Title:
The 'Vikings' land in NL!
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Viking ship visits New London
Viking ship at Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago World Fair of 1893
Viking ship at Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago World Fair of 1893
Object ID:
Kim04-067
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
07/23/1992
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
In Norway in 1880 an original 78-foot Viking ship was unearthed from a Gokstad burial mound. In 1893 a 78-foot Viking ship, a faithful replica of the longships which brought Lief Ericcson to these shores, built for the Chicago world's fair, left Norway en route for America. Her first port of call was New London. Ninety-nine years later the relic rests in Chicago in a deserted shed in Lincoln Park Zoo.
People:
Columbus, Christopher
Ericcson, Lief
Ericcson, Lief
Search Terms:
Gokstad
Norweigans
World Columbia Exposition of 1893
Chicago world's fair of 1893
Vikings in New London
Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
Norweigans
World Columbia Exposition of 1893
Chicago world's fair of 1893
Vikings in New London
Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago