JPS's World's Fairs Page: 1894-1898

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE: 1894-1898

1894 Antwerp

1894 Lyon

1894 San Francisco

1894 ANTWERP (Non-BIE):

Pictures:
- Antwerpen Wereldtentoonstelling (slideshow, pictures and text, at SlideShare)
- 1894 Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (at Human Zoos)
- Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1894) (at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Catalogue Officiel Général:
  - Volume 1: Préliminaires, section Belge, sections spéciales (book, 850pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Volume 2: Sections Étrangères (book, 840pp, at Internet Archive)
- Exposition Universelle des Beaux-Arts 1894: Catalogue Général Illustré (book, 328pp, at Hathi Trust)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Beer:
  - Exposition Universelle et Internationale d' Anvers: 1894 (article and catalogue excerpt, at Bi&eagrave;re et Brasseries Bruxelles)
- Congo:
  - Les Colonies et l'État Indépendant du Congo: Rapport (book, 100pp, at Internet Archive)
- Food:
  - 1894 Anversa (menu, at Academia Barilla)
- Italy:
  - L'Italia alla Esposizione Universale di Anversa 1894 (book, 94pp, at Hathi Trust)
- Old Antwerp:
  - Antwerpen's Tweede Wereldtentoonstelling: Een Blik in Oud-Antwerpen (booklet, 32pp, at Internet Archive)
Texts:
- Programme Général: Règlement, Classification (booklet, 31pp, at Internet Archive)
- Le Matin aux Portes de l'Exposition Universelle (Le Matin d'Anvers, January 5, 1894) (article, at Van Hassel WebGate)
- Mini-expo: Wereldtentoonstelling 1894 (article, at FelixArchief)
1894 LYON (Non-BIE):
Video:
- A Lyon.wmv (YouTube, pictures and text with added music, 7m24s)
Pictures:
- Exposition Universelle Lyon 1894 (at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Catalogues, Maps:
- Plan de l'Exposition de Lyon (JPG, map, at On the Rhône)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Metallic Tower of Fourvière
  - The Metallic Tower of Fourvière (article, at This Is Lyon)
  - La tour métallique de Fourvière à Lyon (article, at Omnilogie)
- Tunisia
  - Exposition Universelle de Lyon: Catalogue de l'Exposition du Pavillon Tunisien (book, 116pp, at Internet Archive)
- Villages Noirs:
  - Exposition Ethnografique de l'Afrique Occidentale and Villages Noirs (collection, at Human Zoos)
Texts:
- Lyon 1894: la Fête s'Invite à l'Expo! (PDF, dissertation, 198pp, at Enssib)
Assassination of President Carnot:
- The Assassination of Marie François Sadi Carnot (slideshow, text, at Prezi)
- Category:Assassination of Sadi Carnot (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
Collections, Archives:
- "exposition 1894" (search results, at Numelyo: Bibliothèque Numérique de Lyon)
1894 SAN FRANCISCO (Non-BIE):
Videos:

California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 - Built in Five Months (YouTube, 24m27s)
California Mid-winter and International Expostion San Francisco 1894 (YouTube, documentary, 4m31s)
Midwinter Fair by John Martini (YouTube, lecture, 1h18m07s)

