JPS World's Fairs: 1884-1888

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE
(1884-1888)

1884 NEW ORLEANS (Non-BIE):

Video:

1884 World's Fair (YouTube, documentary, 3m30s)
New Orleans Tricentennial Moments: 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (YouTube, TV documentary, 2m32s)
Pictures:
- New Orleans Centennial Exposition Stereoscopic Views (65 stereographs, at Louisiana State University)
- Categories at Wikimedia Commons:
  - World Cotton Centennial
  - Stereo Cards
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Practical Common Sense Guide Book through the [WICCE] at New Orleans (book, 81pp, at Internet Archive)
- Visitors Guide to the [WICCE] and New Orleans (booklet, 56pp, at Internet Archive)
- Audubon Park: Site of the 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition (modern walking tour guide, at New Orleans Historical)
- The World's Industrial And Cotton Centennial Exposition (map, at David Rumsey Map Collection)
- New Orleans 1884 Cotton Centennial New Orleans Map Ground Plan (JPG, at Wikimedia Commons)
- Official catalogue of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (book, 186pp, at Hathi Trust)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- American Bible Society:
  - Souvenir of the [WICCE}: Specimen Verses from Versions in Different Languages and Dialects (booklet, 80pp, at Internet Archive)
- Brazil:
  - The Empire of Brazil at the [WICCE] (book, 102pp, at Internet Archive)
- California:
  - Viticulture and viniculture in California (booklet, 42pp, at Internet Archive)
- China:
  - Catalogue of the Chinese collection of exhibits for the New Orleans exposition (book, 119pp, at Internet Archive)
- Education:
  - Preliminary Circular Respecting the Exhibition of Education at the [WICCE] (booklet, 11pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Special Report by the Bureau of Education: Educational Exhibits and Conventions at the [WICCE] (book, 1,008pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Educational Exhibits and Conventions at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (Nature, January 13, 1887) (book review, 2pp, at Internet Archive)
- Government and States Building
- Horticultural Hall
- Indiana:
  - Indiana, [WICCE], New Orleans (exhibit booklet, 56pp, at Internet Archive)
- Iowa:
  - Iowa at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial and the North, Central and South American Expositions, New Orleans, 1884-6 (book, commissioner report, 160pp, at Internet Archive)
- Louisiana:
  - Biographical Sketches of Louisiana's Governors, from d'Iberville to McEnery, by a Louisianaise (booklet, 79pp, at Internet Archive)
- Mississippi:
  - Handbook of Yazoo County, Mississippi (booklet, 24pp, at Internet Archive)
- Montana:
  - Montana at the [WICCE] (exhibit booklet, 74pp, at Internet Archive)
- Nebraska:
  - Catalogue, Nebraska State Exhibit, [WICCE] (booklet, 36pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Report of Robt. W. Furnas, United States Commissioner for Nebraska, at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial, New Orleans (booklet, 16pp, at Internet Archive)
- Opening Day:
  - The New Orleans Exposition (Harper's Weekly, December 27, 1884, pp853-857)
- Sculpture, "Peace, the Genius of History"
- Tennessee:
  - Report of A. J. McWhirter, United States, and Also Commissioner for Tennessee at the [WICCE] (book, 90pp, at Internet Archive)
- U.S. Army:
  - Medical Department, United States Army Exhibit (book, 251pp, at Internet Archive)
- USDA:
  - Catalogue of the exhibit of economic entomology at the [WICCE], New Orleans, 1884-85 (book, 97pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - A Descriptive Catalogue of Manufactures from Native Woods, as Shown in the Exhibit of the [USDA] at the [WICCE] (booklet, 84pp, at Internet Archive)
- Washington:
  - Report of E. Meeker on the Washington Territory Exhibit at the New Orleans Exposition (booklet, 4pp, at Internet Archive)
Music:
- Sobre Las Olas (Juventino Rosas) (Orquesta Sinfónica del IPN, México) (YouTube, music performance, 8m48s)
  - Sobre Las Olas (Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra) (YouTube, music performance, 7m24s)
  - Sobre Las Olas (Victor Dance Orchestra, 1904) (audio, 2m53s, at Library of Congress)
  - Juventino Rosas (YouTube, 18 audio videos)
- A Fair to Remember: The 1884-1885 Concert Season in New Orleans (Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra) (YouTube, music performance, 1h40m56s)
- Mireille (Charles Gounod) (YouTube, opera):
  - L'Opéra des Landes, Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte (performance, 2h50m25s)
  - Orchestre et Choeurs du Capitole de Toulouse (1979) (audio video, 2h35m00s)
- Cotton Centennial Exposition March (Walter Beer) (notated music, for piano, 5pp, at Library of Congress)
Texts:
- The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (overview brochure, at Internet Archive)
- The World's Cotton Centennial Exposition Poem (Mary Ashley Townsend) (booklet, 10pp, at Internet Archive)
- The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, 1884-85 (book, 430pp, at Hathi Trust)
- The World's Cotton Centennial Exposition (Chapter 29 of History of New Orleans by John Kendall) (HTML, at University of Chicago)
