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Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair

Author : Russell Lewis
Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781596525696
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair written by Russell Lewis and published by Turner. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World's Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular world's fair ever built. The Columbian Exposition opened on May 1, 1893, and more than 21,000,000 people visited the fair during the six months it was open to the public. The White City was a seminal event in America's history that changed the way the world viewed Chicago. Fortunately, the fair was documented in stunning photographs by commercial and amateur photographers. This volume tells the story of the fair from its construction in Jackson Park to its destruction by fire after the fair had closed. Photographs of the exhibition halls, state buildings, foreign buildings, indoor and outdoor exhibits, the attractions of the Midway, and the various ways to move about the fairgrounds give a sense of how visitors experienced this extraordinary time and place.

The Chicago World's Fair of 1893

Author : Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486130630
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 written by Stanley Appelbaum and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 128 rare, vintage photographs: 200 buildings — 79 of foreign governments, 38 of U.S. states — the original ferris wheel, first midway, Edison's kinetoscope, much more. 128 black-and-white photographs. Captions. Map. Index.

Chicago's 1893 World's Fair

Author : Joseph M. Di Cola
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738594415
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)

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Download or read book Chicago's 1893 World's Fair written by Joseph M. Di Cola and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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."

Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618584332
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World’s Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular world’s fair ever built. The Columbian Exposition opened on May 1, 1893, and more than 21,000,000 people visited the fair during the six months it was open to the public. The White City was a seminal event in America’s history that changed the way the world viewed Chicago. Fortunately, the fair was documented in stunning photographs by commercial and amateur photographers. This volume tells the story of the fair from its construction in Jackson Park to its destruction by fire after the fair had closed. Photographs of the exhibition halls, state buildings, foreign buildings, indoor and outdoor exhibits, the attractions of the Midway, and the various ways to move about the fairgrounds give a sense of how visitors experienced this extraordinary time and place.

Remembering the Chicago World's Fair

Author :
Publisher : Turner
ISBN 13 : 9781683368908
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Remembering the Chicago World's Fair written by and published by Turner. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair, Russell Lewis provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the Chicago World's Fair. Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World's Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular world's fair ever built. The exposition opened on May 1, 1893, and more than 21,000,000 people visited the fair during the six months it was open to the public. The White City was a seminal event in America's history that changed the way the world viewed Chicago. This volume tells the story of the fair from its construction in Jackson Park to its destruction by fire after the fair had closed. Photographs of the exhibition halls, state buildings, foreign buildings, indoor and outdoor exhibits, the attractions of the Midway, and the various ways to move about the fairgrounds give a sense of how visitors experienced this extraordinary time

Historic Photos of Christmas in Chicago

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618586130
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Christmas in Chicago written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chicago, as wherever Christmas is celebrated, holiday traditions reflect both universal themes and local color, both the spirit of giving and snow-covered State Street. In 1913, Chicago decorated its first civic Christmas tree, while many others arrived on the fabled "Christmas tree ships” of the era. Holiday shoppers crowded the sidewalks in front of stores such as Marshall Field & Company, Santa Claus held the rapt gaze of children, and churches and charities reached out to the needy. So Christmas was then, and so it has remained. Historic Photos of Christmas in Chicago offers nearly 200 images of the Christmas season in the Windy City, from festive outdoor celebrations to intimate family gatherings. Culled from the archives of the Chicago History Museum, these images depict the city through the years during its annual celebration of this very special holiday, and so provide a chance to look back in time while reflecting on the meaning of Christmas today.

The White City

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764945908
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book The White City written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The World's Fair

Author : John Brisben Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The World's Fair written by John Brisben Walker and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historic Photos of Chicago

Author :
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1618586106
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Chicago written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Photos of Chicago captures the remarkable journey of the city of broad shoulders"" and its people through the historic photographs of the Chicago History Museum. From the Great Fire, to the rise of industry, through prohibition, World Wars and into the modern era, Chicago has remained a city of innovation and resilience. Captions and chapter headings are written by Russell Lewis, Chief Historian for Chicago History Museum. With hundreds of archival photos reproduced in stunning duotone on heavy art paper, this book is an essential addition to any collection of books in Chicago.""

Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair

Author : Bill Cotter
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439649472
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair written by Bill Cotter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It took six years and cost $100 million, but on May 27, 1933, the gates swung open on the biggest birthday party the city of Chicago had ever seen. The Century of Progress Exposition, better known as the 1933–34 Chicago World’s Fair, commemorated the amazing progress that had been made since the founding of the city just 100 years earlier. Many of America’s largest companies joined with countries from around the world to showcase their histories and advertise their newest products. The road to opening day was not an easy one, with the Great Depression making it look like the fair might never be built, but thousands of small investors stepped forward to help close the financial gap. The fair went on to an unprecedented second season, and when the gates finally closed after the last of the 39 million visitors went home, it had achieved something quite rare among world’s fairs: earning a profit. This collection of rare photographs, previously unpublished, highlights the major attractions of the fair and the astonishing changes made between seasons.

