| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
New Bedford-June 8, 1892 -- New Bedford, 1851 -- Somewhere in the South Atlantic, 1858 -- New Bedford, 1865 -- The Arctic, 1871 -- New Bedford, 1880 -- Chicago, 1892 -- Lake Ontario, 1892 -- Chicago, 1892 -- New Bedford, 1904 |
| Summary |
"The whaling bark Progress was an authentic whaler transformed into a whaling museum for Chicago's 1893 world's fair. Traversing waterways across North America, the whaleship enthralled crowds from Montreal to Racine. Her ultimate fate, however, was to be a failed sideshow of marine curiosities and a metaphor for a dying industry out of step with Gilded Age America. This book uses the story of Progress to detail the rise, fall, and eventual demise of the whaling industry in America. The legacy of this whaling bark can be found throughout New England and Chicago, and invites questions about what it means to transform a dying industry into a museum piece." Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 30, 2021) |
| Subject |
Progress (Bark) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80008759
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World's Columbian Exposition fast |
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Whaling -- Massachusetts -- History -- 19th century
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Whaling ships -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- History -- 19th century
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Exhibitions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
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Exhibitions
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Whaling
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Whaling ships
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Massachusetts
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Illinois -- Chicago
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Massachusetts -- New Bedford
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476640075 |
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1476640076 |
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