Download or read book The Cunard Line and the World s Fair Chicago 1893 written by Cunard steamship co, ltd and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Westminster Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Spectacle in the White City written by Stanley Appelbaum and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A splendid tribute to The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, this hardcover volume offers a grand photographic record, printed in a sweeping landscape format. Includes essays and captions by a noted historian. 128 photographs.

Download or read book America at the Fair written by Chaim M. Rosenberg and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893, the United States was fast becoming the worlds leading economy. Chicago, the host city, had grown in less than half a century from a village to the countrys second-largest metropolis. During this, the Gilded Age, the worlds most extensive railroad and steamship networks poured ceaselessly through Chicago, carrying the raw goods and finished products of Americas great age of invention and industrial expansion. The Fair was the largest ever at the time, with 65,000 exhibitors and millions of visitors. It has been called the Blueprint of the American Future and marked the beginning of the national economy and consumer culture.

Download or read book A History of the World s Columbian Exposition Held in Chicago in 1893 written by Rossiter Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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."

Download or read book World s Fairs from London 1851 to Chicago 1893 written by George S. Miles and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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.

Download or read book A World s Fair 1893 written by John Brisben Walker and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book World s Fair Notes written by Marian Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Columbian Exposition and World s Fair Chicago 1893 Origin History and Progress of Chicago Guide Book to the Exhibition Illustrations of the Principal Buildings Advantages to Canada written by World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) and published by Chicago? : s.n.. This book was released on 1893* with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of the Fair written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Harper s Chicago and the World s Fair written by Julian Ralph and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Engines of Empire written by Douglas R. Burgess Jr. and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1859, the S.S. Great Eastern departed from England on her maiden voyage. She was a remarkable wonder of the nineteenth century: an iron city longer than Trafalgar Square, taller than Big Ben's tower, heavier than Westminster Cathedral. Her paddles were the size of Ferris wheels; her decks could hold four thousand passengers bound for America, or ten thousand troops bound for the Raj. Yet she ended her days as a floating carnival before being unceremoniously dismantled in 1889. Steamships like the Great Eastern occupied a singular place in the Victorian mind. Crossing oceans, ferrying tourists and troops alike, they became emblems of nationalism, modernity, and humankind's triumph over the cruel elements. Throughout the nineteenth century, the spectacle of a ship's launch was one of the most recognizable symbols of British social and technological progress. Yet this celebration of the power of the empire masked overconfidence and an almost religious veneration of technology. Equating steam with civilization had catastrophic consequences for subjugated peoples around the world. Engines of Empire tells the story of the complex relationship between Victorians and their wondrous steamships, following famous travelers like Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Jules Verne as well as ordinary spectators, tourists, and imperial administrators as they crossed oceans bound for the colonies. Rich with anecdotes and wry humor, it is a fascinating glimpse into a world where an empire felt powerful and anything seemed possible—if there was an engine behind it.

Download or read book History of the World s Fair written by Benjamin Cummings Truman and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: