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
1 Photographic print (Silver albumen on paper, Image 8-3/8" x 11-1/16", mounted on board, 12-1/4" x 15-1/2".)
Container:
Oversize 72, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Paris (France) -- 1890-1900
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Date:
1889
Scope and Contents:
Sculpture and fountain in foreground, Eiffel Tower in background. Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
AC0060-0000886.tif (Nonacc. no.)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Series 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.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: World Expositions, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer) Search this
Names:
Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France) Search this
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.) Search this
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 Search this
Collection Creator:
Hammer, William J. (William Joseph), 1858-1934 (electrical engineer) Search this
Extent:
2 Boxes (Approx. 150 photographs)
Container:
Box 98
Box 99
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Place:
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Paris (France)
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- 1900-1910
Berlin (Germany)
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Date:
[1881-1904]
Scope and Contents:
Approx. 150 photographs of five World's Fairs: the Exposition Universelle (Paris 1889); the Berlin Exposition (1883, with an 1881 photograph); the London Crystal Palace Exposition (1882); the 1884 Philadelphia fair; the St. Louis fair, 1904; etc. Edison's inventions are numerous, but other scenes, such as the Eiffel Tower, are also included.
Local Numbers:
85-8784 (OIPP Neg.)
General:
Photographs in boxes 98-99, Series 4, Photographs.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection 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.
Revue technique de l'Exposition universelle de 1889 / par un comité d'ingénieurs de professeursd'architectes et de constructeurs ; Ch. Vigreux, fils, ingénieur des arts et manufactures, inspect eur du service mécanique et electrique à l'Exposition Universelle de 1889, secrétaire de la rédaction
Author:
Congrès International de Mʹecanique Appliquʹee (1889 : Paris, France) Search this
When the Eiffel Tower was new : French visions of progress at the Centennial of the Revolution / Miriam R. Levin ; with an introduction by Gabriel P. Weisberg
Essai sur l'histoire des panoramas et des dioramas [microform] : extrait des rapports du Jury international de lÉxposition universelle de 1889 / par Germain Bapst ; avec illustrations inédites de m. Édouard Detaille
Association littéraire & artistique internationale [microform] : son histoire, ses travaux / préface, par Louis Ratisbonne ; statuts et liste de membres les Congrés, par Jules Lermina ; resumé, par Eugène Pouillet
Spezial-Katalog der osterreichisch-ungarischen Section der Welt-Ausstellung Paris, 1889 [microform] / Im Auftrage des Oesterr.-Ung. General-Comités der 1889 er Pariser Welt-Ausstellung redigirt und zusammengestellt von Max Dubsky