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The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was a world's fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was held 100 years after the city's earlier world's fair, the World Cotton Centennial in 1884. The fair was held from May 12 to November 11, 1984, and adopted the theme "The World of Rivers: Fresh Water as a Source of Life," showcasing the ...
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There were other world fairs that followed — the last one on U.S. soil came with the Louisiana World Exposition in 1984 — but none would compare in size or scope to the one in Flushing, Queens ...
Seymore D'Fair (alternatively Seymour D'Fair, and sometimes called Seymore de Faire or Seymour d'Fair) is a cartoon animal and costumed character who was the official mascot of the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. Seymore is an anthropomorphic white pelican who typically wears a blue tuxedo jacket, top hat, spats, and white gloves. His name is ...
The station on the East Bank (of the Mississippi) – the warehouse district converted to be the Exposition site – was located at the foot of Julia Street, adjacent to what became the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center after the fair. The station on the West Bank was located along De Armas [18] Street, located in Algiers.
He wanted to make her an attraction at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition [note 1] but was unable to do so. [1] In February 1989 the former Willow was bought by a United Kingdom based leisure company. They refloated her in July 1989 and transported her to Belgium on a heavy lift ship.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from April 30 to December 1, 1904. Local, state, and federal funds totaling $15 million (equivalent to $509 million in 2023) [ 1 ] were used to finance the event.