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Home>Research>Library>Image Collections>International Expositions>Exposition Universelle de 1900

# Exposition Universelle de 1900

**Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900**

Main Entrance (Porte Monumental) René Binet, architect View of the entire stereo card.

Stereographs (also called stereograms) were double photographs intended to be viewed with a stereoscope to give a three-dimensional impression of the subject. By 1900, stereographic sets documenting world events or famous works of art and architecture were so popular that they were sold in department stores and door to door. This set of stereographs, published by the Collection Stéréoptique Félix Potin, records this last and largest exposition of the 19th century. Other images of the 1900 Paris exposition in image collections include albums by Neurdein Frères.

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Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Main Entrance (Porte Monumentale)**

René Binet, architectThis controversial structure on the Place de la Concorde was both ridiculedand praised by the Parisian press. Beneath its grand arch were ticketbooths for entrance into the fairgrounds.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Main Entrance (Porte Monumentale)**

René Binet, architectThis detail shows the entry area beneath the grand arch.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Celestial Globe (Globe Céleste) and Eiffel Tower**

The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel for theParis Exposition Universelle of 1889. Construction began in 1887.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Grand Palais**

Henri Daglane, Louis Albert Louvet,Charles Louis Girault, and Albert Théophile Félix Thomas, architectsThis beautiful palace housed the Centennale, an exhibition of 19th-centuryFrench art; the Décennale, an exhibition of French art from the previous decade;and international works of art. Today it holds the Galeries Nationalesdu Grand Palais, a planetarium, and the Palais de la Découverte.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Petit Palais**

Charles Louis Girault, architectSituated opposite the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais housed a retrospective expositionof French arts. Today it is home to the Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Pavilion of Asiatic Russia (Palais de l’Asie Russe)**

Roman Meltzer, architectThis grand complex of structures, designed by one of Russia’s preeminent architects,was built in the form of a kremlin (fortress) in a Russian revival style.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Palace of Metallurgy and Mines (Palais de la Metallurgie et des Mines)**

Marcellin Varcollier, architectThis building on the Champs-de-Mars was dedicated to the mining andmetalwork industries. It included exhibits of coal, gems, and cast iron.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Palace of Metallurgy and Mines  (Palais de la Metallurgie et des Mines)**

Marcellin Varcollier, architectThis detail shows the elaborate façade of the vastexhibition hall dedicated to mining and metalwork.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Pavilion of Italy (Palais de l’Italie)**

Carlo Cepi, C. Gilodi, and Giuseppe Salvadori, architectsThe design of this palace, Built in a style derived from the Venetian Gothic, skillfully combines details from theDoge’s Palace and the basilica of San Marco.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Pavilion of Serbia**

Ambroise Baudry, architectDescribed at the time as in the "Serbo-Byzantine" style, this pavilionhoused an exhibit of wines, pork products, and silk, including a display of silkwormcocoons, and an array of Serbian national costumes.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Conservatories of the City of Paris (Grandes Serres)**

Charles Gautier, architectThese two greenhouses occupied the left bank of the Seine, one with nativeFrench plants, the other with foreign and exotic horticultural displays.

Exposition Universelle de 1900Paris, April 15–November 12, 1900
**Moving Sidewalk (Trottoir Roulant)**

Schmidt and Silsbee, architectsThe fun of getting on and off this electric three-tiered sidewalk (one level stationary,the next moving at four kilometers per hour, the third at nine kilometers per hour) made it one of the fair'sgreatest amusements. Schmidt and Silsbee were American engineers.

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