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DEC PDP-12 at the first VCF East, Marlborough, Massachusetts, (2001) Brian Kernighan interviews Ken Thompson at VCF East 2019. The Vintage Computer Festival (VCF) is an international event celebrating the history of computing.
The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition, acronym AYP or AYPE, was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. It was originally planned for 1907 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush , but the organizers learned of the Jamestown Exposition being held that same year and rescheduled.
The vast majority (nearly 75%) of visitors were from the Pacific Northwest, with almost half being local residents. [41] In all 2,554,000 people visited the exposition, with 966,000 getting in for free and 1,588,000 paying visitors. [34] 135,000 visitors were from east of the Mississippi River. [9]
The Exposition Flyer was a passenger train jointly operated by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q), Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW), and Western Pacific (WP) railroads between Chicago and Oakland, California, for a decade between 1939 and 1949, before being replaced by the famed California Zephyr.
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EXPO Chicago is held at Navy Pier. Art Chicago was founded as an American version of the Art Basel contemporary art exposition in 1980. Founded by Michigan print dealer John Wilson, Chicago International Art Exposition premiered in May at Navy Pier. The show attracted 80 dealers and 10,000 visitors. It was the first such modern fair in North ...
The organization was formally reincorporated as the Pacific National Exhibition in 1955. [4] Crowds at the 2016 PNE. The highest attendance at the fair was recorded in 1986, with 1.1 million guests visiting the PNE, [2] most likely due to Expo 86 that was occurring at the time.