OBD Chicago World's Fair 1893 - BRC | Oak Park Public Library

1) The Chicago World's Fair of 1893: a photographic record, photos from the collections of the Avery Library of Columbia University and the Chicago Historical Society

Author

Appelbaum, Stanley

Series

Dover architectural series

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Colossal spectacle preserved in 128 rare, vintage photographs with concise, fact-filled text: 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.

2) Expo: magic of the white city : the Chicago World's Fair of 1893

Series

Minutes of history series

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Narrated by Gene Wilder, this documentary brings the Chicago World's Fair to life. Experience the world of 1893 through a cinematic visit to Chicago's Columbian Exposition where viewers are immersed in one of the world's biggest extravaganzas.

3) Chicago's 1893 world's fair

Author

Di Cola, Joseph M

Series

Images of America

4) Fair weather

Author

Peck, Richard

Series

Thorndike large print young adult series

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In 1893, thirteen-year-old Rosie and members of her family travel from their Illinois farm to Chicago to visit Aunt Euterpe and attend the World's Columbian Exposition which, along with an encounter with Buffalo Bill and Lillian Russell, turns out to be a life-changing experience for everyone.

5) Electrical wizard: how Nikola Tesla lit up the world

Author

Rusch, Elizabeth

Series

Candlewick biographies

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Here is the story of the ambitious young man who brought life-changing ideas to America, despite the obstructive efforts of his hero-turned-rival, Thomas Edison. From using alternating current, to lighting up the Chicago World's Fair, to harnessing Niagara to electrify New York City and beyond, Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary ahead of his time. Remote controls, fluorescent lights, X-rays, speedometers, cell phones, even the radio -- all resulted...

6) Frank Lloyd Wright for kids: his life and ideas

Author

Thorne-Thomsen, Kathleen

Series

for kids (Chicago Ill.)
For Kids

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"Revised and updated edition of a longstanding classic that details the life, times, and work of America's most celebrated architect"-- Provided by publisher. "An engaging, kid-friendly exploration of America's leading architect and his work. This revised and updated edition of a longstanding classic, Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids, details the life, times, and work of the celebrated architect. Through simple, kid-friendly prose and anecdotes, author...

7) The perfect place to die

Author

Moore, Bryce

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Seventeen-year-old Zuretta Palmer travels to Chicago during the 1893 World's Fair to find her missing sister, but when the police and the Pinkertons refuse to help her, Zuretta begins her own investigation by becoming a maid at the notorious Castle.

8) H.H. Holmes: the true history of the White City Devil

Author

Selzer, Adam

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A detailed historical account of the serial killer calls on never before examined primary documents to reveal how he managed to take advantage of the crowds drawn by the 1893 World's Fair to create his own castle of horrors. Herman W. Mudgett, better known by his alias, H.H. Holmes, is considered America's first-- and most notorious-- serial killer. During the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, the basement of his house in Englewood, Illinois contained...

9) The devil in the white city: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America

Author

Larson, Erik

Series

Thorndike Press large print peer picks

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Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who,...

10) The city beautiful

Author

Polydoros, Aden

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"Death lurks around every corner in this unforgettable Jewish historical fantasy about a city, a boy, and the shadows of the past that bind them both together. Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he'll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when Alter's best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a...

11) The fantastic Ferris Wheel: the story of inventor George Ferris

Author

Kraft, Betsy Harvey

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"The story of George Ferris, inventor of the iconic Ferris Wheel"-- Provided by publisher. "The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, was to be a spectacular event: architects, musicians, artists, and inventors worked on special exhibits to display the glories of their countries. But the Fair's planners wanted something really special, something on the scale of the Eiffel Tower, which had been constructed for France's fair three years earlier. At last,...

12) H.H. Holmes: America's first serial killer

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The story behind America's first serial killer who terrorized Chicago during the turn-of-the-century World's Fair. Chronicles his grisly life from childhood, to the cross-country man hunt to find him, and finally to his incarceration and execution.