The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair

Author : Bill Cotter
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738536064
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair written by Bill Cotter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair was the largest international exhibition ever built in the United States. More than one hundred fifty pavilions and exhibits spread over six hundred forty-six acres helped the fair live up to its reputation as "the Billion-Dollar Fair." With the cold war in full swing, the fair offered visitors a refreshingly positive view of the future, mirroring the official theme: Peace through Understanding. Guests could travel back in time through a display of full-sized dinosaurs, or look into a future where underwater hotels and flying cars were commonplace. They could enjoy Walt Disney's popular shows, or study actual spacecraft flown in orbit. More than fifty-one million guests visited the fair before it closed forever in 1965. The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair captures the history of this event through vintage photographs, published here for the first time.

Historic Photos of Chicago

Author : Russell Lewis
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1596522550
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (965 download)

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Download or read book Historic Photos of Chicago written by Russell Lewis and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historic Photos of Chicago captures the remarkable journey of the city of broad shoulders"" and its people through the historic photographs of the Chicago History Museum. From the Great Fire, to the rise of industry, through prohibition, World Wars and into the modern era, Chicago has remained a city of innovation and resilience. Captions and chapter headings are written by Russell Lewis, Chief Historian for Chicago History Museum. With hundreds of archival photos reproduced in stunning duotone on heavy art paper, this book is an essential addition to any collection of books in Chicago.""

St. Louis

Author : Joe Sonderman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738561097
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book St. Louis written by Joe Sonderman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains captioned, archival photographs that trace the history of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, from the groundbreaking to the closing ceremonies.

The Devil In The White City

Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409044602
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Devil In The White City written by Erik Larson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An irresistible page-turner that reads like the most compelling, sleep defying fiction' TIME OUT One was an architect. The other a serial killer. This is the incredible story of these two men and their realization of the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and its amazing 'White City'; one of the wonders of the world. The architect was Daniel H. Burnham, the driving force behind the White City, the massive, visionary landscape of white buildings set in a wonderland of canals and gardens. The killer was H. H. Holmes, a handsome doctor with striking blue eyes. He used the attraction of the great fair - and his own devilish charms - to lure scores of young women to their deaths. While Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground. He called it the World's Fair Hotel. In reality it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century . . .

The Dream City

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Dream City written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grand Illusions

Author : Neil Harris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Grand Illusions written by Neil Harris and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of every facet of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition illustrated with hundreds of cultural artifacts.

Chicago 1933 World's Fair

Author : Mark Bussler
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781098589745
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Chicago 1933 World's Fair written by Mark Bussler and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Century of Progress, a millennium of Chicago. Chicago was no stranger to World's Fairs. The Windy City hosted the great 1893 World's Fair at the end of the 19th century, the fair which introduced the Ferris Wheel and electric lights on a grand scale to the world. Forty years later Chicago would try to one-up itself and celebrate the city's 100 year anniversary with The Sky RIde, art deco styling, the Sinclair Dinosaurs, Hall of Science, and creative applications of lighting that stunned millions of visitors. A Century of Progress heralded not just Chicago's history but also the past several decades of American advancement in electricity, transportation, agriculture, science, medicine, art, movies, and architecture. It was said that "if Washington could return to our land of railroads and steamboats and airplanes and electricity and telephones and radios and the myriad products of physics and chemistry and biology and geology, he would think that by some magic he had been transported to some marvelous fairyland." Written and designed by filmmaker and photographer, Mark Bussler (Expo: Magic of the White City, The 1893 World's Fair Ultra Massive Photographic Adventure Series and San Francisco 1915 World's Fair: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition) Chicago 1933 World's Fair: A Century of Progress in Photographs collects a wealth of stunning amateur, professional, and press photographs that chronicle this incredible event. Learn about the construction of the fair, the styling, the buildings, funding, and the fairgoers' experience of a lifetime! Chapter List: 010 - Introduction 014 - Chicago 1933 029 - The Fairgrounds 040 - Hall Of Science 059 - Administration Building 064 - Avenue of Flags 071 - U.S. Government Building and Hall of States 094 - The Sky Ride 108 - The Adler Planetarium 114 - Travel and Transport Building 124 - Electrical Building 142 - Company Buildings 166 - The Sinclair Dinosaurs 172 - Other Sights and Sounds