Paris: Exposition Universelle de 1900
April 15, 1900 to November 12, 1900
Along with the fair, the city also hosted the second Olympic games of the modern era, which were the first to take place outside of Greece. This led to other countries hosting the games.
The High Jump, Paris Olympics (olympics.org)
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Main Entrance (Porte Monumentale) (National Gallery of Art 1900)
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A newspaper article regarding the champions from the Olympics (olympics.org)
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This World's Fair was the largest ever held in Paris containing about 80,000 different exhibits and several major inventions including X-rays, wireless telegraphy, bicycles, automobiles, turbines, electric lighting, the moving sidewalk and cinema.
Le Palais de l’électricité et le château d’eau (Brown University Library)
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Paul Morand, a contemporary chronicler of the exposition, dubbed electricity "the religion of 1900." The Palace of Electricity was lit up by only electric bulbs. |
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The moving sidewalk was first created for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago but has become a significant aspect of the Exposition Universelle de 1900. |
Moving Sidewalk (Trottoir Roulant) (National Art Gallery 1900)
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An advertisement for the Cinéorama (fineartamerica.com 1900)
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"Another hit, the Cinéorama, used phonograph music, colored filmstrips, and ten synchronized projectors on a 360-degree screen to simulate a balloon ride in a vivid demonstration of the possibilities afforded by new technologies of entertainment." (Anthony Swift; Europe 1789-1914: Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire) |
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