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Radiator Building--Night, New York
Georgia O'Keeffe's painting of the New York skyscraper is one example of the many ways artist tried new styles to capture the new nights of brightly lit cities. David Nye describes this version as one of the more positive depictions of the city,…
Buffalo Pan American Exposition Poster
A poster advertising the Buffalo, NY exposition.Electricity became more than the theme for major theme for the Buffalo exhibition; it provided a visible symbol of progress. This argument it presented visually in the poster by the buffalo,…
Woman Working at the Javanese Exhibit
This photograph shows a Javanese(presumed by curator of photograph) woman working with fabric in a replica Javanese hut. Many qualities of the photo differentiate it from the other cultural displays of the time in its ethnographic nature. It shows…
"Electric Tower - Pan-American Exposition, 1901"
In the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901, electricity became a central theme. By creating a hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls, the Exposition was equipped with a seemingly endless electric source. In attempts to outdo Chicago’s efforts…
Mammoth and Giant Octopus from the Anthropology Building of the Chicago Exposition
At Putnam's prodding, a "separate Anthropology Building on the fairgrounds" was meant to "prove the worth of building a permanent ethnological museum" (Rydell 57). Franz Boas and Joseph Jastrow were among the directors of this museum. This Mammoth…
Women's Building at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
These images are of the Woman's Building at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The images are from the book Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, 1893. The first is a photograph of the…
Indian Fisherman Animation of 1893 Columbian Exposition
This picture is not a high detail photograph but rather an animation regarding what is expected to be seen at the Fair. The picture shows two men in a fishing boat, one actively fishing with a harpoon, another using a paddle to move the boat.
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The Original KiKi Man Monkey
.... to be added...-Madeleine Hodges
On the Iron Pier, Coney Island. The rush for the last boat
Ogden's illustration is of passengers on one of the two Iron Piers built in 1878 on Coney Island. Here the illustration attempts to capture the sheer amount of people that would await the steamboats-in the year of the art's creation almost 2 million…
Beach bathing near the Iron Pier - 1880's
The seaside was a place that all people could swim. Since Coney Island bent the social rules of etiquette, men and women were allowed to frolic together and “let their hair done”. The fact that the women are being held up by two men shows how the…