Editore: John A. Roebling's sons Co., Otis Elevator Co., Inland Steel Co., Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.,, Chicago, IL:, 1933
Da: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Three pieces. 12mo. [4]; [4]; [6 pp (unpaginated).]. All three colour-printed & illustrated, 3rd leporello accordion-style fold-out (minor shelfwear, dustsoiling, 1 very small closed tear), still a VG set. First editions of these three souvenir brochures for the sensational rocket ride featuring two giant towers like giant sentinels 1850 feet apart, with the 64 story heights enabling visitors to see four different States before they fit themselves into the Art Deco faux-rockets. The Sky-Ride rocket gondolas rode at about 219 feet, each could carry 36 passengers at about 6 miles per hour as they looked down upon the Century of Progress, Chicago, and Lake Michigan.