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Chicago's Grand Midway : a walk around the world at the Columbian Exposition / Norman Bolotin with Christine Laing.
- Title
- Chicago's Grand Midway : a walk around the world at the Columbian Exposition / Norman Bolotin with Christine Laing.
- Author
- Bolotin, Norm, 1951-
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | T500.B2 B65 2017 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Laing, Christine
- Description
- xix, 117 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 29 cm
- Summary
- "The Midway Plaisance at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was designed to complement the vastness of the fair itself, simultaneously entertaining and educating the fairgoer. A half-mile long, the Midway was designed to delight visitors with grandeur, excitement, and surprise. This volume escorts readers through the Midway, showing every feature and intersection, from the Libbey Glass Factory, the Captive Balloon, Little Cairo, and the greatest marvel of all, the Ferris Wheel, capable of carrying 1000 people at a time"--
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books.
- Subject
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) > History
- World's Columbian Exposition
- 1800-1899
- Midways > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century
- Concessions (Amusements, etc.) > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century
- HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- HISTORY > United States > 19th Century
- Buildings
- Concessions (Amusements, etc.)
- Manners and customs
- Midways
- Concessions > Illinois > Chicago > History > 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Illinois > Chicago
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "Publication supported by Figure Foundation, rounding with the fairest"--Page after half title page.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-113) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Creating the World's First Midway -- Walking the Plaisance -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Financial Data on Midway Concessions.
- ISBN
- 9780252082429
- 0252082427
- 9780252099465 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2017007237
- OCLC
- 962232038
- SCSB-12148835
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library