JPS World's Fairs: 1925-1926

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE
(1925-1926)

1925 PARIS (Non-BIE):

Video:
- Art Déco: La French Touch (Entrée Libre) (YouTube, TV segment, 4m32s)
- The International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts 1925 (YouTube Playlist, 26 videos)
Lectures, Interviews:
- A305/11: The International Exhibition of Decorative Arts Paris 1925 (YouTube, educational, 24m38s)
- 05 Wildt Art Déco? Sa participation à l'Exposition des Arts décoratifs de 1925 (YouTube, lecture, 41m37s)
- ATA - The Postal Issues of the Paris 1925 Decorative Arts Exposition (YouTube, lecture, 46m57s)
Pictures:
- Pictures from 1925 Quand L'Art Déco Séduit le Monde (YouTube, pictures with added music, 25m57s)
- Expo 1925 au Musée de l'Architecture - 2013/2014 (YouTube, pictures with added music, 7m25s)
- AERAM Kohl Productions Présente: L'Art Déco 1925 (YouTube, pictures, silent, 8m36s)
- L'Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris 1925 (YouTube, pictures, silent, 14m12s)
- Album Souvenir: Exposition des Arts Décoratifs (view book, at Comte Minghetti)
- Intérieurs en couleurs, France : cinquante planches en couleurs (picture book, 60pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- L'Exposition des Arts Décoratifs: Paris 1925 (picture webpage at L'Art Nouveau)
- 1925: Art Deco is Born (at Diesel Punks)
- Postcards World Exhibition - 1925 - Paris (at Akpool)
- Category:Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (at Wikimedia Commons)
- 120 Intérieurs en Couleurs: Suite de la Couleur Dans l'Habitation (picture book, undated, 260pp, at Internet Archive)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Plan Général (map views, at La Fabrique de Ceramique Gentil et Bourdet)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- China: Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Modernes A Paris 1925 (article at Liu Ji Piao)
- Czechoslovakia: Expo 1925 – Paris (article at Czech Pavilion At Expo 2015)
- Tower of Champagne (Tour de Champagne)
- USSR
  - The Soviet pavilion at the 1925 Paris International Exposition (article at The Charnel House)
  - [Revit] #2 Pavilion USSR 1925 (YouTube, 3-D model build with added music, 3m04s)
Texts:
- L'Exposition des Arts décoratifs 1925 (article with photos at Robert Mallet-Stevens)
- AD Classics: Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (article with photos at Arch Daily)
- 1925 quand l'Art déco séduit le monde (article at Les Cafés Géographiques)
- L'Exposition de 1925 (article at Musée des Art Decoratifs)
- Art Deco Style (article at Deco Shades)
- Temples of Desire: The French Pavilions of Art Deco (article at Art History Unstuffed)
- When Art Deco Dazzled the World (blog post at Kathleen M. Skolnik)
- Art Deco Architecture (article at Decolish)
Collections, Archives:
- Resources in Special Collections: 1925: selling Art Deco to the world (at University of Glasgow Special Collections)
1926 PHILADELPHIA (Non-BIE):
Shortcuts: Video | Pics | Stamps | Guides | Exhibits | Music | Texts | Collections
Video:
- The Sesquicentennial of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence (YouTube, documentary, 24m06s)
- Philadelphia PA 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Fair Expo Grounds Map Lot x 7 Items (YouTube, description of artifacts, 2m13s)
Pictures:
- Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition Philadelphia 1926 (YouTube, pictures with music, 3m28s)
- Postcard Views (YouTube, silent, 1m44s)
- 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Philadelphia Collection (YouTube, artifacts, silent with added music, 2m34s)
- Philadelphia Exposition (1926) Postcards (at Celebrate Boston)
- 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (Liberty Bell Museum) (at Wayback Machine)
- Frank R. Zebley photograph albums: 1926 (expo and other pictures, at Hagley Museum)
- Progress photographs documenting the construction of the Sesquicentennial Exhibition, South Philadelphia, 1926 (pictures, at Library Company of Philadelphia)
- Sesquicentennial Exposition (at Wikimedia Commons)
Stamps:
- Sesquicentennial International Exposition (PDF book, 113pp, at hamiltonphilatelic.org)
- Two Cent Reds (JPG, 4,463 x 2,626, at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Sesquicentennial Map (JPG, 1378 x 2340, at Wikimedia Commons)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Bell System:
  - 50 Years of Progress as Told by Your Telephone (page images, at Internet Archive)
- Dempsey-Tunney Fight
  - Tunney Wins World Title (1926, Pathé Super Gazette) (YouTube, newsreel, silent, 1m59s)
  - Jack Dempsey, World's Champion, and Gene Tunney: Complete Fight Film Reconstructed (YouTube, silent, 24m43s)
  - The Dempsey-Tunny Fight of 1926 (article, at Philly History Blog)
  - Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney (1st Meeting) (reference entry, at BoxRec)
    - Dempsey Tunney I Gallery (pictures, at BoxRec)
- Distinguished Persons:
  - Letter to Helen Keller discussing advocacy for the blind during the National Sesquicentennial. May 14, 1926 (1p, at Helen Keller Archive)
- Fine Arts:
  - Paintings, Sculpture, and Prints in the Department of Fine Arts (book, 130pp, at Internet Archive)
- Football:
  - 1926 Philadelphia Quakers (AFL) 1st place 8-2-0 .800 (scores, at Pro Football Archive)
- High Street in 1776:
  - 1926 Meets 1776 at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial (article, at The Alice T. Miner Museum)
