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The Exposition Universelle of 1900 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.
The Exhibit of American Negroes was a sociological display within the Palace of Social Economy at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. The exhibit was a joint effort between Daniel Murray , the Assistant Librarian of Congress, Thomas J. Calloway , a lawyer and the primary organizer of the exhibit, and W. E. B. Du Bois .
1801 – Paris, France – Second Exposition (1801). After the success of the exposition of 1798 a series of expositions for French manufacturing followed (1801, 1802, 1806, 1819, 1823, 1827, 1834, 1844 and 1849) until the first properly international (or universal) exposition in France in 1855.
Reulos, Goudeau & Co. invent Mirographe, a 21 mm amateur format.; The Lumière Brothers premiere their new Lumiere Wide format for the 1900 World Fair.At 75 mm wide, it has held the record for over 100 years as the widest format yet developed.
The "palais des illusions" was a major attraction at the 1900 Paris world fair. It was a very large hall covered with mirrors, and designed to produce the illusion of depth. This was combined with an electrical lightning system, which was one of the major technological innovations presented at the fair.
The World's fairs were a world forum for nations, both Eastern world and Western world, in which the scientific, technological and artistic advances of modernity were displayed. Paris was one of the most famous hosts in the 19th century, since they held these events with an almost exact periodicity of 11 years between each fair, thus earning ...
The Mirographe, sold by Reulos, Goudeau and Co. around 1900, [1] was, with the Chrono Pocket Gaumont, one of the French amateur film cameras to use the reduced format. Film stock [ edit ]
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