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# International Expositions

The department of image collections maintains a large collection of photographs, albums, and postcard booklets from national and international expositions and fairs. Spectacular architecture, displays of technological innovations, both scientific and mechanical, and exhibitions of fine art are documented in these historic images. The collection includes views from the fairs listed below, with features for Philadelphia (1876), Paris (1889), and Paris (1900).

1851, London, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations (Crystal Palace Exhibition)1853/1854, New York, Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (New York Crystal Palace Exhibition)  1855, Paris, Exposition Universelle des Beaux-Arts 1857, Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition1862, London, International Exhibition of 1862 1864, Philadelphia, Great Central Fair1867, Paris, Exposition Universelle 1873, Tours, Exposition Rétrospective des Beaux-arts 1873, Vienna, Weltausstellung 1873 Wien1874, Lille, Exposition d'Objets d'Art Religieux1876, Philadelphia, United States Centennial International Exhibition (more)1878, Paris, Exposition Universelle 1880, Turin, Esposizione Retrospettiva1880/1881, Melbourne, Melbourne International Exhibition1881, Paris, Exposition Internationale d’Electricité1882, Marseille, Exposition de la Société des Amis des Arts de Marseille1883, Amsterdam, Internationale Koloniale en Untvoerhandel Tentoonstellung1884, Paris, Exposition Manet (Manet memorial exhibition held at the Ecole nationale des beaux-arts)1885, New Orleans, World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition1885, Antwerp, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers1886, Limoges, Exposition Rétrospective1886, London, Colonial and Indian Exhibition1889, Paris, Exposition Universelle (more)1891, Prague, General Land Centennial Exhibition (Jubilee Exhibition)1891, Moscow, Franco-Russian Exposition1893, Chicago, World’s Columbian Exposition1894, Lyon, Exposition Universelle, Internationale et Coloniale1895, Amsterdam, Exposition Internationale1900, Paris, Exposition Universelle (more)1901, Buffalo, Pan-American Exposition1901, Glasgow, Glasgow International Exposition1902, Turin, Exposizione Internazionale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna1904, St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase International Exposition1906, Paris, Exposition de l’Oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, held at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts 1907, Bordeaux, Exposition Internationale Maritime1907, Mannheim, Internationale Kunst- und Grosse Gartenbau-Ausstellung1914, Koln, Deutsche Werkbund-Ausstellung1915, San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exposition1923, Goteborg, Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition  (Jubileumsutställningens)1925, Paris, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes1926, Philadelphia, Sesquicentennial International Exposition1927, Mlada Boleslav, Výstava severnich Čech (Exhibition of Northern Bohemia) 1927, Stuttgart, Werkbund-Ausstellung "Die Wohnung"1928, Brno, Výstava soudobé kultury v ČSR (Exhibition of Contemporary Culture)1929/1930, Barcelona, Esposición Internacional de Barcelona1930, Stockholm, Stockholm Exhibition (Stockholmsutställningen)1930, Antwerp/Liege, Exposition Internationale Coloniale, Maritime et d'Art Flamand (Antwerp) and Exposition Internationale de la Grande Industrie, Sciences et Applications, Art Wallon Ancien (Liège)1931, Pardubice, Výstava tělesné výchovy a sportu (Exhibition of Physical Education, Education and Sport)1931, Paris, Exposition Coloniale Internationale1933/1934, Chicago, Century of Progress Exposition1935, Brussels, Exposition Universelle et Internationale1936/1937, Dallas, Texas Centennial Exposition/Greater Texas & Pan American Exposition1937, Paris, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (Exposition 1937)1939/1940, New York, New York World’s Fair1951, London, Festival of Britain1958, Brussels, Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles (Expo 1958)1967, Montreal, Universal and International Exposition of 1967 (Expo 67)

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History of the Department of Image CollectionsKress Collection of Historic Images

Travels Across Russia: Oranienbaum

In Situ: Henry Moore, David Finn, and the Experience of Location

Verrocchio, Connoisseurship, and the Photographs of Clarence Kennedy

Before the Fire: Notre-Dame de Paris in Pictures

Travels Across Russia: Avant-Garde Architecture in Moscow

John Brampton Philpot and Photography in 19th-Century Florence

The Richter Archive at 75

Beauty, Fire, & Memory: Lost Art of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum

Process and Participation in the Work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Samuel Bourne and India

Revelations from Reproductions: Fifteenth-century Italian Paintings in the National Gallery of Art

The Solemnity of Shadows: Juan Laurent’s Vision of Spain

Caught by the Camera's Eye

Patrimony in Peril: Germany’s Survey of Mural Paintings Threatened During World War II

War Damage in Baden and Württemberg: Monuments Men Albums

Rembrandt tentoonstelling

Travels Across Russia:  1889

Travels across Russia: Ekaterinburg

Travels Across Russia:  Murom

Travels Across Russia:  Torzhok

United States Centennial International Exhibition Philadelphia - 1876

Exposition Universelle de 1889: Paris

Exposition Universelle de 1900: *Paris*

**Exposition Universelle de 1889***Paris*

**Exposition Universelle de 1900***Paris*

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