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Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Philadelphia_Centennial_Exposition
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Centennial_Exposition
gptkbp:annualVisitors
approximately 10 million
gptkbp:area
285 acres
gptkbp:closed
November 10, 1876
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Centennial_Medal
gptkb:Centennial_Fountain
gptkb:Centennial_Monorail
gptkb:Centennial_Banknotes
gptkb:Centennial_Stamps
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(Paris,_1878)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
gptkbp:legacy
Memorial Hall remains as the Please Touch Museum
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:notableExhibit
gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell's_telephone
gptkb:Corliss_Steam_Engine
gptkb:Heinz_Ketchup
gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty_arm
gptkb:Machinery_Hall
gptkb:Horticultural_Hall
gptkb:Memorial_Hall
gptkb:Women's_Pavilion
Typewriter
Root beer
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell
gptkb:Bayard_Taylor
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony
gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkb:Henry_Morton_Stanley
gptkb:Henry_Brooks_Adams
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:Peter_Cooper
gptkb:John_Wanamaker
gptkb:Emperor_Dom_Pedro_II_of_Brazil
President Ulysses S. Grant
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:International_Exhibition_of_Arts,_Manufactures,_and_Products_of_the_Soil_and_Mine
gptkbp:opened
gptkb:Emperor_Dom_Pedro_II_of_Brazil
President Ulysses S. Grant
May 10, 1876
gptkbp:organizer
gptkb:United_States_Centennial_Commission
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(Paris,_1867)
gptkbp:president
gptkb:Joseph_R._Hawley
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:troopContributingCountries
37
gptkbp:venue
gptkb:Fairmount_Park
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty_arm
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6