Weltausstellung 1873 Wien Souvenir Fan, Rotunda
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: Souvenir folding fan commemorating the Weltausstellung 1873 Wien, held in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Central design depicts the main exhibition building, the Rotunda, as well as surrounding grounds and visitors. Fan has 18 blades including the guards, connected by ribbon at the top. Metal loop attached at head of fan wih black tassle.
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.
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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
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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: 1989.0438.0188
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0188
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fan
label: Other Terms
content: Fan; Commemorative; Folding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: cloth (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: red (overall color)
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content: gray (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 14 3/4 in x 8 1/8 in; x 37.465 cm x 20.6375 cm