"An invaluable window on how New York self-consciously and very publicly transformed itself from a city that was merely 'the largest' to an undisputed world-class metropolis. . . . A rich historical record of newspapers, manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, and graphics . . . offers a new lens to examine identity, industry, and environment."--Kenneth T. Jackson, from the Foreword For two weeks in the fall of 1909, New York City threw itself the biggest party it had ever seen--attracting millions of people to a sprawling ...
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"An invaluable window on how New York self-consciously and very publicly transformed itself from a city that was merely 'the largest' to an undisputed world-class metropolis. . . . A rich historical record of newspapers, manuscripts, artifacts, photographs, and graphics . . . offers a new lens to examine identity, industry, and environment."--Kenneth T. Jackson, from the Foreword For two weeks in the fall of 1909, New York City threw itself the biggest party it had ever seen--attracting millions of people to a sprawling festival 150 miles long, from Brooklyn up the Hudson River to Albany. This extraordinary event, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, was officially meant to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the river bearing his name and the centennial of Robert Fulton's first successful run of his steamship Clermont. But in an era of grand world's fairs, the Celebration was really created to showcase New York's coming of age as a world metropolis. On city sidewalks and along the river, millions enjoyed a nonstop circus of fireworks, concerts, museum exhibitions, children's festivals, and military and naval parades, each designed to link past glories to present challenges and future progress. And to show the world that its biggest city worked. For city leaders, the Celebration was to be a gaudy catalyst for change--technological, commercial, cultural, and political. There were great flotillas of the world's navies. New, glittering electric lights illuminated bridges and skyscrapers. Jawdropping flyovers by Wilbur Wright and Glenn Curtiss introduced New Yorkers to the airplane. The Queensboro Bridge had just been built, as had new subway lines. Thousands of children in ethnic costumes marched to celebrate the new American melting pot. No one had seen anything like it. This fascinating book commemorates that commemoration. With a rich selection of full-color images--photographs, graphics, memorabilia, paintings, and much more--it tells the story of what those two weeks meant to four million New Yorkers and one million out-of-town guests. Johnson brings back a city feverishly at work and play, from the grand schemes of the planners to the way the Celebration put the city and its people on a world stage.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 082323021X. B&W Photographs & Color Reproductions; Square 4to 9"-11" tall; 204 pages; [SIGNED Presentation Copy] 2009 Fordham University Press. Oversize square format HC/DJ. 1st printing. Inscribed by the author on the half title page to prominent historian of Hudson Valley and American Landscape, David Schuyler. Snugly bound and fresh in crisp edges and uniformly bright color pictorial dust jacket. Superficial shelf tap top front jacket tip. Illustrated throughout with historic b&w photos and color reproductions. NF/NF or about as new...Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.; Signed by Author.
Add this copy of The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: New York's River to cart. $47.25, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Fordham University Press.
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VG/VG-(light shelfwear to dust jacket. Pages are clean and clear. ) Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; orange dust jacket with color illustrations, blue spine with black lettering; bw illustrated flyleaves; 203 pp, profusely illustrated throughout in bw and color. Contents include: A test of the modern metropolis--The quandary of New York history--Hudson's valor, Fulton's genius--Parades & politics--The littlest knickerbockers--Jump-starting New York's arts & culture--Symbols, souvenirs, & sales--Air & sea, peace & war--Up the river--The party's over.
Add this copy of The Hudson-Fulton Celebration. New York's River to cart. $98.66, new condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2009 by Fordham University Press.
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New. For two weeks in the fall of 1909, New York City threw itself the biggest party it had ever seen-attracting millions of people to a sprawling festival, from Brooklyn up the Hudson River to Albany. This event, the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, was meant to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the river bearing his name. Num Pages: 204 pages, 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 221 x 23. Weight in Grams: 973. 2009. Hardback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: New York's River to cart. $132.89, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Fordham University Press.
