Official Programmes of the Bureau of Music of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago
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Release : 1893
Category : Concert programs
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Release : 1893
Category : Concert programs
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Release : 1892
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Under the leadership of conductor Theodore Thomas, the Bureau of Music was charged with the creation of orchestral, choral and band performance plans and an exhibit of musical instruments at the World’s Columbian Exposition. The Official Report created by Secretary George H. Wilson consists of an oversize album with typed narratives, copies of letters, photographs and clippings.
Author : Trumbull White
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Page : 652 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Exhibitions
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Page : 204 pages
File Size : 36,89 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Exhibitions
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Author : Rand McNally and Company
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Page : 278 pages
File Size : 29,76 MB
Release : 1893
Category : World's Columbian Exposition
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Page : 336 pages
File Size : 17,12 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Art
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Author : Chicago Public Library
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Page : 460 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Exhibitions
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Author : Richard J. Murphy
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,8 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
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Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,40 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Art
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Author : Joseph M. Di Cola
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 19,59 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."