- An Enlarging Influence: Women of New Orleans, Julia Ward Howe, and the Woman's Department at the Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884-1885 (PDF, dissertation, 276pp, at University of New Orleans)
- World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition 1884-1885 (slideshow/presentation, at Prezi)
- A Fair to Remember: The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans (PDF, lesson plan, 34pp, at The Historic New Orleans Collection)
- The 1884 Cotton Expo and New Orleans' first case of World's Fair fever (article, at New Orleans Times-Picayune)
- Soapy Smith and the World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884-85 (article, at Soapy Smith's Soap Box)
- World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition: The Commercial Exhibits (blog entry, at Dr. Wendell A. Howe, Temporal Anthropologist)
1885 ANTWERP (Non-BIE):
- Exposition universelle d'Anvers 1885 : catalogue officiel (book, 88pp, at Internet Archive)
- Rapports des ouvriers délégués à l'Exposition internationale d'Anvers en 1885 (book, 576pp, at Internet Archive)
- Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (webpage)
- Category:Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (pictures)
- Official Catalogue of the Canadian Section (book)
1888 BARCELONA (BIE World Expo):
Shortcuts: Websites | Video | Pics | Guides | Exhibits | Music | Texts | Collections
Websites, Pages:
- L'Exposició Universal de Barcelona, 1888 (barcelona1888.blogspot.com)
- At Cuina del 19 (cuinadel19.wordpress.com):
  - Category Archives: Exposició Universal de Barcelona 1888
  - Tag Archives: Exposició Universal de Barcelona 1888
Videos:
- Conoce Otra Barcelona: Exposición Universal 1888 (YouTube, documentary, 5m32s)
- Exposición Universal de Barcelona 1888 (YouTube, documentary, 4m06s)
- 125 Anys de l'Exposició Universal (YouTube, documentary, 2m34s)
- Um Passeig per la Barcelona de 1888 (YouTube, documentary, 4m41s)
- La Arquitectura Ecléctica en la Exposición Universal de Barcelona de 1888: Los Proyectos de Pare Falqués (YouTube, lecture, 35m52s)
- Barcelona 1888: El Urbanismo de los Acontecimientos Temporales (YouTube, lecture, 44m28s)
Pictures:
- Exposición Universal de Barcelona 1888 (YouTube, pictures with music, 3m27s)
- L'Exposició Universal de 1888 (YouTube, pictures with music, 1m37s)
- The World's Fair 1888 (photos and article, at El Secreto de Vesalio)
- 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition (at Wikimedia Commons)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Plano Expo 88 (JPG, map, at Wikimedia Commons)
- Plano General de la Exposición Universal de Barcelona (JPG, map, at Wikimedia Commons)
- Catálogo General Oficial (book, 488pp, at Biblioteca Digital Hisp´nica)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows, Events:
- Arc de Triomf
  - Arc de Triomf Barcelona (article with photos, at Barcelona Film Commission)
  - Màstils de l'Exposició Universal de 1888 (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - Mástiles de la Exposición Universal de 1888 (article, at OLD BCN)
- Austria-Hungary:
  - Jacob and Josef Kohn en la Exposición Universal de Barcelona de 1888 (article, at Mueble de Viena)
  - Anuncios de Hermanos Thonet durante la Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888) (article, at Mueble de Viena)
- Castell dels Tres Dragons
- Chile:
  - Catálogo de los Efectos y Productos con que Chile Concurre en la Exposición Universal de Barcelona 1888 (book, 99pp, at Biblioteca Digital Hispánica)
- La Ciutadella:
  - La Ciutadella (article, at Generalitat de Catalunya: Patrimoni Cultural)
- France:
  - Catalogue Officiel de la Section Française (book, 212pp, at Internet Archive)
- Hivernacle de la Ciutadella
- Hotel Internacional
  - The Hotel of the Universal Exhibition of 1888 (article, at Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya)
- Monument a Colom
- Palau de les Belles Arts
  - Album de la Instlación Artistico-Arqueológica de la Real Casa en la Exposició (book, 147pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Album de la Sección Arqueológica de la Exposición (book, 504pp, at Internet Archive)
- Paraguay:
  - Catálogo de los Objetos que la República del Paraguay Exhibe (book, 66pp, at Internet Archive)
- Sculptures:
  - Homage to the Exposition (Antoni Clavé, 1991)
    - Homenaje a la Exposición Universal de 1888 (article, at OLD BCN)
Music:
- Pasacalle "Aquí Está el Noble" de "De Madrid a Barcelona" (Federico Chueca, Joaquin Valverde, 1888) (YouTube, audio, 2m06s)
  - Zarzuelas de Federico Chueca (YouTube Playlist, 155 videos)
- Las Festas de la Exposició Universal (song lyrics, 4pp, at Calaix)
Texts:
- Exposición Universal de 1888 (article series, at Barcelona, Ahora y Siempre):
  - Part 1
  - Part 2
- La Exposición Universal de 1888 - La Exposició Universal de 1888 (article, at La Barcelona de Antes)
- La Cara i la Creu de l'Exposició Universal de Barcelona de 1888 (article, at CCSS)
- ¿Es verdad que la Torre Eiffel pudo estar en Barcelona? (article, at 20 Minutos)
Collections, Archives:
- La Exposici�n Universal de 1888 (documents at Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona)
- Bibliografia Col·lecions COAC 16: Exposició Universal Barcelona 1888 (PDF, bibliography, 5pp, at Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya)

Section Last Modified June 4, 2023