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The Victorian |
The magazine of The Victorian Society.
Iron and glass everywhere
By Mike Chrimes
The following exhibitions are examined:
* 1853 Dublin Exhibition - 2 illustrations
* 1853 New York Crystal Palace - 1 illustration
* 1854 Munich Glass Palace - 1 illustration
* 1855 Paris Universal Exhibition - 2 illustrations
* 1857 Manchester 'Art Treasures of the United Kingdom' - 2 illustrations
* 1861-1863 Crystal Palace of Oporto - 1 illustration
* 1862 International Exhibition, London - 5 illustrations
* 1873 Vienna Unversal Exhibition - 1 illustration
* 1876 Philadelphia world Exhibition - 1 illustration
* 1880 International Exhibition, Melbourne - 1 illustration
Also discussed is the proposal to convert the 1851 exhibition building into a 1,000 feet high tower.
There is even a short article on the Crystal Palace dinosaurs
Paperback 30 pages
