JPS World's Fairs: 1876-1880

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(1876-1880)

1876 PHILADELPHIA (BIE World Expo):

Shortcuts: Websites | Video | Pics | Guides | Exhibits | Music | Texts | Collections
Websites, Pages:
- United States Centennial Exposition (digital collection, at Free Library of Philadelphia)
Video:
- The "Happy Birthday" World's Fair: Visiting the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 (YouTube, documentary, 1h01m01s)
- Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition (Hagley Museum, 2020) (YouTube, recorded virtual presentation, 44m21s)
- Celebrating a Century: The 1876 Philadelphia Centennial (1976) (YouTube, documentary, 27m55s)
- The 1876 Centennial Exposed (YouTube, lecture, 18m16s)
- 1876 Centennial buildings and grounds in Fairmount Park (YouTube, pictures and drone footage with added music, 5m41s)
- All the World's a Fair: Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 (YouTube, student presentation, 10m04s)
- Centennial Style: Constructing Clothes for 1876 (YouTube, documentary, 5m10s)
- David Messineo: The 1876 Centennial Exposition (from Historiopticon) (YouTube, poetry reading, 2m04s)
- Chinese TV News spot on the 1876 Centennial (YouTube, in Chinese and English, 6m44s)
- Centennial Summer (1946, Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell) (YouTube, movie, 1h59m27s)
- Philadelphia The Great Experiment: World Stage (1872-1899) (YouTube, documentary, 30m11s)
Pictures:
- Ancient Historia: Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition 1876 - Old World's Fair (YouTube, pictures and maps with commentary, 53m48s)
- Philadelphia 1876 World's Fair - Centennial International Exposition (YouTube, pictures with music, 13m11s)
- 1876 Centennial Slideshow (YouTube, pictures with music, 10m54s)
- 1876 World's Fair (YouTube, page images from Centennial Portfolio, with added music, 1m05s)
- At Library Company of Philadelphia:
  - Centennial Pocket Album (view book, 16pp)
  - Centennial Exhibition. Philadelphia. MDCCLXXVI (Frey) (view book, 14pp)
  - Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia 1876 (Gihon) (view book, 75pp)
  - Memorial of the International Exhibition 1876: 48 Views (Hunter) (booklet)
- Centennial Souvenir (view book, 11pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- "1876 Centennial" (Arkivkopia) (stereographs, at Internet Archive)
- Categories at Wikimedia Commons:
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- The People's Guide to Philadelphia and the International Exhibition (booklet, 28pp, at Internet Archive)
- The Centennial Exposition Guide (booklet, 39pp, at Internet Archive)
- Pocket Guide for the Centennial Visitor (book, 76pp, at Internet Archive)
- The Centennial Exhibition and the Pennsylvania Railroad (pamphlet, 48pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
  - At Google Play Books
- The Stranger's Pocket-Guide to Philadelphia and the Centennial Exhibition (pamphlet, 32pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- Guide to the Centennial Exhibition, Presented by D.S. Ewing (pamphlet, 32pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- Guide to the International Exposition, Presented by The Girard Fire Insurance Co. (pamphlet, 32pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- Visitors' Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia (pamphlet, 48pp, at Internet Archive)
  - At Google Play Books
- Centennial Chart Co. (map, at Hagley Digital Archives)
- View from George's Hill (panoramic picture, at Library Company of Philadelphia)
- International Exhibition. 1876 Official Catalogue. (books):
  - Complete in One Volume:
    - At Internet Archive (1,286pp)
    - At Wikimedia (PDF, 808pp)
  - Volume 1: Main Building and Annexes:
    - At Internet Archive (429pp)
    - At Google Play Books (416pp)
  - Volume 2: Art:
    - At Internet Archive (185pp)
    - At Google Play Books (170pp)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Catholic Total Abstinence Union Fountain
- Closing Day:
  - The United States International Exhibition (Journal of the Franklin Institute, December 1876, pp. 361-364) (article, at Hathi Trust)
