Illustrations
0.1
The Crystal Palace, London, 1851 (Wikimedia Commons)
0.2
Le Play’s oval Exhibition Palace, surrounded by picturesque national pavilions in a park-like setting at the Universal Exposition, Champs de Mars, Paris, 1867 (Wikimedia Commons)
0.3
Guide to Midway Plaisance, World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (John J. Flynn, Official Guide to the Midway Plaisance, Chicago, 1983; Library of Congress)
0.4
Exposition Internationale de l’Est de la France, Nancy, 1908, general view of the exhibition halls (Wikimedia Commons)
0.5
Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show at the Troy Liberty Bell, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago 1893 (Wikimedia Commons)
0.6
Plan of the Universal Exposition, Paris 1867, indicating the location of each class of products and each participating country in the oval exhibition pavilion (Wikimedia Commons)
0.7
Rotunda Building, main entrance, Vienna World Fair, 1873 (Wikimedia Commons)
0.8
Old Edinburgh, International Exhibition of Science, Art & Industry, Edinburgh, 1886 (www.edinphoto.org.uk)
0.9
Javanese Village, Universal Colonial and Export Exposition, Amsterdam 1883 (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
1.1
Ngram view of the conjunctural use of phrases like “tribune”, “exhibition”, and “platform” in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English-language sources
1.2
Bremen Gewerbeausstellung, 1890 (Wikimedia Commons)
1.3
Ngram view of the rising usage of the word “international” in English-language sources from the mid-nineteenth century on
1.4
Allegories of the six continents, now at the Musée D’Orsay, formerly at the Palais du Trocadéro, where they had been placed for the 1878 world fair (ERNiE image bank)
2.1
Victor Horta, Belgian Pavilion, International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Paris, 1925 (Wikimedia Commons)
2.2
Mies van der Rohe, German pavilion (reconstructed version, 1986), International Exhibition, Barcelona 1929 (Wikimedia Commons)
2.3
Eugène Hénard, Palais d’Electricité (with Château d’Eau by Edmond Paulin), Universal Exposition, Paris 1900 (Wikimedia Commons)
2.4
German Pavilion, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1903 (Wikimedia Commons)
2.5
Manuel Amábilis Domı́nguez, Main entrance of the Mexican pavilion, Ibero-American Exhibition, Seville, 1929 (Wikimedia Commons)
2.6
Anı́bal González Álvarez, Plaza de España, Ibero-American Exposition, Seville 1929 (author’s photograph)
3.1
Crystal Palace Musical Revue at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Photograph, ca. 1939 (Courtesy of Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture; New York)
3.2
Crystal Palace and Latting Observatory, exterior. Photograph attributed to Victor Prevost or P.C. Duchochois, ca. 1853-54 (Gift of Charles Schwartz, 2003. New-York Historical Society, 76411d)
3.3
From Fair to Fair on the Fairway of Time. Commemorative advertising booklet, 1939 (Home Insurance Company)
3.4
Le Globe Céleste, Eiffel Tower and Celestial Globe, Paris. Photograph, ca. 1900 (Brown University Library, Wikimedia Commons)
4.1
Russian fine arts display, Great Exhibition of 1851 (The Illustrated London News 18, 21 June 1851, 598)
4.2
Russian izba, Paris 1867 (L’Illustration 49.1256, 23 March 1867, 184)
4.3
Russian stables, Paris 1867 (L’Illustration 49.1262, 4 May 1867, 277)
4.4
Russian pavilion, Paris 1878 (L’Illustration 72.1849, 3 August 1878, 72)
4.5
Russian Borderlands Pavilion, Paris 1900 (Figaro Illustré, hors série, December 1900, cover)
4.6
