Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Philadelphia_Centennial_Exposition_1876

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:World's_Fair
gptkbp:annualVisitors	approximately 10 million
gptkbp:category	gptkb:World's_fairs_in_the_United_States gptkb:History_of_Philadelphia 1876 in Pennsylvania
gptkbp:closed	November 10, 1876
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Centennial_Exposition_Historic_District gptkb:Centennial_Medal gptkb:Centennial_National_Bank gptkb:Centennial_Monorail gptkb:Centennial_Tower_(never_built)
gptkbp:commonName	gptkb:Centennial_Exposition
gptkbp:currencyIntroduced	Centennial Exposition souvenir coins
gptkbp:firstWorldsFairInUS	true
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Exposition_Universelle_(Paris,_1878)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876
gptkbp:legacy	Memorial Hall now houses the Please Touch Museum Inspired future world's fairs in the United States
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
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:Hires_Root_Beer gptkb:Statue_of_Liberty_arm_and_torch gptkb:Root_Beer gptkb:Remington_Typographic_Machine_(typewriter) Banana (first widely introduced to Americans)
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell gptkb:Susan_B._Anthony gptkb:Thomas_Edison gptkb:Dom_Pedro_II 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:opened	May 10, 1876
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:United_States_Centennial_Commission
gptkbp:postalCode	Centennial Post Office
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:servesArea	285 acres
gptkbp:transportation	Horse-drawn streetcars Steam locomotives Centennial Railway
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries	37
gptkbp:venue	gptkb:Fairmount_Park
gptkbp:vicePresidentAtOpening	gptkb:William_A._Wheeler
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:American_System_of_Watch_Manufacturing
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8