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Illustration of the opening of London's Great Exhibition of 1851. Crystal Palace The Gallery of Machines at the 1889 Universal Exposition, Paris. The Horticultural Hall at the U.S. Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876. Corliss steam engine 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904 Postcard image of an international naval display, part of the Jamestown Exhibition held in Norfolk, Virginia, 1907. Postcard image of the U.S. Government Building, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska, 1898. Mayor of New York City Fiorello H. La Guardia (seated behind the driver) attending the 1939–40 New York World's Fair.
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Illustration of the opening of London's Great Exhibition of 1851.
Crystal Palace
The Gallery of Machines at the 1889 Universal Exposition, Paris.
The Horticultural Hall at the U.S. Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876.
Corliss steam engine
1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904
Postcard image of an international naval display, part of the Jamestown Exhibition held in Norfolk, Virginia, 1907.
Postcard image of the U.S. Government Building, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, Omaha, Nebraska, 1898.
Mayor of New York City Fiorello H. La Guardia (seated behind the driver) attending the 1939–40 New York World's Fair.
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