Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876

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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