| Description |
132 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 22 x 31 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Taking History into the Future -- Introduction: A Revelation of Cultural Identity -- Ch. 1. 1999 -- The Foundation of Every State is the Education of its Youth: Joliet Township High School Centennial -- La Herencia Mexicana: Mexican Heritage -- Ancient Traditions, A New Frontier: An Italian Heritage -- German Heritage Part I -- German Heritage Part II -- Ch. 2. 1998 -- United We Stand: Irish Heritage -- From the Hands of Ceres: Ode to Will County Farmers -- The EI & E Railway and its Mexican Workers -- Gompers' Brotherhood -- Visions from a Dream: An African-American Neighborhood -- Ch. 3. 1997 -- A Corridor in Time: The Illinois and Michigan Canal -- The Illinois and Michigan Canal: Channahon Lock -- The Illinois and Michigan Canal: The Des Plaines River -- The Illinois and Michigan Canal: Cargo Boat -- Joliet Limestone: Our Canals and Quarries -- Selling Sentiment: Gerlach-Barklow -- Joliet: City of Steel -- Joliet's History, Our History: African-Americans -- Ch. 4. 1996 -- Sauk Trial -- Hickory Creek in the 1830s -- Joliet's Love of Music -- La Katerina: Katherine Dunham -- Papering the World: Joliet's Wallpaper Industry -- Ch. 5. 1995 -- Bluff Street -- Bluff Street Architecture in 1840 -- A Patchwork of Hearth and Home: Women and Children of Bluff Street -- Bustling Bluff Street in the 1800s -- Ch. 6. 1994-1991 -- From Slovenia to America -- Joliet Steam Train -- Visions of Joliet. |
| Summary |
"Murals: The Great Walls of Joliet documents the profound transformation in the local mentality wrought by the development of public art in the city. Underwritten by a community group, Friends of Community Public Art, the Joliet murals project stands as a model for modern municipal patronage, evidence of a population's decision to invest in public art to enrich its environment and express the ideals of the whole community."--Jacket. |
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Mural painting and decoration, American -- Illinois -- Joliet -- 20th century.
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Public art -- Illinois -- Joliet.
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Mural painting and decoration, American. (OCoLC)fst01029575
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Public art. (OCoLC)fst01082064
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Illinois -- Joliet.
(OCoLC)fst01205950
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| ISBN |
0252069579 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9780252069574 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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