New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations Souvenir Pot Lid
date: label: Date made
content: 1853
label: associated dates
content: 1853 07 14 / 1853 07 14
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir pot lid commemorating the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in New York.
label: Description
content: New York City's Exhibition of the All Nations was held from July 14, 1853 to November 14, 1854. In addition to a Crystal Palace inspired by the one built for the London's Great Exhibition of 1851, the Fair also constructed a 315 foot wooden tower called the Latting Observatory. While over 1 millions visitors attended the Expostion, it was a financial loss.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations
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: 1989.0438.0108
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0108
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pot Lid
label: Other Terms
content: Pot Lid; Commemorative; Potted Meat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, ? (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, brownish (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: gray, greenish (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 1 in x 5 in; 2.54 cm x 12.7 cm