Philadelphia hosted the Centennial International Exposition in 1876, the country's first World Fair, on a sprawling 450-acre campus that drew almost 10 million visitors from 37 countries across ...
If the "serious" exhibits were the meat and potatoes of the World's Fair, the Midway was pure confection. In 1876, the organizers of the Philadelphia fair, not wanting to detract from their ...
Blakely McHugh visited the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem Friday morning to get a preview of the 1876 World's Fair Weekend. The event is from June 10th to the 11th and will ...