geological collections from all states of the Union, the wonders of the Swiss watch department, the Centennial live stock exhibition, memorial parades and anniversaries of various orders, great state days, awards to exhibitors foreign and American, and numerous other subjects showing the magnitude and character of the New World's Fair, and illustrating the best achievements of human genius, industry and skill from all lands and all peoples.
Author : Anthony Euwer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book By Scarlet Torch and Blade written by Anthony Euwer and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mabel O. Wilson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520952499
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Negro Building written by Mabel O. Wilson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Black Americans' participation in world’s fairs, Emancipation expositions, and early Black grassroots museums, Negro Building traces the evolution of Black public history from the Civil War through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Mabel O. Wilson gives voice to the figures who conceived the curatorial content: Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, A. Philip Randolph, Horace Cayton, and Margaret Burroughs. Originally published in 2012, the book reveals why the Black cities of Chicago and Detroit became the sites of major Black historical museums rather than the nation's capital, which would eventually become home for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016.
