Philadelphia Centennial Exposition

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

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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