Image Collections: Slides and Photographs
Photographs of International Expositions
The Photographic Archives maintains a large collection of photographs, albums, and postcard booklets from various international expositions. Spectacular architecture, displays of technological innovations, both scientific and mechanical, and exhibitions of fine art are documented by these historic images. The Photographic Archives collection includes views of the fairs listed below, with sample images for Philadelphia 1876, Paris 1889, Paris 1900, and Glasgow 1901.
1851, London, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations (Crystal Palace Exhibition)
1853/1854, New York, Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (New York Crystal Palace Exhibition)
1855, Paris, Exposition Universelle des Beaux-Arts
1867, Paris, Exposition Universelle
1873, Vienna, Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
1876, Philadelphia, United States Centennial International Exhibition
1878, Paris, Exposition Universelle
1880/1881, Melbourne, Melbourne International Exhibition
1885, Antwerp, Exposition Universelle dAnvers
1889, Paris, Exposition Universelle
1891, Prague, Jubilee Exhibition
1893, Chicago, Worlds Columbian Exposition
1900, Paris, Exposition Universelle
1901, Buffalo, Pan-American Exposition
1901, Glasgow, Glasgow International Exposition
1902, Turin, Exposizione Internazionale dArte Decorativa Moderna
1915, San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exposition
1925, Paris, Exposition International des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes
1926, Philadelphia, Sesquicentennial International Exposition
1929/1930, Barcelona, Exposicion Internacional de Barcelona
1930, Antwerp, Exposition International Coloniale, Maritime et dArt Flammand
1931, Paris, Exposition Coloniale Internationale
1933/1934, Chicago, Century of Progress Exposition
1935, Brussels, Exposition Universelle et Internationale
1937, Dallas, Texas Centennial Exposition
1937, Paris, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (Expo 1937)
1939/1940, New York, New York Worlds Fair
1958, Brussels, Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles (Expo 1958)
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