World fair

A century ago, touring the Paris world's fair, Henry Adams was extraordinarily prescient in predicting our current debate about ethics and technology.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition (informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair) was the event of the century.

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In the winter of 1962, my Cub Scout den had taken a field trip to the top of the Smith Tower, then one of the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi. We went to the observation deck, where we had an unobstructed view across downtown to a strange spire that was rising near Queen Anne…

Let’s climb aboard the Alweg Monorail in Downtown Seattle and take a trip back to the 1962 World’s Fair: Man in the Space Age. The Century 21 Exposition brought the first World’s Fair in North America since 1940 and the...

The Greatest Crowd This is Part 13 of our series “Opening Day of the World’s Fair,” which explores the events of May 1, 1893, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The full series can be found here. They saw

Complete 1933 World's Fair Weekly magazine, week ending June 3, Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago - misc 318

The New York State Pavilion, once the site of the historic 1964 World's Fair, has fallen victim to decades of neglect.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition (informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair) was the event of the century.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition (informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair) was the event of the century.

The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The style that was universally present in the Exposition was Art Nouveau. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many machines, inventions, and architecture that are now nearly universally known, including the Grande Roue de Paris Ferris wheel, Russian nesting dolls, diesel…

THE CITY OF WONDERS A SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD'S FAIR by Mary Catherine Crowley (1894)

1964 New York World's Fair 1965 - Attractions - US Space Park

This is a poster advertising the Exposition Universelle ( Paris World Exhibition) of 1889. This links to the idea of Art Nouveau because in one of the readings it mentioned that Gustave Eiffel, the maker of the Eiffel Tower believed that it was more than just a feat of engineering. That "tower will have its own beauty" and imposes its own way. This idea further linked with the exhibition occurring the same year as the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, a moment of imposing…

World’s fair, large international exhibition of a wide variety of industrial, scientific, and cultural items displayed at a specific site for a period of time, ranging usually from three to six months. Since the mid-19th century more than 100 world’s fairs have been held in more than 20 countries around the world.

Postcard with a lithograph of a Ferris Wheel from Chicago's World Columbian Exposition of 1893. I bought this card when our family visited Chicago in 2018. Sent to a Postcrossing member in the United States.

1964 World's Fair NY State Pavilion, Philip Johnson. Photo by Ezra Stoller

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Americans got their first glimpse into the World of Tomorrow, 77 years ago. On April 30, 1939 the New York World’s Fair had its grand opening, inviting and enticing Americans with a view of …