Pictures:
- In remembrance of the Midwinter International Exposition (book, 24pp, at Internet Archive)
- 10 Highlights from the 1894 Midwinter Fair (at San Francisco Story)
- California Midwinter International Exposition (collection at CaliSphere)
- Category:California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 (media files at Wikimedia Commons)
- Midwinter Fair: Images (at Outside Lands)
- Souvenir of the California Midwinter International Exposition, 1894 (collection at Online Archive of California)
- The Unknown Midwinter Fair (slideshow with article at SFGate)
Audio:
- Episode 52: The 1894 Midwinter Fair (21m56s, at Outside Lands Podcast)
- Episode 314: Women Artists at the Midwinter Fair (31m40s, at Outside Lands Podcast)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Guide to the Halls and Galleries of the CMIE Memorial Museum (book, 142pp, at Internet Archive)
- Official Catalogue: Fine Arts (book, 88p, at Internet Archive)
- Official Guide to the California Midwinter Exposition (book, 216pp, at Internet Archive)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Achille Philion
- Bonet's Electric Tower
  - Episode 310: Bonet's Electric Tower (audio, podcast, 31m39s, at Outside Lands)
- Haunted Swing
- Hawaii
  - More on the California Midwinter International Expo, 1894 (blog entry, at Ka Hoku o Hawaii)
- Japanese Tea Garden
  - Japanese Tea Garden: About Us
  - Japanese Tea Garden: Natural Materials, Native Ingenuity (article, at The Berkshire Edge)
  - Japanese Tea Garden (article, at Public Art and Architecture Around the World)
  - Japanese Tea Garden (tour description, at SF City Guides)
- Nevada:
  - Report of Managing Director, Nevada Exhibit, Midwinter Fair (book, 48pp, at Internet Archive)
- Opening Day:
  - Opening the Midwinter Fair (article, at Outside Lands)
  - Opening of the California Midwinter International Exposition (article, at The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion)
- Sculpture:
- Taber's Photograph Gallery:
  - California Scenery, Published by Taber, Photographer, San Francisco, Cal., ca. 1885
Music:
- Midwinter Exposition Tarantella (F.D. Picirrillo) (sheet music, 4pp, at Library of Congress)
- Midwinter Fair Polka (Mrs. Wm. Gershel) (sheet music, at Berkeley Library Digital Collections)
Texts:
- Books:
- All About the Midwinter Fair (134pp, at Internet Archive)
- Poems of the Golden State and Midwinter Exposition (Daniel Oscar Loy) (94pp, at Internet Archive)
- The Denby Children at the Fair (72pp, at Internet Archive)
- Articles:
- 125 Years Ago: Midwinter International Exposition in Golden Gate Park (at Richmond Review)
- Architecture of the Midwinter Fair (at Found SF)
- California Midwinter Fair of 1894: An Orientalist Exposition (with pictures, at Found SF)
- California Midwinter International Exposition (the 1894 Midwinter Fair) (at Outside Lands)
- The Day the Biggest Mechanical Toy Stopped (at Found SF)
- Midwinter Fair: California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 (at Geri Walton)
- The very racist 1894 fair that almost ruined Golden Gate Park (with pictures, at SF Gate)
- Other:
- Scientific American, Vol 70 No 25 (June 23, 1894) (magazine, 16pp, with cover story about the fair, at Internet Archive)
- "The Days of Old, the Days of Gold, the Days of '49": Identity, History, and Memory at the CMIE (PDF, academic paper, 27pp, at University of South Florida)
Other:
- 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition (digital collection, at San Francisco State University)
- "California Midwinter" International (search results, at Library of Congress)
1897 Brussels

