Paris Exposition Universelle Photoprints
name: label: Creator
content: Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Domestic Life
place: label: Place
content: Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
label: Place
content: Paris (France) -- 1900-1910
topic: label: Topic
content: Exhibitions -- 1900 -- Paris -- France
label: Topic
content: Architecture, Modern -- 1900 -- Paris -- France
label: Topic
content: World's fairs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Division of Domestic Life.,National Museum of American History.,Transfer.,1990/05/31.
creator: label: Creator
content: Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)
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content: Paris Exposition Universelle Photoprints
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: L'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900, represented a desire to awe and mystify a new generation in a new century.,In 1892 the Republic of France announced her intention to host the Universal Exposition and dreamed of uniting the nations in a common project; many promptly accepted and planned exhibits enthusiastically. Central Paris was chosen as the fairgrounds, an area containing three great buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower, constructed for past world's fairs; an area on the right bank of the Seine was later added. Exhibits included the "Cineorama," with hand-colored films, phonograph music, and live commentary, which was the first of many developments in film technique and presentation which had their first public showing at world exhibitions, the Mareorama, and other attractions. Art Nouveau, the creative rage of the exhibition, seemed to symbolize its theme.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.1 Cubic feet (2 boxes 
, paper prints, 7-3/8 x 9-3/8," Silver gelatin, on mounts)
label: Extent
content: 199 Photographic prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1900
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: These photographs and others, comprising the Goodyear Collection, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, were sent to the National Museum through Dr. Alfred G. Mayer in exchange for some Cliff Dweller pottery, Nov. 14, 1901. Pictures first in USNM Section of Architecture; to Div. of Political History, Museum of History and Technology; to Div. of Domestic Life, July 29, 1969. Apparently the Brooklyn Institute had the original negatives.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0373
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
Numerical by original museum catalogue numbers.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection remains unprocessed.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900, which record many buildings and pavilions that were among the chief points of interest, including the Monumental Entrance, Art Palaces and the Bridge of Alexander III, national pavilions lining the Seine River, and the Palace of Machinery; also, views of Paris from the Eiffel Tower, and statuary. Photographer unidentified; images appear to be an official documentation, perhaps commissioned by the exposition organizers.