Author : Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0486130630
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.
Author : Joseph M. Di Cola
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,40 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0738594415
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 : Russell Lewis
Publisher : Turner
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 9781596525696
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.
Author : Albertina Staup
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,42 MB
Release : 2021-05-22
Category :
ISBN :
America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for the privilege of hosting the fair. Like the 1876 Centennial Exposition before it, the Fair provided a showcase for American power -- and a reflection of the nation's prevailing values. This book is a collection of more than 100 digitally enhanced vintage photographs of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, held in 1893.
Author : Laurie Lawlor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 2002-05
Category : Families
ISBN : 074343630X
Dora and her three sisters are fascinated by the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893.
Author : Michael Finney
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,52 MB
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
ISBN : 9781082413582
Over 125 years ago the Columbian Exposition was staged in Chicago on Lake Michigan's shoreline. Visitors from around the country and world were first introduced to many industrial technologies and commercial offerings that would shape 20th century culture.This book explores a collection of event photographs and juxtaposes them against a set of modern images to catalog the living remnants in art and architecture around the city as a legacy to the 1893 World's Fair.
Author : Marian Shaw
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Neil Harris
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
An analysis of every facet of Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition illustrated with hundreds of cultural artifacts.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 12,9 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Rand, McNally & co., Chicago, pub
ISBN :
Author : Rand McNally And Company
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2014-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781295661497
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
