World's fair and exposition collection, 1882-1985.

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World's fair and exposition collection, 1882-1985.

This collection is an amalgamation of graphic and textual materials relating to fairs, expositions, and Olympic Games held in or proposed for western Europe or the United States during the last quarter of the 19th- and throughout the 20th-century.

5 boxes (2.5 linear feet) and 1 oversize portfolio.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8332444

Aurora University, Phillips Library

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Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Exposition Universelle (1900 : Paris, France)

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Exposition Universelle of 1889 (Paris)

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World's Fair (1992 : Chicago, Ill.)

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California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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International Petroleum Exposition, Tulsa, Okla.

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Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris 1931

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...

National Orange Show (1932 : San Bernardino, Calif.)

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Milwaukee Industrial Exposition (1886 : Milwaukee, Wis.)

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