1897 Nashville

1897 Stockholm
1897 BRUSSELS (BIE World Expo):
- Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
  - Guide-album illustré de l'Exposition universelle Bruxelles-Tervueren 1897 (book, 248pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - Catalogue Illustrée (book, 288p, at Internet Archive)
  - Beaux-Arts Catalogue Général (book, 206pp, at Internet Archive)
- Pictures:
  - Category:Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897) (media files at WikiMedia Commons)
- Stamps:
- Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
  - Baby Incubators:
    - Brussels International Exibition, 1897 (brief article with pictures, at Neonatology on the Web)
  - Belgian Congo:
    - Guide de la section de l'Etat indépendant du Congo à l'Exposition de Bruxelles-Tervueren en 1897 (book, 523pp, at Internet Archive)
    - 'One speaks softly, like in a sacred place': collecting, studying and exhibiting Congolese artefacts as African art in Belgium (Maarten Couttenier) (PDF, academic paper, 40pp, at Journal of Art Historiography)
    - Articles:
      - La section Congolaise de l'Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles 1897 (with pictures, at Cercle d'Histoire de Bruxelles)
      - The Human Zoo of Tervuren (with pictures, at Africa Museum)
      - Deze Maaslanders zagen Wereldtentoonstelling in 1897 waar Tom Waes over spreekt (with pictures, at Ooit aan de Maas)
      - Het verborgen verleden van Tervuren: 'Hier stierven tentoongestelde Congolezen' (at Bruzz)
      - De menselijke zoo van Tervuren (at Historiek)
  - Brussels:
    - Le Palais de la ville de Bruxelles (book, 136pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Congresses:
    - Congrés international des accidents du travail et des assurances sociales (book, 1061pp, at Internet Archive)
    - Congrès national d'hygiène et de climatologie medicale de la Belgique et du Congo (book, 990pp, at Internet Archive)
    - Rapports et compte rendu analytique (Congrès international du Repos du Dimanche) (book, 658pp, at Internet Archive)
- Music:
  - Cantate Inaugurale (Paul Gilson) (sheet music, 51pp, at IMSLP)
    - At Internet Archive
- Texts:
  - La Vie Moderne à L'Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles 1897 (book, 214pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Rapport général sur l'Exposition internationale de Bruxelles 1897 (book, 362pp, at Internet Archive)
  - De Belgische wereldtentoonstelling voor de Eerste Wereldoorlog als spiegel van en actor in de sociale kwestie (Mahieu Maarten) (PDF, academic paper, 211pp, at U. of Ghent)
1897 NASHVILLE (Non-BIE):
Websites, Pages:
- Tennessee Centennial Exposition (digital collection by Tennessee State Library and Archives)
Video:
- Tennessee Centennial Exposition (YouTube, home documentary, 6m54s)
- 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition History Project (YouTube, student documentary, 10m43s)
Lectures:
- Lunch & Learn: The Tennessee Centennial Exposition (YouTube, 34m39s)
Pictures:
- Centennial Album of Nashville, Tennessee (book, 208pp, at Internet Archive)
- Category:Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition (media files at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Official Guide to the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition (book, 220pp, at Internet Archive)
- Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, 1897 (bird's eye view at Library of Congress)
- Catalogue Illustrated Fine Arts Department (book, 360pp, at Internet Archive)
Music:
- Songs from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition (YouTube, 5m57s)
- Tennessee Centennial March by Braswell & Broady, 1897 (YouTube, 2m31s)
Texts:
- The Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune) (book, 36pp, at Internet Archive)
- Poems (book, 144pp, at Internet Archive)
1897 STOCKHOLM (Non-BIE):
Websites, Pages:
- Stockholmsutställningen 1897 (at Stockholmskällan)
- Stockholmsutställningen 1897 (at Skansen)
Video:
- Stockholmsutställningen 1897 - The Stockholm Exhibition 1897 (YouTube, silent fair footage with added music, 12m23s)
- Stockholmsutställningen 1897 (video with article, silent fair footage with added music, 8m21s)
- Film från Allmänna Konst- och industriutställningen i Stockholm 1897 (video, fair footage, silent, 8m06s)
- Kung Oscar II och Kungafamiljen 1897/King Oscar II and Swedish Royaltys 1897 (YouTube, silent fair footage with added music, 4m12s)
- Category:Movies from General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (at Wikimedia Commons)
Pictures:
- Minne från utställningen i Stockholm, 1897 (view book, 96pp, at Internet Archive)
- Stockholmsutställningen 1897 (search results at Internet Archive)
- Stockholmsutställningen 1897 (search results at Tekniska Museet)
- Category:General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1897) (at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Karta (map, JPG)
  - PDF
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Stockholm Exhibit 1897, Free energy & Stolen Antique Tech (YouTube, pictures with added music, 5m25s)
Texts:
- Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen i Stockholm 1897 (article, 4pp, PDF, at Stockholmskällan)
1898 OMAHA (Non-BIE):
Websites, Pages:
- Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (trans-mississippi.unl.edu)
- 1898 and 1899: Trans-Mississippi and Greater America Expositions in Omaha (at Stolen History)
Video:
- Westward the Empire: Omaha's World's Fair of 1898 (documentary, 56m45s, at NET Nebraska (PBS))
- The World Comes to Omaha: a Nebraska Story (YouTube, TV documentary, 5m04s)
- 1898 Trans Mississippi and International Exposition (museum talk, 8m24s, at C-SPAN)
- 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition - Omaha, Nebraska (YouTube, documentary, 30m00s)
- LiveStream Show, 1898 Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition (YouTube, documentary, 28m32s)
