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    The Exposition Universelle of 1889 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1889 Paris Exposition, was a world's...
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    World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the...
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    The Exposition Universelle of 1900 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's...
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    The rue de l'Avenir (lit. Street of the future) was an electric moving walkway installed at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. It ran along the...
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    fair" is commonly used in the United States, while the French term, Exposition universelle ("universal exhibition") is used in most of Europe and Asia; other...
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    The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United...
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  • List of world's fairs (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Melbourne Exhibition (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855)) 1855 – Paris, France – Exposition Universelle (1855) 1856 – Brussels, Belgium – International...
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    newly constructed Palacio de Cristal del Retiro. At both the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the 1901 Pan-American Exposition Little Egypt, a bellydancer...
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  • and the Exposition Universelle, Paris in 1900. Bièvre died on 7 October 1940 in Elsene. An Interior Nature morte Stillleben mit Azalee "Marie De Bievre"...
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  • The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) sanctions world expositions. Some have been recognised retrospectively because they took place before the...
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    Navy submarine Plongeur, a model of which he had seen at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, three years before writing his novel. Nautilus is described by...
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    cabaret. His work was featured at the Exposition Universelle de Paris, and in 1901 he was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for his contribution...
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    Jules Coutan (category Prix de Rome for sculpture)
    Prix de Rome in 1872; after his return to Paris he executed the fountain group France Bearing the Torch of Civilization for the Exposition Universelle (1889)...
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    Art Nouveau (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    millions of visitors to the city's 1900 Exposition Universelle. Main entrance to the Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle The Bigot Pavilion, showcasing the work...
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    wristwatch, which is operated by rotating the bezel. In the 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle, Patek Philippe devoted a showcase to these ball-form timepieces...
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    medal, Exposition Universelle, (Anvers, 1885) Gold medal, Exposition Universelle (1889, Paris) Leroudier (Mme) (1892). La Broderie artistique de Mme Leroudier...
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    participated in the Salons de la Rose + Croix in 1892, 1893, 1896 and 1897, and presented prints from Parsifal at the Exposition Universelle (1900), winning a...
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    French submarine Plongeur (launched in 1863) figured at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, where Jules Verne examined it, inspiring him while writing the...
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    dance she had first performed at the Exposition Universelle in 1900, a Second Empire scene, and "la Valse 1900". de Mérode later reflected, “I was wearing...
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    1893. The project was distinguished with the Gold Medal of the Éxposition universelle of Paris 1878. The aqueduct is still in operation. For his merits...
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    "Repose at the farm". He also won silver medals at the 1889 and 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Moreau became a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1892...
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    silver medal at the Exposition Universelle (1889), and had a small showing at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893). For several years,...
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    there annually until 1930. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. He was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1908. His...
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    the Universal Exposition of 1878 that surrounded the enormous Palais de Trocadéro, which served as the main building for the exposition. He filled the...
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  • exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the 1889 Exposition Universelle and the 1900 Exposition Universelle, both in Paris. Weyl...
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    Games were organized by the organizing committee of the Exposition Universelle, who disagreed with de Coubertin's ideas and subsequently fired him, nor were...
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    the International Horse Show in Paris. The event was part of the Exposition Universelle, and later classified as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics. Montesquiou's...
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  • 1890. She exhibited her work at The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, and her treatise was included in the...
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    Mother 1889 - Silver Medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris 1900 - Gold medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris 1875 - Société des Artistes...
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    designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. Nearly 10 million visitors attended the exposition, and 37 countries participated in it. The Great Central Fair on Logan...
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