- Corliss Steam Engine:
  - Steam Culture: Corliss Centennial Steam Engine (YouTube, documentary, 2m53s)
  - Centennial Corliss Engine (article, with pictures, at Vintage Machinery)
- Dinosaur:
  - The First Dinosaur Skeleton Ever Put on Public Display (article at Hadrosaurus)
  - First Dinosaur Skeleton Ever Mounted for Public Display (article at Hoag Levins)
- Harrington and Richardson:
  - H&R Revolver Display from the 1876 Centennial Exposition (YouTube, interview, 7m44s)
- Hootchy-Kootchy (reference entry at Sonny Watson's Street Swing)
- Horology:
  - Charles Fasoldt's entry in the 1876 [...] winning a gold medal (YouTube, clock technology, 3m07s)
  - Report to the Federal High Council (PDF, 12pp, at Richard Watkins Horological Books)
  - Reports to the Intercantonal Committee of Jura Industries on the Manufacture of Watches in the United States (PDF, 86pp, at Richard Watkins Horological Books)
- Horticultural Hall
  - The Demise and Demolition of Horticultural Hall (article, at Philly History)
- Japan:
  - Official catalogue of the Japanese section (book, 149pp, at Internet Archive)
    - At Google Play Books
- Lansdowne Valley Bridge:
  - Road Bridge Over Lansdowne Valley, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (Journal of the Franklin Institute, January 1876, p. 17-19) (article, at Hathi Trust)
- Machinery Hall
- Main Exhibition Building
- Memorial Hall
  - Please Touch Museum Virtual Tour (YouTube, 5m51s)
- Monorail
  - General LeRoy Stones' Centennial Monorail (article, at The Self Site)
  - America's first monorail: Even older than I thought (article, at BoingBoing)
- Netherlands
- Newspaper Pavilion:
  - Centennial Newspaper Exhibition, 1876 (book, 312pp, at Internet Archive)
- Office Equipment and Supplies:
  - Office Equipment and Supplies at the 1876 Centennial Exposition (pictures and descriptions, at Early Office Museum)
- Ohio
  - Fairmount Park: Ohio House (brief description, at Philly Fun Guide)
- Opening Day:
  - The United States International Exhibition of 1876 (Journal of the Franklin Institute, June 1876, pp. 361-366) (article, at Hathi Trust)
- Organ Exhibit:
  - St. Joseph Cathedral 1876 Hook & Hastings Organ (YouTube, 1m35s)
- Peru:
  - Official catalogue of the Peruvian section (book, 52pp, at Internet Archive)
- Statue of Liberty Arm
- Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
- Quilt Project:
  - 1876 Centennial Quilt Project (2019) (YouTube, 6m31s)
  - The 1876 Centennial Quilt Project (blog article, at Quilts dot com)
- Telephone:
  - Introducing the Telephone at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition (webpage, at Library of Congress)
  - The Centennial Model (article, at Antique Telephone History Website)
- Women's Pavilion:
  - Moments in History: Women's Pavilion 1876 (YouTube, talk, 18m22s)
  - Toward a New Century: Women and the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (PDF, academic journal article, 23pp, at Penn State University)
  - Susan B. Anthony, Declaration of the Rights of the Woman of the U.S. July 4, 1876 (YouTube, dramatic reading, 4m35s)
Music:
- To Hear:
  - American Centennial March (Wagner, WWV 110) (YouTube, 12m31s)
  - The American Exposition Waltz (Strauss) (YouTube, music and dancers, 1m51s)
  - Centennial Grand March (YouTube, guitar performance, 2m43s)
  - Centennial Waltzes (Johann Strauss, Jr.) (Slovak Radio Symphony Orch.) (YouTube, 6m22s)
  - Played On the Centennial Organ (YouTube):
    - Prelude in G Minor (2m19s)
    - Prelude and Fugue in G (4m45s)
    - Christ, Be Our Light (3m03s)
  - God of Our Fathers (Daniel C. Roberts, George William Warren) (YouTube, organ performance, 3m03s)
  - God of Our Fathers (Claude T. Smith, arr.) (YouTube, orchestra performance, 7m09s)
  - Centennial Ball 1776-1876 (North River Historical Dancers, September 2015) (YouTube Playlist, 21 videos)
  - Vintage 1876: Music of the Humboldt Brass Band (YouTube Channel, 12 videos)
- Sheet Music (at Hagley Digital Archives unless otherwise noted):
  - American Centennial March (Grosser Festmarsch, by Wagner) (manuscript, 33pp, at CARLI Digital Collections)