Palace of Mining and Metallurgy, Russian section, Paris 1900 (Encyclopédie du siècle. L’Exposition de Paris de 1900, Paris: Montgredien, 1900, 3: 175)
4.7
Peasant arts and crafts display in the Russian village, Paris 1900 (L’Illustration 115.2984, 5 May 1900, 284)
4.8
Central Asian Hall in the Russian Borderlands pavilion (Figaro illustré, hors série, December 1900, 7)
4.9
Russian village and Trans-Siberian panoramic journey, Paris 1900 (Paris 1900. Exposition universelle, Paris: E. Le Deley, 1900, plate 34)
4.10
Russian military exhibits, Paris 1900 (Figaro illustré, hors série, December 1900, 8)
5.1
Cabaret Roumain, Paris World Fair 1889 (George Bibescu, Exposition universelle 1889: La Roumanie avant–pendant–après; Paris, 1889, 131)
5.2
Ion Mincu, Design for the Romanian Restaurant at the Paris World Fair of 1889 (1888; National Art Museum, Bucharest)
5.3
Ion Mincu, “Bufetul de la Șosea” Restaurant, Bucharest, 1892 (“Ion Mincu. Comentariu Critic”, Fundaţia Culturală
META, www.e-architecture.ro)
5.4
Mogoșoaia Palace, Romania (1698-1702) (Zâmbete și sănătate, 17 May 2013, http://zambetsisanatate.ro)
5.5
Romanian section in the Palace of Various Industries, Paris, 1889 (Otto van Bosch et al., Exposition universelle de Paris 1889. Section roumaine; Paris, 1889)
5.6
National Pavilion of Romania, Paris World Fair of 1900 (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
5.7
Romanian lăutari at the Paris World Fair of 1889 (Paris Illustré 87 (1889), 663)
5.8
Publicity poster for the Cabaret roumain (Mutual Art, www.mutualart.com)
6.1
Palace of Fine Arts, Floor Plan, World’s Columbian Exposition (Revised Catalogue of the Department of Fine Arts, Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1893)
6.2
Gallery “G” in the Palace of Fine Arts, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909 (University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections)
6.3
Henri Caro-Delvaille, Lady with the Hydrangeas, 1911 (oil on canvas, 180 × 151.1 cm, Brooklyn Museum)
6.4
Art Gallery in the French Pavilion, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Courtesy Ron Plain)
7.1
Vienna World Fair, 1873 (Austrian National Library)
7.2
Implement to prepare powdered tea, 1872 (Austrian National Library)
7.3
Tea kettles and incense holder from Japan, 1872 (Austrian National Library)
8.1
Sol Bloom, 1923 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
8.2
Streets of Cairo, Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
8.3
George Washington Facing the Trylon and Perisphere at the New York World’s Fair (Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gottscho-Schleisner Collection)
9.1
Colombian section at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889 (Luis Bravo, América y España en la Exposición Universal de Parı́s de 1889; Paris: Paul Dupont, 1890, 85)
9.2
Colombian section at the American Historical Exposition of Madrid, 1892 (Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid)
9.3
Colombian pavilion at the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 (Chicago Tribune, Glimpses of the World’s Fair, 1893)
9.4
Sketch of the Colombian pavilion at the Paris Universal Exposition, 1900 (Revista Ilustrada, 16/17, 30 September 1899, 253)
9.5
Bachué, diosa generatriz de los chibchas, 1925 (Galerı́a Mundo, 2016; Wikimedia Commons)
9.6
Colombian pavilion at the 1929 Seville Exposition (author’s photograph, 2018)
10.1
Luis Márquez, Untitled, New York World’s Fair (in Itala Schmelz (ed.), Luis Márquez in the World of Tomorrow (2012), 146)
10.2
New York World‘s Fair 1939/40, map (www.worldsfairphotos.com)
10.3
Luis Márquez: Tehuana de Fiesta, 1937 (Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll13/item/24)
