Softcover
1974
by Hyman, Linda
1974. Softcover. VG (soiling to covers). White pictorial wraps. 36 pp. 22 bw illustrations. A magnificent domed iron and glass exposition pavillion (dubbed the Crystal Palace after a similar one in London) was built in mid-Manhattan to house America's first world's fair--a display of industrial products and fine arts unprecendented in this country. Text by Linda Hyman also discusses some of the specific items there; bibliography. Includes laid-in trifold sheet "The New York Crystal Palace 1853/58" by Margot Gayle and Stephen Garmey with 5 bw illustrations (Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, 1974).
(Inventory #: 8516)