Sesqui! : greed, graft, and the forgotten world's fair of 1926 /

In 1916, department store magnate and Grand Old Philadelphian John Wanamaker launched plans for a Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition in his hometown in 1926. It would be a magnificent world's fair to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Wanamaker hoped tha...

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Main Author: Keels, Thomas H., (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017.
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Pennsylvania Room

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Call Number: UPA/Ph T 826.3 .B1 K44 2017
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