1855 Exposition Universelle Souvenir Whiskbroom
date: label: Date made
content: 1855
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir whiskbroom commemorating the 1855 Exposition Universelle.
label: Description
content: The first French Exposition Universelle was held in Paris from May to November, 1855. Properly known as the Exposition Universelle des produits de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et des Beaux-Arts, the Exposition was led by Emperor Napoleon III who was inspired by the England's <i>Great Exhibition </i> of 1851.
label: Description
content: 5,162,330 visitors attended the 1855 Paris Exhibition, whose primary building, the Palais de l'Industrie, was constructed on the Champs Elysees. The Exposition used other locations to showcase such topics as industrial technologies and fine arts.
label: Description
content: Although financially unsuccessful, the 1855 Exposition gave brith to a number of French World's Fairs, with others following in 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900, and 1937.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
label: Associated Place
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Exposition Universelle (1855)
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.0144
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0144
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Whiskbroom
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm x 16.51 cm