tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413879796435723871.post1201455891742159480..comments2023-10-24T02:02:57.173-07:00Comments on A Caledonian Journey: Aether Salon: Exhibitionism!Rhianon Jamesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13627163137265856251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413879796435723871.post-6298102131335318992009-09-24T21:58:21.178-07:002009-09-24T21:58:21.178-07:00Miss Rhianon You are most Kind
Thank You for makin...Miss Rhianon You are most Kind<br />Thank You for making the time to attend and I am quite touched and pleased you enjoyed it ..<br /> I did run out of time (*grins* I even had to let evil Dr Holmes sort of go thank Heaven for Miss Ordinal knowing she was on the watch was a great comfort*grins*) as I wanted to get to the ahh my rather special and delightful dynamic ladies of the Midway and the dear Salon clock was ticking grins ..<br />personal note<br />I did go and graduated from Bradley University in the 80s and being an east coast gal, The Great White City was <br />of Interest to me then alas, I was also a young busy college student I just did not have the time nor was the Internet highway in full swing in depth at the time . I was an ACJ/SOC major and to find material on HH Holmes in the early 80s in Chicago was no easy task.It was not a topic of interest it is today .<br /> It seemed to come to life in the 90s and this decade with a whole new light and interest . <br />With several Movies and TV programs and A few very good books. <br />As for the worlds Fair mention (( I do agree with the gentleman and in my conclusion I did mention how it has evolved through the years to be called The Great Chigaco Worlds Fair ))<br />but rather then post that (grins)<br />here is a good brief explanation below :) <br />From Wikipedia, <br />Chicago during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.The World's Columbian Exposition — also known as The Chicago World's Fair — was a World's Fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. Chicago bested New York City, Washington, D.C. and St. Louis, Missouri, for the honor of hosting the fair. The fair had a profound effect on architecture, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism. The Chicago Columbian Exposition was, in large part, designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick Law Olmsted. It was the prototype of what Burnham and his colleagues thought a city should be. It was designed to follow Beaux Arts principles of design, namely, European Classical Architecture principles based on symmetry and balance.<br />The exposition covered more than 600 acres (2.4 km2), featuring nearly 200 new buildings of classical architecture, canals and lagoons, and people and cultures from around the world. Over 27 million people (equivalent to about half the U.S. population) attended the exposition during its six-month run. Its scale and grandeur far exceeded the other world fairs, and it became a symbol of the emerging American Exceptionalism, much in the same way that the Great Exhibition became a symbol of the Victorian era United Kingdom.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Columbian_Exposition<br />and here are a lovely batch of photos From <br />World's Columbian Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago <br />Photographs from Shepp's World's Fair Photographed, Chicago and Philadelphia, 1893, and from Glimpses of the World's Fair Through a Camera, Chicago, 1893. <br />http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/1893fair.htmlBreezy Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338493613654940449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413879796435723871.post-35434844437091667412009-09-24T10:04:01.127-07:002009-09-24T10:04:01.127-07:00The gratitute is mine, Miss Trafalgar, for taking ...The gratitute is mine, Miss Trafalgar, for taking the time to organize the Salons. I try to make each of them, though I confess I have not been entirely successful on that score.<br /><br />My recollection is the same as yours, Mr. Magellan, that the term 'World's Fair' was indeed a later appellation. Mr. Cleanslate made that distinction, and I omitted it for the sake of brevity. As for Regent's Park versus Hyde Park - hey, they're close to one another, aren't they? :) (You are indeed correct that it was Hyde Park. Though I did not doubt the maker of the Crystal Palace.)Rhianon Jamesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627163137265856251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413879796435723871.post-45943589637537849402009-09-24T00:15:49.976-07:002009-09-24T00:15:49.976-07:00I'm sorry I missed this; it looks interesting....I'm sorry I missed this; it looks interesting. There are a couple of points I'd like to make. The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in Hyde Park, not Regent's Park. I am very sure of that. The other point is that I think applying the term 'World's Fair' to this exhibition is a bit of historical revisionism, as the term, which became part of the name of several subsequent expositions, was not in use at that point. I am fairly sure of this.Mako Magellanhttp://victoriansecondlife.ning.com/profile/MakoMagellannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1413879796435723871.post-36208332458234072592009-09-23T14:39:22.628-07:002009-09-23T14:39:22.628-07:00Our Sincerest thanks Ms. Jameson! We thought the ...Our Sincerest thanks Ms. Jameson! We thought the Salon speakers quite brilliant as well! And the audience, of course - which wouldn't be the same without you.<br /><br />With admiration,<br />Viv & SeraViv Trafalgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182086392042098807noreply@blogger.com