- 1898 Trans Mississippi and International Exhibition (C-SPAN video, 10m, at Internet Archive)
- Omaha's Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (news report, 2m53s, at KETV-7)
- Omaha History Minute: Trans-Mississippi Exposition (YouTube, documentary, 2m03s)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Official Guidebook to Omaha and Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (HTML book with page images, 137pp, at University of Nebraska Lincoln)
- Official Guidebook to Omaha and the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (book, 154pp, at Internet Archive)
- Map of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (at University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Pictures:
- Trans-Mississippi Exposition - Omaha - 1898 - Color Photographs by F. A. Rinehart (YouTube, pictures with music, 3m04s)
- "Construction Photos", 1898 Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition (YouTube, pictures with music, 13m46s)
- Omaha 1898, Nebraska World's Fair - Trans-Mississippi Exposition (Main buildings) Part I (YouTube, pictures with music, 36m03s)
- Omaha 1898, Nebraska World's Fair - Trans-Mississippi Exposition (The display) Part II (YouTube, pictures with music, 24m25s)
- Photogravures of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (book, 146pp, at Internet Archive)
- Views of the Trans-Mississippi and Internation Exposition (book, 106pp, at Internet Archive)
- Omaha's Trans-Mississippi Exposition (Images of America) (book preview, at Google Books)
- Trans-Mississippi Exposition: Omaha, Nebraska, 1898 (galleries, at Historic Omaha)
Stamps:
- Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue (article with pictures, at National Postal Museum)
- Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition U.S. Stamps, 1898 (pictures, at Internet Archive)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Agricultural Building:
  - Omaha Exposition Agricultural Building (article at Cass Gilbert Society)
- Buffalo Bill:
  - Buffalo Bill at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and Indian Congress of 1898 (historical marker description, at Historical Marker Project)
- Burlington Train Station:
  - The Burlington Building: A Restrained, Elegant Structure Will Glitter Once More (article, at Omaha Magazine)
- Fine Arts:
  - Official Catalogue of the Fine Arts Exhibit, Illustrated (book, 148pp, at Internet Archive)
  - The Department of Fine Arts of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (Brush and Pencil, April 1898) (article, 16pp, at Internet Archive)
  - American Pictures at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition at Omaha, Nebraska (Brush and Pencil, October 1898) (article, 3pp, at Internet Archive)
- Greater America Exposition of 1899:
  - A History of the 1899 Greater America Exposition in North Omaha (article, at North Omaha History)
  - Greater America Exposition at Omaha, Jul. 1 to Nov. 1, 1899 (PDF, newspaper page, at University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- Illinois:
  - Report of Illinois Commission to Trans-Mississippi Exposition (booklet, 24pp, at Internet Archive)
- Independence Day:
  - The Fourth of July at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition (article, at History Nebraska)
- Indian Congress:
  - The Indians of To-Day (George Bird Grinnell, 1900) (book, 558pp, at Internet Archive)
  - "A Serious Ethnological Exhibition": The Indian Congress of the Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition of 1898 (academic paper, 115pp, at Cedarville University)
  - Indian Congress (digital collection, at Omaha Public Library)
  - Oglala Sioux Tribe - Trans-Mississippi Exposition - Omaha - 1898 (YouTube, pictures with music, 3m00s)
- Iowa:
  - Report of the Iowa Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition Commission (book, 190pp, at Internet Archive)
- Midway:
  - The Midway, 1898 Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition (YouTube, pictures with music, 7m20s)
- Nebraska:
  - Report of the Nebraska State Commission for the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (booklet, 53pp, at Internet Archive)
- Parade:
  - Trans-Mississippi Exposition Parade (article, at History Nebraska)
- United States:
  - The Department of State of the United States (guidebook, 79pp, at Internet Archive)
Music:
- Trans-Mississippi and Internation Exposition March and Two-Step (Leon C. Crandall) (notated music, 5pp, at Library of Congress)
- Little Sod Shanty on the Plains (sheet music text and page images, 4pp, at University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- Music at the Exposition (Omaha Daily Bee, June 1, 1898) (article, at University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- Omaha to have a Big Congress of Music (Chicago Tribune, May 30, 1898) (article, at University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Texts:
- The Cosmopolitan, October 1898: The Trans-Mississippi Exposition (article, text and page images, at University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
- Report of the General Secretary of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (booklet, 40pp, at Internet Archive)
- Trans-Mississippi Internation Exposition: Illustrating the Progress of the West (book, 48pp, at Internet Archive)
- History of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898 (book, 487pp, at Internet Archive)
- Meet me at the fair: The Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Omaha, 1898 (article and pictures, at Washington County Journal)
- A History of the Demolition of the Trans-Mississippi Expo (article at North Omaha History)
Collections, Archives:
- Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (at Omaha Public Library)

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