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The 1893 Chicago World's Fair
Columbian
Exposition
A
Pictorial History Book Collection
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Included:
Over
50
Vintage Books, Guides, Souvenir Programs on DVD.
Included:
90 minutes
of
presentation videos teaching about the fair in .mp4 format.
All on one
easy to read DVD-ROM disk!
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Great
collection on one data DVD that is readable on all
computers. The files are in PDF format, so you can
browse and print through them easily. This collection
includes video in .mp4 format. This is a data DVD can
be played in any computer. It cannot be
played in a DVD player attached to your TV.
Many illustrations of this historic event, the sights and
buildings, the displays, the exhibits, can be found by
browsing through this DVD. A fantastic resource for
anyone that is looking for more information on the Columbian
Exposition.
The World's Columbian Exposition (the
official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also
known as The Chicago World's Fair) was a World's Fair held in Chicago in
1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival
in the New World in 1492. The iconic centerpiece of the Fair, the large
water pool, represented the long voyage Columbus took to the New World.
Chicago bested New York City; Washington, D.C.; and St. Louis for the
honor of hosting the fair. The fair was an influential social and
cultural event. The fair had a profound effect on architecture,
sanitation, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial
optimism. The Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed
by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted. It was the prototype of
what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was
designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely French
neoclassical architecture principles based on symmetry, balance, and
splendor.
The exposition covered more than 600 acres, featuring nearly 200 new
(but purposely temporary) buildings of predominantly neoclassical
architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from 46
countries. More than 27 million people attended the
exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded
the other world fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a
symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.
This DVD covers a collection of over
50 vintage books and souvenir guides that chronical the 1893
fair in text and in pictures, all on one easy to read DVD that can be
played in any PC. We also include 90
minutes of presentations in slides and narration on the 1893
fair in .mp4 format.
THE FOLLOWING TITLES ARE
ALL INCLUDED:
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5,000 at the World's Fair That Visitors Should Not
Fail To See by W.E. Hamilton, 1893, 114
pages
A Souvenir of Worlds Fair, Prominent Women and Wives
by Josephine Dill, 1892, 136 pages
A Week at the Fair, by Rand McNally, 1893, 261
pages
Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian
Exposition, by Maud Howe Elliot, 1893, 326
pages
Art Gallery of the World's Columbian Exposition,
by Charles M. Kurtz, 1893, 392 pages
Art Souvenir World's Columbian exposition and views of Chicago,
by Photo Mezzo Art Company, 1892, 40 pages
Artfolio of World's Columbian Exposition, by
Rand McNally, 1892, 50 pages
Catalogue of the exhibits of the state of Pennsylvania,
by A.B Farquhar, 1893, 476 pages
Chicago and Her Exposition of, by James
Dredge, 1893, 70 pages
Chicago and the World's Columbian Exposition,
Exposition Pamphlet, 1892, 17 pages
Dedicatory and opening ceremonies of the World's Columbian exposition,
by Stone, Kastler & Painter, 1893, 327
pages
Fair Shadow Land, by Edith Thomas, 1893, 154
pages
From the Old World to the New, A Christmas Story of the Chicago
Exhibition, Mowbray House, 1892, 178 pages
Glimpses of the Worlds Fair Seen Through a Camera,
Volume 1, Laird & Lee, 1893, 198 pages
Glimpses of the Worlds Fair Seen Through a Camera,
Volume 2, Laird & Lee, 1893, 198 pages
Guide to the Worlds Fair grounds, buildings and attractions,
by John Flinn, 1893, 70 pages
Handy Guide to Chicago and World's Columbian Exposition,
Rand McNally, 1892, 270 pages
Hill's Souvenir Guide to Chicago and the World's Fair,
by Thomas E. Hill,1892, 240 pages
History of the Worlds Fair, by Major Ben C.
Truman, 1893, 648 pages
How To See The Worlds Fair With Little Money,
M. Parker, 1893, 24 pages
Martin's World's Fair Album-Atlas and Family Souvenir,
by J.F. Martin, 1892, 315 pages
Midway Plaisance and World's Columbian exposition,
by Frank H. Smith, 1893, 103 pages
Official Guide to Midway Plaisance, by John J.
Flinn, 1893, 59 pages
Official Guide World's Columbian Exposition,
Rand McNally, 1892, 48 pages
Official Souvenir Program of Worlds Columbian Exposition,
1892, 46 pages
Photographic History of the World's Fair and Sketch of the City of
Chicago, by James Wilson Pierce, 1893, 520
pages
Shepp's World's fair photographed, by James W.
Shepp and Daniel B. Schepp, 1893, 537 pages
Some Artists At The Fair, by Frank D. Millet, 1893,
140 pages
Souvenir of the Ceremonies of the Indiana State Building, Chicago
1893, 44 pages
Souvenir of the Illinois dairy exhibit, World's Columbian Exposition,
Illinois State Dairyman's Association, 1893,
37 pages
Souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition in Photo-Gravure,
by A. Witteman, 1893, 86 pages
The American-Hispano Pocket Guide of the Worlds Fair,
Knox Hat Company, 1893, 182 pages
The Best Things to be Seen at the World's fair,
by John J. Flinn, 1893, 224 pages
The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls,
by Tudor Jenks, 1893, 272 pages
The Columbian Exposition Album, Rand McNally, 1893,
206 pages
The Columbian Portfolio of Photographs of the World's Fair,
1893, 52 pages
The Columbian Souvenir Album, The Art Souvenir
Company,1892, 116 pages
The Illinois Building And Exhibits Therein,
John Morris Company, 1893, 168 pages
The Vanishing City, a Photographic Encyclopedia of the World's Columbian
Exposition, Laird and Lee, 1893, 234
Pages
The Winters Art Lithographing Company's Popular Portfolios of the
World's Columbian exposition, 1891, 38 Pages
The World's Columbian Exposition, by George
Davis, (March 1, 1892), 14 pages
The World's Columbian Exposition, Article from
November 1, 1892, 4 pages
The World's Columbian Exposition, Article from
February 1, 1893, 2 pages
The World's Fair Recipe Book, by John F.
Landis, 1893, 130 pages
The World's Fair Souvenir Album, C. Roop &
Sons, 1894, 263 pages
The World's Fair Visitor, by The World's Fair
Visitors' Association, 1891, 20 pages
The World's Fair, Its Meaning and Scope, by
H.G. Cutler, 1891, 666 pages
The World's fair, Some of its Principal Sights and Exhibits,
Columbia Novelty Publishing, 1892, 36 pages
Visitors guide to the World's Columbian Exposition,
The Union News Company, 1893, 88 pages
World's Columbian Exposition Pocket Record Book,
Dibble Publishing Company, 1893, 78 pages
World's Columbian exposition portfolio of Midway,
The American Eng. Co, c1893, 24 pages
World's Fair Through A Camera, Snap Shots by An Artist,
1893, 178 pages
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