![[1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Flag]. 1939–1940 New York World's Fair.](/pictures/thumb/3724983_1.jpg?v=1534362296)
[1939–1940 New York World’s Fair Flag].
An early prototype? Large flag —almost four feet by six feet in dimensions— from the 1939–1940 New York Wold’s Fair, displaying the fair’s iconic modernist..... Read More
Expositions and World's Fairs
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![[World Expositions: Pocket Watches, Watchmakers:] Enrique Grandjean y Ca. Henri Grandjean, Cie, Enrique Grandjean y. Ca., 1803–1879.](/pictures/thumb/3726731_1.jpg?v=1534362451)
[World Expositions: Pocket Watches, Watchmakers:] Enrique Grandjean y Ca.
Colorful and beautifully printed ephemera from Swiss luxury watchmakers Henri Grandjean & Cie.—here Enrique Grandjean y Ca.—of Le Locle in the Canton of Neuchâtel. The..... Read More
St. Louis World’s Fair, 1904. Official Handbook of the Ceylon Court. With Maps and Illustrations.
A guide book to introduce Americans in 1904 to all aspects of Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, through its exhibits at the St. Louis World’s Fair..... Read More
![[Panama-Pacific International Exposition] Japan. Imperial Government Railways Travelers’ Handy Guide 1915. Imperial Government Railways.](/pictures/thumb/3727620_1.jpg?v=1544633423)
[Panama-Pacific International Exposition] Japan. Imperial Government Railways Travelers’ Handy Guide 1915.
English-language travel guide to early Taishō-era Japan, issued by the Japanese Imperial Government Railways and specially published for distribution to visitors to the Panama-Pacific International..... Read More
![[PNW, Pacific Northwest:] [Souvenir Red Cedar Shingle Post Card and Advertisement for Panama-Pacific International Exhibition]. Jamison Mill Co.](/pictures/thumb/3727724_1.jpg?v=1536683511)
[PNW, Pacific Northwest:] [Souvenir Red Cedar Shingle Post Card and Advertisement for Panama-Pacific International Exhibition].
Selling one’s product in-hand, and via the U.S. mail, this souvenir post card was distributed at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in 1915 (“P.P.I.E. 1915”). Upon..... Read More
![International Exhibition of 1876. Opening Ceremonies. Order of Exercises, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, May 10th, 1876 [with:] United States Centennial Commission Invitation [with ticket:] Admit to the Opening Ceremonies of the International Exhibition 1876. [with two tickets:] United States International Exhibition…Package Ticket. John Greenleaf Whittier, Sidney Lanier, Richard Wagner.](/pictures/thumb/145289_1.jpg?v=1534362274)
International Exhibition of 1876. Opening Ceremonies. Order of Exercises, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, May 10th, 1876 [with:] United States Centennial Commission Invitation [with ticket:] Admit to the Opening Ceremonies of the International Exhibition 1876. [with two tickets:] United States International Exhibition…Package Ticket.
Almost like being there —not souvenirs or recollections— but five primary and immediate artifacts from the United States’ first world’s fair and its celebration of..... Read More
C.1902 ALS by Virginian John Paul Bocock, Attorney, Poet, and Journalist.
Interesting letter on the publication of magazine articles by attorney-turned-journalist and popular writer, John Paul Bocock (1856–1903). A Virginian from a leading family, Bocock earned... Read More
![Alaska Our Last Frontier by “Slim” Williams [cover title]. “Slim” Williams.](/pictures/thumb/3725073_1.jpg?v=1534362299)
Alaska Our Last Frontier by “Slim” Williams [cover title].
Clyde “Slim” Williams, “International Trail Blazer” made his fame hitching his team of sled dogs to a wheeled chariot and then traveling from Alaska to..... Read More
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