Spectacle in the White City: The Chicago 1893 World's Fair by Appelbaum, Stanley - 2009

Mineola: Calla Editions, 2009. 27 million people - nearly half the population of the country at the time - visited the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. This 176pp collection of C.D. Arnold's iconic photographs presents the classical Greek and Roman design expressed by the Chicago World's Fair, which defined the course of American monumental building for decades to come. The text accompanying these historic photographs provides fascinating interpretations of the Exposition's influence on American building styles and tastes. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. Oblong Quarto.