Weltausstellung 1873 Wien, souvenir medal, Franz Josef
date: label: Date made
content: 1873
label: Associated Date
content: 1873
notes: label: Description
content: Medal commemorating the Weltausstellung 1873 Wien held in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Obverse marked <i> FRANZ JOSEF I. KAIS. V. OSTERR. KON V. UNG. KON. V. BOHM. ETC.;</i> depiction of Kaiser Franz Josef I; reverse marked: <i>WELTAUSSTELLUNG [/] WIEN 1873;</i> depicts the Rotuna, the Fair's main exhibition building.
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, Vienna
topic: 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: 1989.0438.0191
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0191
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Medal
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in; 2.54 cm