Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago | Rare and modern books | Pridmore, Jay
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago | Rare and modern books | Pridmore, Jay
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1997
- ISBN
- 0810942895
- Place of printing
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Author
- Pridmore, Jay
- Publishers
- Harry N. Abrams Incorporated
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Keyword
- MUSEUMS TRAVEL TOURS POINTS INTEREST Pictorial Works Museum of, Science and Industry, Chicago 160 pages including index and 151 illustrations, including 68 plates in full color. Relates how the museum was, founded by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald and how it was, installed in the imposing Palace of Fine Arts, an architectural monument from the World's Columbian Exposition, of 1893. Then he leads an entertaining and informative tour of, the Museum, featuring the incredibly diverse exhibits in five "zones" -, Energy, Transportation, Space and Defense, The Human Body, and Communications. Traces the fascinating development of, twentieth-century technology. Remainder mark upon bottom edge, else as new. Americana
- Binding description
- J H Fine Hardcover
- State of preservation
- Fine
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- First edition
- True
Description
160 pages including index and 151 illustrations, including 68 plates in full color. Relates how the museum was founded by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald and how it was installed in the imposing Palace of Fine Arts, an architectural monument from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Then he leads an entertaining and informative tour of the Museum, featuring the incredibly diverse exhibits in five "zones" - Energy, Transportation, Space and Defense, The Human Body, and Communications. Traces the fascinating development of twentieth-century technology. Remainder mark upon bottom edge, else as new. Book