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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 907.477311 EAN: 9780252070815 ISBN: 025207081X Label: University of Illinois Press Manufacturer: University of Illinois Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: June 12, 2002 Publisher: University of Illinois Press Studio: University of Illinois Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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' 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The White City revisited I purchased this book after watching a two hour PBS special on the Columbian Exposition. My imagination was captured, and I wanted more. I purchased the excellent The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson (which I also recommend) and this book at the same time. They compliment one another quite well. I believe I enjoyed both more by pairing them than I would have enjoyed them individually. The photos contained in this book are astounding. Even living near Chicago, and having been ... Read More Rating:  - great book!!!!!this book is great and gives wonderful information and facts....worth the money and is a great buy. Rating: - Chicago Colombian ExpositionA thorough history, interestingly written and beautifully illustrated. A good follow-up to "Devil in the White City". Rating: - very interestingI found this book quite fascinating. I have been reading Erik Larson's wonderful "The Devil in the White City" but since that comes with virtually no illustrations, I bought this book primarily for the photographs, of which it has a great many and which go a long way to conveying just how huge this fair was (there were 735,000+ visitors on the day that had the highest attendance rate). It also fills in information Larson's book lacks about the exhibits themselves, the individual state ... Read More 
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