The Vanishing City: Excavating the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
Professor Rebecca Graff speaks about her archeological and archival research focused on the Fair's ephemeral "White City" and Midway Plaisance. The results of the excavation in Jackson Park revealed a robust archeological signature of the Fair. Graff's work links the Fair, as a catalyst for structural change and its material record, to the larger social structures of late nineteenth-century America. This event is free and open to the public and part of the Wilmette Public Library’s One Book, Everybody Reads series, which is featuring Rosellen Brown’s historical novel, The Lake on Fire, this spring.
Date and Time
Monday Apr 22, 2019
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CDT
April 22 at 7:00 pm
Location
Wilmette Public Library
1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette 60091
Fees/Admission
Free of charge
Contact Information
Barbara Goodman
256-6930
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