Centennial Exposition of 1876

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/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