FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF TOKEN
FROM THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF TOKEN RECUERDO DE LAS FIESTAS COLOMBIANA Product Description Columbian Exposition Fair This Token Commemorates the Parties or Festivals put on by the Columbians after America was discovered. Embossed token with the date October Such a Fun, Unique Collector's Piece! The mile-long Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the closest an amusement seeker came to a sure thing in . The Columbian Exposition was the first major American fair since the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of , and it marked the beginning of a golden era. It was followed in the next decade by world's fairs in Atlanta, Nashville, Omaha, Buffalo and St. Louis. As American social historian David Nasaw has written in "Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements," the fairs were meant to do far more than merely amuse the public: "The world's fairs were paeans to progress, concrete demonstrations of how order and organization, high culture and art, science and technology, commerce and industry, all brought together under the wise administration of business and government, would lead inevitably to a brighter, more prosperous future." In many ways, they were the ultimate expression of their age. The World's Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America, was actually held in , a year later than had been planned. New York City, Washington, D.C., St.Louis, and Chicago had all vied for the honor of housing the exposition, and it was during this vigorous and often vocal competition that Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, dubbed Chicago "that windy city." Chicago's lobbyists finally won out and, on April , President Benjamin Harrison signed the act that designated Chicago as the site of the exposition. It took three frantic years of preparation and work to produce the exposition. Although dedication ceremonies were held on October , the fairgrounds were not opened to the public until May . The exposition closed on October . MG Pictures are of actual item you are bidding on or considering purchasing. All pictures are part of the description. Please examine them carefully. Pictures are digitally enlarged to show detail, most of the pictures can be zoomed to see fine details. We strive to accurately display the correct colors in our photos. Sometimes there will be a difference in colors depending on your monitor, settings, sunlight, or personal interpretations of the colors listed. Please review all photos and descriptions and ask questions if needed. inkfrog terapeak i inkFrog Analytics