The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-11
WORLDS FAIRS OF The PAST.
HISTORY OF ALL THE GREAT
Industrial Expeditions Since the idea
Was Launched over Forty Years Ago.

Credit for being the originator OF worlds
fairs must be awarded to the late Prince
Albert consort Of Queen Victoria OF Great
Britain. The first worlds fair was held in
the Crystal Palace. London. in 1851. and IL
was Prince Albert who sugges ted the enter
prise and helped largely TO make II sue
cess The total number OF exhibitors was
l3,097. of whom 40 were Americans. The
receipts at the gates amounted TO tl,1S0, ,OOJ
and the net profits were $3.50 600.
In 1853 international exhibitions were
held at Dublin and New York. There were
400 exhibitor. at the latter. more than
half OF whom were foreigners. The receipts
were only 1910 600. and there was loss OF
t3OO 600. Horace Greeley, who was one OF
the directors while on a visit TO Paris. was
arrested by one OF the French exhibitors for
damages incurred 10 his exhibit. In 1856
Paris held an exhibition, in which there
were 1854 exhibitors, only lA OF whom
were Americans. The receipts were t64I, l 10
and cost ~, 257 90.
Bctween 1854 and 1862 exhibition.
mainly OF local interest were held In sever
al cities, among them being those ut Mel.
bourne and Munich In 1854, at Brussels in
1856. at Lausanne and Manchester in 1857.
at Turn in 1853 at Hanover and Athens in
1859 and At Dublin, I'd burgh and Florence
IN 1881 In 1862 great exhibition was held
at LCndon--the receipts uf which were
tl,tuN,VIO ana expenses u opJ,VbI. me
next Worlds Fair, that Of Paris. was the
most splendid the world had yet seen. II
was held In ths Champ de Mars. There
were 80 236 exhibitors. OF whom 533 were
from the United States In 1873 the Vienna
Exposition took place. There were 10000
exhibitors 65 being from the United
States. The cost ot the buildings was esti.
mated at a.. so 900.
Then came the famons Centennial Exhi.
btiOn at Philadelphia in 1876 The build
ingS then erected comprised main build
ing covering All area ofs1O 46I square feet;
amachinery hall, covering an area OF 50i,
40 square feet; an art building covering
16 $50 80. feet OF floor sTace and Ss.s6S So
feet uf wall space; a horticultural hall $50
feet long Ito feet broad and rs feet high
on agricultural building covering III, 200
square feet and women's department
bui'ding 2O5 feet long and 2OS broad. The
fair was orened on May 10. 1876. and re-
NAMED open for SIX months During that
time 1t was visited bv 9.9lO,gG6 persons, of
whom SODL2Ji paid admission fees
amounting to t3,sl3,72i 40. The largest
number admitted on any one day was "a. ..
plg. The total number OF exhibitors Is est!-
mated at 40 s6I. OF whom S,l75 we're Ameri.
cans 3.S22 natives OF Spain and her colonies
and 3. 5S4 subjects Of Queen Victoria. The
total number 81 awards was IL. l0I OF which
b3tI were granted To American exhibitors
and 77iO to foreign eNh btorS The United
tereSt In the FAIR by appointing commit.
tee 10 see that the condition Of the different
Government departments was well repre-.
sented, for which purpose 1t appropriated
the sum of t72s, 500.
Paris again came TO the front in 1873 and
showed Europe that an imperial form Of
government was not necessary Tor the sue
CessfuI establish nirnt ola Worlds Fair.
The Champ de Mars was again selected as a
cite. 100 acres being appropriated. of which
the main building covered % acres The
to'ai number OF exhibitors was 40 3t6 of
whom 3.77I came from Great Britain, 2g9
from the United States and ~ 412 from
France. The Fair was open from May /.
1876 to October 10 Of the same year. and
during thar time the number Of admissions
.. lG032,725. The total receipts from
'ors were estimated az 81 63t $50
1874 an exposition was held ~ Sydney
>. 81 eSHl6uoN' 3lU'd whom were from
the United States The next year the Mel.
bourne exposition was held ut which theeo
we're l2.792 exhibitors $50 being from this
country
In 1883 foreign worlds fair was held in
Ro-ton II was anoyel exhib ton, for two
. reasons--trst, because IL WAS only omen 10
exhibits from foreign countries, and second
because II contained exhibits from a larger
number OF foreign countries than were ever
represented in any previous worlds fair
There were $50 exhibits, comprising 1900
articles
The latest and greatest exhibition was
opened in Paris on May s, 1889, and closed
on October 81 uf the same year The total
cost of the exhibition was e., 300 900 and the
total receipts were 100000. The number
OF exhibitors was 5000, more than had
APPEARED 1T anv previous worlds fair. and
oi these about / ,7j0 hailed from the limited
States. The awards To American exhibitors
comprised % grand prizes. ls9 gold medals
2I3 SILVER medals, 90 bronze medals and
a7 honorable mentions. The total number
OF visiors has been estimated as high as
bOOOOO, and rs low as 3 go. 200 The regu.
lar price OF admission was IT, but owing 10
the lottery system many persons were en-.
hbled To enter at half price. The number of
admissions between May and November
exceeded y, ,OJ0Oo and il is estimated that
on the last day no fewer than 40, OOU persons
Were admitted.
With regard to strangers II NAV be conf
IDENTIFY said that fully 500, OOO visited Paris
during the fair, as the registers kept In no.
t|is ana APARTMENT houses bear ample testi.
mony 10 that effect. The number Of en-
tries TO the fair certainly showed an in
crease ot 100000 over that of the fAir IN
II ana 1900 900 over that Of the phila-
celuhla far in 1915.
The Champ de Mars was again selected As
We sit" Tor the fair. the total space occupied
being lI3 acre. The Machinery Palace was
the largest bui ding, beng ! .37s feet long
il5 feet wide and lGG feet high. It's cost
Was 81 5OJ uo0 aud II covered II acre. No
tulect al the fair attracted So much utien
lion %. the famous Eifel Tower, raised Il
tie ,leLt height of ae4 feet
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