10.4
Luis Márquez: Cantadores del valle de Mexico, 1937 (Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll13/item/10)
10.5
Luis Márquez, Untitled, New York World’s Fair (in Itala Schmelz (ed.), Luis Márquez in the World of Tomorrow (2012), 135)
10.6
Luis Márquez, Untitled, New York World’s Fair (in Itala Schmelz (ed.), Luis Márquez in the World of Tomorrow (2012), 153)
10.7
Luis Márquez: Interior exhibition view of the Mexican Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair, 1940 in Itala Schmelz (ed.), Luis Márquez in the World of Tomorrow (2012), 20-21)
10.8
Cover, exhibition catalogue for Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1940)
11.1
Façade of the Polish pavilion designed by Józef Czajkowski with Tatra folk details, Paris 1925, DI 67069/3 MNW (National Museum, Warsaw)
11.2
Tatra highlanders’ band at the opening of the Polish pavilion, Paris 1925, NAC, 1-M-756-12 (National Digital Archive)
11.3
Main entrance to the Polish pavilion, Paris 1937. Rotunda designed by Stanisław Brukalski and Bohdan Pniewski (NAC, 1-M-652-38)
11.4
Interior of the Hall of Millenium of the Polish pavilion, Paris 1937, with statues of famous Poles (NAC, 1-M-652-47)
11.5
Opening of the Polish pavilion with the medieval-style tower and statue of king Władysław Jagiełło, New York 1939 (NAC, 1-M-654-30)
11.6
Polish pavilion, New York 1939 (NAC, 1-M-654-40)
11.7
Display of trains and tourist destinations by the Polish Ministry of Communication in the Polish pavilion, New York 1939 (NAC, 1-M-654-55)
11.8
Part of the Polish pavilion devoted to modern industry, New York 1939 (NAC, 1-M-654-61)
12.1
Nazi and Soviet pavilions confronting each other (Press Photography, Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
12.2
Swedish pavilion, façade (Lilly Joseph, ArkDes collection, Sven Ivar Lind’s archive)
12.3
Swedish pavilion, interior (Lilly Joseph, ArkDes collection, Sven Ivar Lind’s archive)
12.4
Swedish pavilion, interior (Lilly Joseph, ArkDes collection, Sven Ivar Lind’s archive)
12.5
Swedish pavilion, exterior (Schneider-Lengyel, ArkDes collection, Sven Ivar Lind’s archive)
12.6
Swedish pavilion, interior (Lilly Joseph, ArkDes collection, Sven Ivar Lind’s archive)
13.1
The German and the Soviet Pavilions at the Paris World Fair, 1937 (1937 postcard)
13.2
Map of the exhibition grounds with the Musée des arts modernes Wikimedia Commons)
13.2
“Making the abstract concrete”: The Salle du folklore (Marianne, 11 August 1937)
13.4
Outline for the exhibition on “Evolution” (Unesco Archives A XII 11: Exposition Internationale, Paris 1937; Participation de la C.N. française et de autre C.N.)
13.5
Cover sheet, programme of the “Mois de la coopération intellectuelle” (Unesco Archives A XII 10: Exposition Internationale de Paris 1937; Participation de l’Organisation int. de coopération intellectuelle)
14.1
Exterior view of the ECSC pavilion. CEAB12-531, p. 94 (HAEU)
14.2
The foyer of the ECSC pavilion. Nicholas Koch-Martin, 1958, CEAB03-1017 (HAEU)
14.3
Display of the Treaty with Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet. B. Lemoine, 1958, CEAB03-1015 (HAEU)
14.4
The Social Section: Display on vocational training. B. Lemoine, 1958, CEAB03-1016 (HAEU)
14.5
Coal miners and hostesses admire modern machinery in the coal mine. B. Lemoine, 1958, CEAB03-1015 (HAEU)
14.6
The ECSC flag at Expo 58. CEAB03-1017 (HAEU)
14.7
The new emblem of the ECSC at Expo 58 CEAB03-1016 (HAEU)
14.8
The European quiz at Expo 58. Photobureau Focus, 9 May 1958, CEAB03-1015 (HAEU)
14.9
Balloon race on Europe Day (9 May) outside the ECSC pavilion. CEAB03-1015 (HAEU)