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NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK
May 5-11, 1996
The 100th Anniversary of the Death
of
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr.
February 14, 1859 -- November 22, 1896
George Ferris' greatest engineering accomplishment
was the Ferris Wheel at Chicago's World Columbian
Exposition in 1893. Two hundred and sixty four feet tall,
each of the giant wheel's 36 cars carried 60 passengers.
Before the Exposition closed, nearly a million and half
people paid 50 cents for a twenty minute ride. And since
then, amusement wheels worldwide that carry people up,
over the top, and down, have been called Ferris wheels.
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Norman D. Anderson
P. O. Box 33211
Raleigh, NC 27636
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NC
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NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK, 1996/AY
For more information about George W. G/Fenis L
and the history of the Ferris wheel, you may wish to
consult my book, Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History.
The book is available from Bowling Green State University
Popular Press, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, OH 43403, for $29.95 (paperback) or $59.95 (cloth
cover) plus $2.00 postage. Credit card orders can be placed
by calling 419-372-78654.
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For a complimentary copy of the Ferris Wheel
Newsletter, which I publish monthly to encourage research
on Ferris wheel history, please send a SASE to my address
above. Any Ferris wheel news you care to share with
newsletter readers will be appreciated.
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