Friday, February 27, 2009

Palace Of Education and Social Economy

http://www.mohistory.org/Fair/WF/HTML/Overview/page3.html

-covered 8 acres on east side of Grand Basin
-palace represented the fair as an idea of an educational enterprise
-building constructed as a cost of $365, 421
-contained live displays of classes in session ranging from Kindergarten - university courses
-people could go see classes in progress
-also could attend college course or learn skills of caligraphy and Braille
-Department of Social Economy's exhibits explored contempary questions
-questions such as housing, labor, and health using tables, literature, and photographs

1 comment:

  1. Same link as last IC -- Need to label this post and tag the link on delicious...

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