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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.
The Great Sanitary Fair in 1864 was the model for the Centennial Exposition; it raised $1,046,859 for medicine and bandages during the American Civil War. Joseph Roswell Hawley, president of the U.S. Centennial Commission A stock certificate for five $10 shares issued by the Centennial Board of Finance
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 February 2025. Large international exhibition Poster advertising the Brussels International Exposition in 1897 A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in ...
While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants. Texas was originally divided into municipalities (municipios in Spanish), a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule.
1.4 Paris Exposition Universelle 1867. ... 1.6 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition 1876. ... This is a list of buildings and structures built for World's Fairs.
Also during the 1870s, Roessler created a map of Texas and 16 maps of Texas counties. [ 1 ] [ 18 ] He published the Texas map in New York City with the assistance of C. V. Mittendorfer. [ 21 ] During this period of his career he also served as secretary of the Texas Land and Immigration Company of New York.
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1867 establishments in Texas (9 P) This page was last edited on 16 October 2022, at 10:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...