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Title
John Luneen Souvenir Scrapbook
Description
  • two postcards from Woonsocket Rhode Island, advertising a shoemaker. The maps are by Rand McNally illustrating the entire fairgrounds, and by David Bradley (farm equipment producer) of Chicago. There is a commercial flier promoting good health with 'Aerated Waters' from the William Corry and Company of Belfast, Ireland and a wallet-sized calendar for the year of 1893 by The American Cotton Oil Company.
  • an illustrated postcard of the Ferris wheel
  • three postcards from piano manufacturers A.B. Chase Piano Co., Everett Piano, and Mason & Hamlin
  • The John Luneen journal and souvenir scrapbook has forty-four pages. The front and back covers are covered with marbleized paper. The journal is filled with postcards, maps, and commercial fliers from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. There are postcards of the Electricity Building
Interpretation
This journal and souvenir book was compiled and written by John Luneen (1893-1906) from Carrollton, Illinois. He attended the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 at the age of fifteen. Luneen wrote in the scrapbook that he rode the Ferris wheel on October 12, 1893. The Ferris wheel rose 264 feet into the air. Weighing forty-six tons and being forty-five feet long, the Ferris wheel’s axle shaft was considered to be the heaviest piece of steel ever forged. At full capacity 2,160 people could be carried upward in the thirty-six railcars. Each railcar could carry sixty passengers, forty of whom could sit on plush-covered swivel chairs. A complete ride lasted twenty minutes. The Ferris wheel made six stops per revolution; at each stop, six cars were unloaded. From opening day May 1, 1893, to closing day on October 29, 1893, more than 1.5 million people paid fifty cents to take a ride. The Ferris wheel was a highlight of Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Exploring The Columbian Exposition  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society  
  • 10-12 Science  
  • 16 History  
Author or Creator
Luneen, John, 1893-1906  
Source
Appelbaum, Stanley. The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. New York: Dover Publications, 1980. Bolotin, Normon, and Christine Laing. The World’s Columbian Exposition. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1992. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Accession  
Subject / Keywords
  • Postcards  
  • Columbian Exposition  
  • Scrapbooks  
  • Souvenirs  
  • Ferris wheels  
  • World's Fair  
Temporal Coverage
1893
Collection Publisher
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
1992.1
Date Created
37487
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleJohn Luneen Souvenir Scrapbook
Description
  • two postcards from Woonsocket Rhode Island, advertising a shoemaker. The maps are by Rand McNally illustrating the entire fairgrounds, and by David Bradley (farm equipment producer) of Chicago. There is a commercial flier promoting good health with 'Aerated Waters' from the William Corry and Company of Belfast, Ireland and a wallet-sized calendar for the year of 1893 by The American Cotton Oil Company.
  • an illustrated postcard of the Ferris wheel
  • three postcards from piano manufacturers A.B. Chase Piano Co., Everett Piano, and Mason & Hamlin
  • The John Luneen journal and souvenir scrapbook has forty-four pages. The front and back covers are covered with marbleized paper. The journal is filled with postcards, maps, and commercial fliers from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. There are postcards of the Electricity Building
InterpretationThis journal and souvenir book was compiled and written by John Luneen (1893-1906) from Carrollton, Illinois. He attended the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 at the age of fifteen. Luneen wrote in the scrapbook that he rode the Ferris wheel on October 12, 1893. The Ferris wheel rose 264 feet into the air. Weighing forty-six tons and being forty-five feet long, the Ferris wheel’s axle shaft was considered to be the heaviest piece of steel ever forged. At full capacity 2,160 people could be carried upward in the thirty-six railcars. Each railcar could carry sixty passengers, forty of whom could sit on plush-covered swivel chairs. A complete ride lasted twenty minutes. The Ferris wheel made six stops per revolution; at each stop, six cars were unloaded. From opening day May 1, 1893, to closing day on October 29, 1893, more than 1.5 million people paid fifty cents to take a ride. The Ferris wheel was a highlight of Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition.
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • Exploring The Columbian Exposition  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 13 Science, Technology and Society  
  • 10-12 Science  
  • 16 History  
Author or CreatorLuneen, John, 1893-1906  
SourceAppelbaum, Stanley. The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. New York: Dover Publications, 1980. Bolotin, Normon, and Christine Laing. The World’s Columbian Exposition. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, 1992. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Accession  
Subject / Keywords
  • Postcards  
  • Columbian Exposition  
  • Scrapbooks  
  • Souvenirs  
  • Ferris wheels  
  • World's Fair  
Temporal Coverage1893
Collection PublisherMuseum of Science and Industry, Chicago
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier1992.1
Date Created37487
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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