  - The Women's Committee and Their High Street Exhibit (master's thesis, 230pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Committee of 1926 (About page, at Historic Strawberry Mansion)
- Illinois:
  - "Illinois" Lincoln Exhibit (booklet, 32pp, at Internet Archive)
- Loyalty's Gift:
  - Loyalty's Gift Circular, ca. July 1, 1926 (at UMass Amherst)
  - Letter from Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition to W.E.B. DuBois, July 1, 1926 (at UMass Amherst)
- Luminous Liberty Bell
  - Main Entrance to the 1926 Sesqui-centennial Exposition (Liberty Bell Museum) (pictures and description, at Wayback Machine)
- North Carolina:
  - Public Education in North Carolina (booklet, 18pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Scrapbook of Clippings and Other Material (book, 22p, at Internet Archive)
- Pennsylvania:
  - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Building (brochure, at Internet Archive)
  - Report of the Pennsylvania Sesqui-Centennial Commission (book, 62pp, at Internet Archive)
- Royal Visit:
  - Queen Marie of Romania: The Ultimate American Tour (YouTube, conference recording, 1h02m03s)
  - Queen Marie of Romania in America, 1926 (article, with pictures, at The Royal Watcher)
- Sesquicentennial Stadium:
  - Boxing Arenas: Municipal Stadium (reference entry, at Philly Boxing History)
- United States:
  - Address at the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (speech text, at The American Presidency Project)
  - Report of the National Sesquicentennial Exhibition Commission on the United States Government Exhibits (book, 536pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Family Tree Friday: Census Bureau exhibit at the 1926 U.S. Sesquicentennial Exhibition (blog post, at NARAtions)
Music:
- Sesqui-Centennial Exposition March (John Philip Sousa) (performed by Sousa's Band) (audio, 3m14s, at Internet Archive)
  - Eastman Wind Ensemble under Frederick Fennell (YouTube, audio video, 3m18s)
  - President's Own United States Marine Band (YouTube, audio video, 3m18s)
  - Sesquicentennial Exposition March (sheet music cover, description, and video, at United States Marine Band)
  - The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa (United States Marine Band) (YouTube Playlists, audio videos):
- Philadelphia (All the Time)--March (The Sesqui-Centennial Song) (Dieck-Murphy-Shister) (Arthur Pryor's Band with male chorus) (audio, 2m58s, at Internet Archive)
  - Performance by Vincent Rizzo and His Sesqui-Centennial Band (YouTube, record playing, 3m19s)
    - Clap Yo' Hands (Gershwin) (Vincent Rizzo and His Hotel Sylvania Band, 1926) (YouTube, audio, 3m06s)
  - "Arthur Pryor's Band" (search results, at YouTube)
- Associated Glee Clubs of America (Recorded at Auditorium, Sesqui-Centennial, Philadelphia) (audio, at Internet Archive):
  - Viking Song (Coleridge-Taylor) (2m59s)
  - Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak) (2m27s)
- Curtis Sesquicentennial Exposition Organ:
  - Concert Study No. 1 (Pietro Yon)(Robert Elmore, organist) (YouTube, audio with pictures, 3m07s)
  - Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice (Robert Elmore, composer and organist) (YouTube, audio with pictures, 4m05s)
  - Prelude and Fugue on BACH (Franz Liszt) (Robert Elmore, organist) (YouTube, audio with pictures, 10m27s)
  - Curtis Sesquicentennial Exposition Organ (PDF, 4pp, at Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database)
  - Fans of the Curtis Sesquicentennial Organ (at Facebook)
  - Piping Up for the Curtis Organ (article, at Penn Today)
  - Curtis Organ Rededication: Breathing New Life into Those Old Pipes (article, at University of Pennsylvania Almanac)
Texts:
- The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition: 150 Years of American Independence (book, 520pp, at Internet Archive)
- Report of the Sesqui-Centennial Committee of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia on Sites (1922) (book, 42pp, at Internet Archive)
- Proclamation–Sesquicentennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1926 (document, 1p, at The American Presidency Project)
- Travels with Grace: The 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition (diary entries, at Jewish Museum of Maryland)
- Sesquicentennial International Exhibition (1926) (reference entry, at Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia)
- Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (overview, at americasbesthistory.com)
- Sesqui!: Greed, Graft, and the Forgotten World's Fair 0f 1926 (book, by Thomas H. Keels):
  - Sesqui! (YouTube, documentary/promo, 3m09s)
  - Introduction (PDF, book excerpt, 6pp)
  - Book Reviews: Sesqui! The strange fate of the Philadelphia World's Fair (article, at Erie Reader)
- Postcard History Series: Philadelphia's 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (book preview, at Google Books)
- America's Greatest Flop (Variety, August 25, 1926) (article in magazine, at Internet Archive)
- 11 Things You Might Not Know About the 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition (article, at Philadelphia Magazine)
- 97 years ago, Philly threw America one of the worst birthday parties ever (article, with pictures, at Billy Penn)
- The Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926 (article, at PhillyHistory Blog)
Collections, Archives:
- DOR Archives: Sesquicentennial (photo search results, at phillyhistory.org)
- "1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial" (search results, at eBay)

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