The Midway, the Rialto
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Call Number |
CHS.J2793 |
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Title |
The Midway, the Rialto |
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Creator(s) |
Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. |
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Summary |
View of the midway during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha (Douglas County), Nebraska. A man walks down a wide dirt avenue as well-dressed people stand about. Shows a wooden ticket kiosk and a mural with ostriches painted on it. Signs reads: "New! Rolling the Roll" "First Production in America" "New, Latest Parisian Novelty." Shows the Pabst Building and signs that read: "Pabst Milwaukee" and "Pabst on the Midway." Flags fly on flagpoles atop buildings. Shows the "Giant See-Saw" an amusement ride which stands 225 feet high. Gaslights and telegraph poles line the street. In the distance smokestacks from the engine room, boiler room, and power house rise above the skyline. |
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Date |
[1898] |
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Notes |
Accession number: 86.200.2538; Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Condition: Silvered, scratched.; Formerly Jackson 4455.; Handwritten on envelope: "Omaha, Trans-Mississippi Exposition, the Midway, Rialto."; Title and: "04455" inked on negative.; R7201027934 |
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Physical Description |
1 negative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.) |
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Is Part Of |
History Colorado, William Henry Jackson Collection |
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Subject |
Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900.
Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.
Midways--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900.
Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.) |
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Rights |
Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees |
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Reproduction Available for Purchase |
Yes |
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Type of Material |
Glass negatives.; Imaged.; Image |
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Contributors |
Detroit Photographic Co. |
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Format-Medium |
Photograph |
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Identifier |
4455; 86.200.2538 |
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Filename |
20102793.TIF |
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