The World’s Fairs in the US, 1876 – 1915

Background

“World’s fair .” Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2014. Web. 28 Sep. 2014.
Great overview and place to start.

Rydell, Robert W. “World’s Fairs.” Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 8. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2003. 558-560. U.S. History in Context. Web. 25 Sept. 2014.
Great overview and place to start.

Time Explains: How the World of Tomorrow Became a Thing of the Past
Time Magazine article and video from April 2014 about the disappearance of the World’s Fair from the United States (we haven’t had one since 1984).

ExpoMuseum
Official Museum of the World’s Fairs

“World’s Fairs.” American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 4: 1930-1939. Detroit: Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context. Web. 25 Sept. 2014.

“World’s Fairs.” American Eras. Vol. 8: Development of the Industrial United States, 1878-1899. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 412-414. U.S. History in Context. Web. 25 Sept. 2014.

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1876 US Centennial Exhibition: Philadelphia

Centennial Exhibition Articles (U.S. History in Context)

Centennial Exhibition (Library of Congress)

1884 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition: New Orleans

Cotton Centennial  (Library of Congress)

1893 World’s Columbian Exposition 1893 Chicago World’s Fair

Columbian Exposition (U.S. History in Context)

Columbian Exposition (Library of Congress)

1898 Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition and Indian Congress: Omaha

Omaha Exposition (U.S. History in Context)

Omaha Exposition (Library of Congress)

1901 Pan-American Exposition: Buffalo

Pan-American Exposition (U.S. History in Context)

Pan-American Exposition (Library of Congress)

1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition – St. Louis World’s Fair

St. Louis World’s Fair (Library of Congress)

St. Louis World’s Fair (U.S. History in Context)
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLroOw6kLnBn5pcTzX9ZoztJBxT9089-Ld

1907 Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition

Jamestown Exposition (Library of Congress)

1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (U.S. History in Context)

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Library of Congress)

Reference

“The World’s Fair and Exposition Information and Reference Guide.” Earth Station Nine. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Sept. 2014.
Includes a bulleted list of trivia and more from each fair.