Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.) Search this
Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.) Search this
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) Search this
Scottish National Exposition (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1908) Search this
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Search this
Sydney International Exhibition (Sydney, Australia: 1879) Search this
Texas Centennial Central Exposition (Dallas, Texas: 1936) Search this
Universal Exhibition (1873 : Vienna, Austria) Search this
Western Pennsylvania Exposition (1915 : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Search this
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Search this
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.) Search this
Extent:
46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 150 map-folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Motion pictures (visual works)
Postcards
Greeting cards
Stationery
Panoramas
Sheet music
Posters
Shopping bags
Photographs
Stereographs
Menus
Place:
Disneyland (California)
Date:
1841-1988
Scope and Contents:
Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series.
Series 1: World's Fair Materials, 1841-1988
Series 2: Reference and Miscellaneous Materials
Series 3: Larry Zim Materials
Series 4: Oversize Materials, 1909-1968
Biographical / Historical:
Larry Zim, whose actual name was Larry Zimmerman, was an industrial designer, a historian of World's Fairs who wrote extensively on the subject, and a collector of World's Fair memorabilia.
Provenance:
Collection by bequest of Larry Zim.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Crystal Palace -- (New York, New York) Search this
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931) Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 14 x 10 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Burundi
Burundi -- Bujumbura Mairie -- Bujumbura
Date:
[ca. 1931]
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Femme Sorcière. Usumbura. Allard L'Olivier." Stamped text on verso reads: "Croix Rouge du Congo." Postmarked and stamped on verso, "Exposition Coloniale Internationale, Paris, 1931."
Translated caption reads, "Woman sorceress, Usumbura." Translated verso text reads: "Congo Red Cross."
Local Numbers:
EEPA BD-23-01
General:
Title source: Postcard
Numbering Peculiarities Note:
Verso labeled with former accession number: 1985-148009
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Nederland te Parijs 1931 : gedenkboek van de nederlandsche deelneming aan de internationale koloniale tentoonstelling / samengesteld door H.H. Zeijlstra
Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931) -- Pictorial works Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic album (135 photographic prints on 35 leaves, b&w, 26 x 34 cm.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic albums
Photograph albums
Place:
Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works
Date:
[1931-1932]
Summary:
Photograph album, containing amateur snapshots taken at the Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931), together with some photographs of the demolition of the fairground buildings in late 1932.
General note:
Handwritten t.p. inserted at front of album, probably by the compiler.
Album signed at end, next to a candid photographic portrait of the apparent compiler, Mme A. Jacquier.
Each photograph has a brief caption in white ink handwritten by the compiler.
Local Notes:
CHMRB copy 39088016106916 has a handwritten contents sheet tipped in at front (1 sheet ([2] p.), probably provided by a later source than the compiler?).
CHMRB copy is the gift of Bernard Rosenfeld.
CHMRB copy has a commercially produced binding of brown book cloth, embossed in a python-skin pattern, stab-sewn with brown cord through two punched holes.
Topic:
Zoo animals -- France -- Paris -- Pictorial works Search this
Exhibitions -- France -- Paris -- Pictorial works Search this
