Centennial Exposition of 1876

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors approximately 10 million
gptkbp:area 285 acres
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Centennial_Medal
gptkb:Centennial_Monorail
Centennial coinage
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1876-11-10
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(Paris,_1878)
gptkbp:foreignParticipants 37 countries
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Centennial Exposition of 1876
gptkbp:legacy Memorial Hall remains as part of the Please Touch Museum
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:mainBuilding gptkb:Main_Exhibition_Building
gptkb:Machinery_Hall
gptkb:Horticultural_Hall
gptkb:Memorial_Hall
gptkb:Agricultural_Hall
gptkbp:notableExhibit gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell's_telephone
gptkb:Corliss_Steam_Engine
gptkb:Heinz_Ketchup
gptkb:John_Philip_Sousa's_Centennial_March
gptkb:Remington_Typographic_Machine
gptkb:Hires_Root_Beer
gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty_arm_and_torch
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Joseph_Henry
gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkb:P._T._Barnum
gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony
gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkb:Henry_Morton_Stanley
gptkb:Buffalo_Bill_Cody
gptkb:Chief_Red_Cloud
gptkb:Chief_Spotted_Tail
gptkb:Dom_Pedro_II
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:Sitting_Bull
gptkb:Emperor_Pedro_II_of_Brazil
President Ulysses S. Grant
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:International_Exhibition_of_Arts,_Manufactures,_and_Products_of_the_Soil_and_Mine
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:United_States_Centennial_Commission
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(Paris,_1867)
gptkbp:presidentAtOpening gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:purpose celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
gptkbp:significance first official World's Fair in the United States
gptkbp:startDate 1876-05-10
gptkbp:venue gptkb:Fairmount_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:History_of_Philadelphia
gptkb:Memorial_Hall_(now_Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art_annex)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7