  - The American Exposition Waltz (Strauss) (16pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - At the Centennial Galop (Murphy) (at Johns Hopkins)
  - Centennial Fountain (Mack) (2 sheets)
  - Centennial Hymn (John Knowles Paine) (4pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Centennial March (Mack) (1 folio)
  - Centennial Museum (Ned Straight) (piano and voice, 5pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Centennial Ode (Upham and Geibel) (2 folios + 1 sheet)
  - Centennial Polka (J.S. Cox) (cornet and piano, 10pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Centennial Polka (Frankenfield) (1 sheet)
  - Centennial Waltzes (Johann Strauss, Jr.) (8pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Columbia's Son (Cooper and Skelly) (at Johns Hopkins)
  - The Exposition Medal Grand March (Geibel) (5pp, at Indiana University)
  - Goodbye Uncle Caleb (Kittredge) (1 folio)
  - A Hundred Years Ago (Goodwin and Rice) (1 folio)
  - Machinery Grand March (Mack) (1 sheet)
  - Memorial March (Mack) (1 folio)
  - Our Fathers' God: American Centennial Hymn (John Greenleaf Whitter, John Knowles Paine) (4pp, at Digital Commons at University of Maine)
  - Quadrille Centennial (orchestra score, 39pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Second Grand Galop de Concert (Holt, Opus 5) (1 folio)
  - That Banner A Hundred Years Old (Devere and Fox) (5pp, at Library of Congress)
  - Three Cheers for Seventy-Six (Graff) (1 folio)
  - The Voice of the Old Bell (Bradshaw and Thompson) (1 folio)
- "1876 Centennial" (search results, at Library of Congress)
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870 to 1885 (digital collection, at Library of Congress)
- Centennial National Songs and Anthems (booklet, words only, 24pp, at Hathi Trust)
Texts:
- Books:
  - Centennial Fun (book, humor, 64pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Centennial Portfolio: A Souvenir of the International Exhibition (book, 222pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Poetry:
    - Poems of American History: Part 5, Chapter 2: The Year of a Hundred Years (scroll down a bit) (book chapter at Project Gutenberg)
    - Centennial and Other Poems (Rebecca S. Pollard) (book, 271pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The National Cookery Book (book, 372pp, at Library of Congress)
  - The Great Centennial Exhibition Critically Described and Illustrated (book, 544pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The Centennial Exposition Described and Illustrated (book, 771pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Burley's United States Centennial Gazetteer and Guide (book, 892pp, at Internet Archive)
  - International Exhibition, 1876, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia (pamphlet, 39pp, at Hagley Digital Archives)
    - At Google Play Books
  - Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition Illustrated (books at Internet Archive):
    - Volume 1: Fine Art (656pp)
    - Volume 2: Industrial Art (548pp)
    - Volume 3: History, Mechanics, Science (584pp)
  - The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition (book, 976pp, at Hathi Trust)
    - At Google Play Books
    - Chapter XVI: Memorial Hall (pages 517-542, at Hathi Trust)
  - Frank Leslie's Historical Register of the United States Centennial Exposition (book, 324pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Online Books Page: Centennial Exhibition (University of Pennsylvania)
  - The Centennial Exhibition: Philadelphia Hosts the International Community, 1876 (PDF, teaching aid, 7pp, at Global Philadelphia)
  - Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition (teaching aid, at Historical Society of Pennsylvania)
- Articles:
  - Centennial Exhibition of 1876 (leaflet, 4pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The Centennial Exposition of 1876: An Evolving Cultural Landscape (articles, at West Philadelphia Collaborative History)
  - 10 Things You Might Not Know About the 1876 Centennial Exhibition (article at Philadelphia Magazine)
  - Party Like It's 1876! 12 Items From the Centennial Exposition (article, at Mental Floss)
  - Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876 Introduced Everything From Bananas To Telephones (article, at Racing Nellie Bly)
  - President Grant and the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia (article, at Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site)
Collections, Archives:
- The Centennial Collection (at Library Company of Philadelphia)
  - David Doret Collection of Centennial Ephemera
  - Centennial Exhibition 1876 : Philadelphia, Pa. -- Pictorial works. (search results)
- Centennial Exhibition photograph and ephemera collection (at Hagley Digital Archives)
- "Centennial" (search results, at Winterthur Digital Collections)
- Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views: Exhibitions 1876 (at New York Public Library Digital Collections)
- "United States Centennial" (search results, at National Gallery of Art)
1878 PARIS (BIE World Expo):
Video:
- Lanterna Magica Expo Parigi 1878 (YouTube, magic lantern show with music, 3m15s)
- Claire O'Mahony: 1878 and Beyond: Paris's Expositions (YouTube, lecture, 43m08s)
- Roof Trusses of the Palace of the Exposition Universelle, 1878 (YouTube, engineering lesson, 2m34s)
Pictures:
- Exposition universelle de 1878.mov (YouTube, pictures with music, 1m59s)
- Vintage Photos of the Exposition Universelle World's Fair in Paris (1878) (YouTube, silent, 3m24s)
- Les Participations de la Chine dans les Expositions universelles à Paris 1867, 1878, 1889 et 1900 (YouTube, pictures with music, 12m43s)
- World Exhibition 1878 in Paris (YouTube, pictures with music, 5m57s)
- L'Exposition Universelle de 1878 à Paris (at L'Art Nouveau)
- L'Exposition universelle de 1878 est la troisième qui s'est déroulée à Paris (at Des Photos d'Autrefois En Noir Et Blanc)
- Categories at Wikimedia Commons:
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Guide-Souvenir de L'Exposition Universelle de 1878 (booklet, 34pp)
- Guide-Itinéraire du Visiteur (book, 173pp, at Hathi Trust
- Palais du Champ de Mars (JPG, map, at Hathi Trust)
- Parc et Palais du Trocadéro (JPG, map, at Hathi Trust)
- The Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris International Exposition (book, 212pp, at Hathi Trust)
- Catalogue Officiel (books at Heidelberg University Library):
  - Tome I: &Olig;uvres d'Art: Sections Française et Étrangères
  - Tome III: Section Française: France, Algérie, Colonies Françaises
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Art:
  - Art from the French World Exposition of 1878 (YouTube, pictures with music, 2m24s)
  - Histoire de Jeésus-Christ en Figures: Gouaches du XIIe au XIIIe Siècle (picture book, 40pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - L'Art Moderne à l'Exposition de 1878 (book, 511pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - An Illustrated Catalogue of Painting and Sculpture in the British Fine Art Section (booklet, 74pp, at hathitrust.org)
- Belgium:
  - Section Belge Catalogue Officiel (book, 344pp, at Internet Archive)
- Brewster and Company:
  - The 1878 Paris Exposition and Brewster (exhibit description, at Carriage Association of America)
- Champs-de-Mars Palace (Palais du Champ-de-Mars)
- China:
  - China in Paris 1878: Pavillon de la Chine: Trocadéro (YouTube, 3-D model, 2m07s)
  - China in Paris 1878: Pavillon de la Chine: Champs de Mars (YouTube, 3-D model, 1m34s)
- Egypt:
  - Exposition universelle de Paris, 1878: La Galerie de l'Égypte ancienne (book, 126pp, at Gallica BNF)
  - Exposition universelle de 1878 à Paris: l'Égypte y était! (article at Égyptophile)
- Fisheries:
  - Memoria Referente á la Industria de Pesquerias (book, 183pp, at Hathi Trust)
- Grand Balloon Ascents by Henry Giffard
- Head of Statue of Liberty
- International Congress of Ethnographic Sciences:
  - Congrès International des Sciences Ethnographiques (book, 1,035pp, at Hathi Trust)
- Japan:
  - Le Japon à l'Exposition universelle de 1878 (book, 375pp, at Internet Archive)
- Moroccan House
- Pavillon des Indes
  - 2013: Renaissance du Pavillon des Indes (YouTube, documentary, 14m22s)
- Plantigrade Machine:
  - Michel Coste: Le lambda de Chebyshev (YouTube, documentary, 5m12s)
- Praxinoscope:
  - Praxinoscope, la première invention d'Émile Reynaud: Dessin "animé" (YouTube, machine demonstration, 5m43s)
