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Author : John Joseph Flinn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition ... written by John Joseph Flinn and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Chicago : Columbian Guide Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, May 1 to October 26, 1893 ... written by and published by Chicago : Columbian Guide Company. This book was released on 1893 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Joseph Flinn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition in the City of Chicago ... written by John Joseph Flinn and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Norm Bolotin
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252070815
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The World's Columbian Exposition written by Norm Bolotin and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Trumbull White
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Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 written by Trumbull White and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (468 download)
Download or read book The World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Durica
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810129094
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Chicago by Day and Night written by Paul Durica and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing the first Ferris wheel, dazzling and unprecedented electrification, and exhibits from around the world, the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 was Chicago’s chance to demonstrate that it had risen from the ashes of the Great Fire and was about to take its place as one of the world’s great cities. Millions would flock to the fair, and many of them were looking for a good time before and after their visits to the Midway and the White City. But what was the bedazzled visitor to do in Chicago? Chicago by Day and Night: The Pleasure Seeker’s Guide to the Paris of America, a very unofficial guide to the world beyond the fair, slaked the thirst of such curious folk. The pleasures it details range from the respectable (theater, architecture, parks, churches and synagogues) to the illicit—drink, gambling, and sex. With a wink and a nod, the book decries vice while offering precise directions for the indulgence of any desire. In this newly annotated edition, Chicagoans Paul Durica and Bill Savage—who, if born earlier, might have written chapters in the original—provide colorful context and an informative introduction to a wildly entertaining journey through the Chicago of 120 years ago.
Author : Joseph M. Di Cola
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0738594415
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (385 download)
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."
Author : Rand McNally and Company
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book A Week at the Fair written by Rand McNally and Company and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mrs. Mark Stevens
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Six Months at the World's Fair written by Mrs. Mark Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Rand, McNally & Co.'s Advance Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julie K. Brown
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262026570
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Health and Medicine on Display written by Julie K. Brown and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With Heath and Medicine on Display, Julie Brown offers the first book-length examination of how international expositions, through their exhibits and infrastructures, sought to demonstrate innovations in applied health and medical practice. " -- Inside dust jacket.
Author : Madame Léon Grandin
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252035135
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book A Parisienne in Chicago written by Madame Léon Grandin and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating account of a French woman's impressions of America in the late nineteenth century reveals an unusual cross-cultural journey through fin de siècle Paris, Chicago, and New York. Madame Leon Grandin's travels and extended stay in Chicago in 1893 were the result of her husband's collaboration on the fountain sculpture for the World's Columbian Exposition. Initially impressed with the city's fast pace and architectural grandeur, Grandin's attentions were soon drawn to its social and cultural customs, reflected as observations in her writing. During a ten-month interval as a resident, she was intrigued by the interactions between men and women, mothers and their children, teachers and students, and other human relationships, especially noting the comparative social freedoms of American women. After this interval of acclimatization, the young Parisian socialite had begun to view her own culture and its less liberated mores with considerable doubt. "I had tasted the fruit of independence, of intelligent activity, and was revolted at the idea of assuming once again the passive and inferior role that awaited me!" she wrote. Grandin's curiosity and interior access to Chicago's social and domestic spaces produced an unusual travel narrative that goes beyond the usual tourist reactions and provides a valuable resource for readers interested in late nineteenth-century America, Chicago, and social commentary. Significantly, her feminine views on American life are in marked contrast to parallel reflections on the culture by male visitors from abroad. It is precisely the dual narrative of this text--the simultaneous recounting of a foreigner's impressions, and the consequent questioning of her own cultural certainties--that make her book unique. This translation includes an introductory essay by Arnold Lewis that situates Grandin's account in the larger context of European visitors to Chicago in the 1890s.
Author : Tudor Jenks
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls written by Tudor Jenks and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous fictional account of a visit to the World's Columbian exposition illustrated with actual photographs and sketches of the buildings, exhibits, and fairgrounds.
Author : Robert W. Rydell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226923258
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (269 download)
Download or read book All the World's a Fair written by Robert W. Rydell and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert W. Rydell contends that America's early world's fairs actually served to legitimate racial exploitation at home and the creation of an empire abroad. He looks in particular to the "ethnological" displays of nonwhites—set up by showmen but endorsed by prominent anthropologists—which lent scientific credibility to popular racial attitudes and helped build public support for domestic and foreign policies. Rydell's lively and thought-provoking study draws on archival records, newspaper and magazine articles, guidebooks, popular novels, and oral histories.
Download or read book Official Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, May 1 to October 26, 1893, by Authority of the United States of America ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486130630
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)
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 136 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.
