World's Fair Expositions

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The Pavilion of Nicaragua at the 1889 World’s Fair, Paris by SayaValentine
Building the Eiffel Tower, despite vocal artistic backlash
Building the Eiffel Tower, despite vocal artistic backlash
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Eiffel Tower 1889 Paris World's Fair Advertising by FolieduJour, $14.00
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Front cover from L’Exposition universelle de 1889 (The 1889 Paris world fair) vol. 3, by Émile Monod, Paris, 1890.
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Blueprints for the Eiffel Tower: named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
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The Eiffel Tower, built to serve as the grand entrance to the 1889 World's Fair held in Paris Vintage Eiffel Tower construction French poster print. $11.00, via Etsy.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Map - 1915
Panama-Pacific International Exposition grounds in what is now the Marina District. This was swampland until hydraulic pumping filled in the area, and piles driven to support the 1915 Exposition buildings. Only the Palace of Fine Arts remains as a reminder of the 1915 Exposition.
Anchoring the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition were 10 ornate palaces scattered across a 1,200 acre site in downtown St. Louis. Never mind that this world's fair, to mark the centennial of a real-estate deal even sweeter than that for Manhattan, opened a year late. 62 nations and 43 states mounted exhibits, among them the actual log cabin in which Abe Lincoln was born. The Expo's best innovation: the ice-cream cone.
1939 World's Fair on San Francisco Bay
1939 Worlds Fair on San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco World's Fair 1939 was known as the Golden Gate International Exposition and celebrated the recently dedicated San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. The Fair was operated in 1939 and 1940 on San Francisco's Treasure Island.