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The Philadelphia World Exposition 1876
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Year: | 1876 | | City: | Philadelphia | | Country: | USA | | Duration: | 10th May - 10th November 1876
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Copyright: McCabe 1876, S. 53 |
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Facts and Figures
Official title: Centennial Exhibition. International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine
Theme: Centennial celebration of American independence and the Declaration of Independence of 4 July 1276
Landmark: Independence Hall with the table on which the Declaration of Independence was signed
Location: Fairmount Park, north-west of Philadelphia
Duration: 10 May – 10 November 1876 (180 days)
Area: 115 hectares, of which 28.9 hectares for buildings
Exhibitors: 30,864, of which 8,175 from America
Visitors: ten million, of which 8 million paying
Entrance fee: 50 cents, free entry for workers and exhibition personnel
Spending: Eight million dollars
Income: (tickets and concessions) 3,7 million dollars
Deficit: approximately four million dollars
Organisation: Commission with 93 members
President: General Joseph R. Hawley
Director General: Alfred T. Goshorn
Director of Finance: John Welsh
Chief architect: Hermann Josef Schwarzmann
Participating nations: 35, of which 33 official participants
Pavilions: 45, of which 11 Nations’ Pavilions, 24 pavilions of US states and private pavilions, seven government pavilions
Classification: 7 categories, 340 subdivisions
Jury: 233 members, of which 115 Americans, appointed by the Exhibition Commission
Awards: 13,104 diplomas, of which 5,302 to Americans and 1,621 to exhibitors from Great Britain
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