Weltausstellung 1873 Wien, souvenir paperweight
date: label: Date made
content: 1873
label: associated dates
content: 1873 05 01 / 1873 05 01, 1873 11 01 / 1873 11 01
notes: label: Description
content: Paperweight commemorating the Weltausstellung 1873 Wien (1873 Vienna World's Fair)
label: Description
content: The Weltausstellung 1873 Wien, or 1873 Vienna World's Fair, was held in the capital city of Austria-Hungary from May to November, 1873. Commemorating Emperor Franz Joseph's 25th year in power, the Exposition greeted over 7 million visitors. Highlighting <i>Culture and Education,</i> and held in Prater Park, the Fair featured over 25,000 exhibitors.
label: Description
content: The Rounda was the Fair's main building. At the time, the world's largest dome construction, it was designed by Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer and engineered by J. Scott Russell.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: Austria: Vienna state
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Weltausstellung
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1989.0438.0189
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0189
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Paperweight
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plaster (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver leaf? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 11.43 cm x 6.985 cm