- Sweden and Norway
- Trocadéro Palace (Palais du Trocadéro)
  - Le Palais du Trocadéro, un bâtiment disparu (article at L'Histoire Par L'Image)
Music:
- Symphony No. 6 (Charles-Marie Widor) (Markéta Prokopovičová, organ) (YouTube, performance, 34m43s)
  - Complete Score (PDF, 48pp, at IMSLP)
  - Widor, Charles-Marie: Symphony No. 5 and No. 9 (John Grew, organ) (YouTube Playlist, music album, 9 audio videos)
- Paris Exposition Grand March (W.L. Stover) (notated music, 4pp, at Library of Congress)
- Trocadéro Organ (made by Cavaillé-Coll):
  - The Story of the Organ in the Trocadéro (article, at MMS Organ Music Blog)
  - Toccata in G (Dubois) (Patrice Caire playing the Trocadéro Organ) (YouTube, audio, 7m44s)
  - Boléro (Maurice Ravel) (Duo Vernet-Meckler playing the Trocadéro Organ) (YouTube, music performance, 17m45s)
  - Cavaillé-Coll Organ (YouTube Playlist, 25 videos)
- Conférence sur la Modalité dans la Musique Grecque (booklet, 48pp, at Hathi Trust)
Texts:
- L'Art et l'Industrie des Tous les Peuples ...: Description illustreée des merveilles du Champ-de-Mars et du Trocadéro (book, 648pp, at Hathi Trust)
- Rapport sur les Grands Viaducs en Maçonnerie (engineering report, 56pp, at Wikimedia Commons)
- Rapport Administratif sur l'Exposition Universelle de 1878 à Paris (books, at Internet Archive):
  - Volume 1 (668pp)
  - Volume 2 (420pp)
- Paris Universal Exposition of 1878: The Online Books Page (at University of Pennsylvania Library)
- L'Exposition de 1878 Illustrée (periodical, at Gallica BNF)
  - Year 1876 (16 issues)
  - Year 1877 (25 issues)
  - Year 1878 (63 issues)
- Exposition Universelle Paris 1878 (article at Rare Book Collections @ Princeton)
- Exposition universelle de 1878, l'exposition des nouvelles technologies (article with pictures, at Paris et les Expos)
- Heroism in Defeat: The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878 (article with pictures, at arthurchandler.com)
- Médaille de l'Exposition Universelle de 1878 (article, at L'Histoire Par L'Image)
Collections, Archives:
- Exposition Universelle de 1878 (detailed list of scientific specimens, at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle)
1880 MELBOURNE (BIE World Expo):
- Websites:
  - Melbourne International Exhibition 1880-81 (at State Library Victoria)
- Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
  - Plan of Gardens (image, at ResearchGate)
  - The Official Catalogue of the Exhibits (two volumes, at State Library Victoria)
    - HTML Version (at New Zealand Electronic Text Collection)
- Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
  - Opening Day:
    - From the Archives, 1880: The Melbourne International Exhibition opens (article, at The Age)
  - Organ:
    - Grand Organ, Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1880 (at Organ Historical Trust of Australia)
  - Royal Exhibition Building:
    - Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (webpage, at UNESCO World Heritage Convention)
      - Gallery
    - Royal Exhibition Building (video, documentary, 5m05s, at National Film and Sound Archive)
    - Royal Exhibition Building (audio, 28m21s, podcast episode, at Destination: History)
    - Relics of the World's Fair: Melbourne (article, with photos, at Atlas Obscura)
    - Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia (article, with photos, at Time Travel Turtle)
  - South Australia:
    - A Sketch of South Australia for the Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 (booklet, 83pp, at Google Books)
- Music:
  - Victoria: Cantata (Leon Caron) (music manuscript, at National Library of Australia)
- Texts:
  - Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 (booklet, 16pp, at National Library of Australia)
  - Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 (Papers Relating To The) (18 page images, at AtoJsOnline)
  - 'An unpicturesque vagrant': Aboriginal Victorians at the Melbourne International Exhibition 1880-1881 (PDF, article, at State Library Victoria)
- Collections, Archives:
  - Melbourne International Exhibition (1880) (at Museum of New Zealand)

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