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  2. List of world's fairs - Wikipedia

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    1925 – San Francisco, California, United States – California's Diamond Jubilee (1925) 1925 – Paris, France – International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts [71] 1925–1926 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition [71]

  3. Time in France - Wikipedia

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    Before 1891, each town and city in Metropolitan France had its own time based on local solar time.In 1891, to avoid complications with railway timetables, time was unified in Metropolitan France and based on the solar time at the Paris Observatory — the Paris meridian being approximately 2°20′ east of the Greenwich meridian, Paris mean solar time was 9 minutes 21 seconds ahead of ...

  4. History of San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The Streets of San Francisco: Policing and the Creation of a Cosmopolitan Liberal Politics, 1950–1972. Bean, Walton (1967). Boss Rueff's San Francisco: The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution. Carlsson, Chris; Elliott, LisaRuth (2011). Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968–1978.

  5. Golden Gate International Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) was a World's Fair held at Treasure Island in San Francisco, California, U.S.The exposition operated from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25, 1940, through September 29, 1940; it drew 17 million visitors to Treasure Island. [1]

  6. Air France - Wikipedia

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    At that time the network covered 160,000 km, claimed to be the longest in the world. [17] Société Nationale Air France was set up on 1 January 1946. European schedules were initially operated by a fleet of Douglas DC-3 aircraft. On 1 July 1946, Air France started direct flights between Paris and New York via refuelling stops at Shannon and ...

  7. City of Paris Dry Goods Co. - Wikipedia

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    The sign on the building's roof. The store's history is rooted in the 1849 California Gold Rush.The company was founded by Felix and Emile Verdier in May 1850 [2] when Emile arrived in the San Francisco Harbor on a chartered ship, the Ville de Paris (City of Paris), loaded with silks, laces, fine wines, champagne, and Cognac.

  8. Red-eye flight - Wikipedia

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    With a flight time of four to five hours and a two-hour time difference, ... Paris, and Dublin between 0500 and 1200 local time ... San Francisco, or Seattle between ...

  9. Kadist - Wikipedia

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    KADIST hosts exhibitions by artists and curators, often in coordination with their residency program. Exhibitions are located at their Paris and San Francisco galleries. KADIST organizes curatorial collaborations with art spaces internationally, such as the 2024 Feet Under Fire: On Dispossession exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art ...