The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876. It was the first official world's fair to be held in the United States and coincided with the centennial anniversary of the ...

Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, (1876), international trade fair, the first exposition of its kind in the United States, held in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Modeled after the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition in London in 1851, and the first in a long line of major “world’s fairs” in the United States, the Centennial exhibited national pride and belief in the importance of education and progress through industrial innovation.

In 1876 national and international attention focused on West Philadelphia when West Fairmount Park hosted the Centennial Exposition. The Exposition, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, was also the first world’s fair held in the United States.

The Centennial Exposition of 1876, a world's fair on an epic scale constructed in West Fairmount Park, showcased the U.S.'s industrial achievements on the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The Exposition attracted almost …

2016年5月10日 · This great World’s Fair — the official title was “The 1876 International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine” — was the first ever held in the...

On May 10, 1876, amidst the high-flying American flags and the grandeur of the ornate buildings before them, 100,000 people gathered to hear President Ulysses S. Grant open the Centennial Exhibition of 1876.

Centennial Exhibition was held in Philadelphia in 1876. Its critical success and attendance of just under 10 million were enough to offset a large financial loss, and it inspired a rush of world’s fairs in the United States, especially in the South, over the next…

2025年1月3日 · The 1876 Centennial Exposition, held in Philadelphia to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was the first “World’s Fair” to be held in the United States.

Officially known as the "International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine," the Centennial Exhibition, the first major World's Fair to be held in the United States, opened on May 10, 1876 on a 285-acre tract of Fairmount Park overlooking the Schuylkill River.