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world's fair

noun

  1. a large international exposition with exhibitions of arts, crafts, industrial and agricultural products, scientific achievements, etc.


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of world's fair1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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The Allen Bungalow, which Facebook posts indicate survived the fire, was built around 1904 and looks like Prairie-style architecture, which is not surprising, considering that its owner was Frank Shaver Allen, an architect from Illinois who came to prominence after he was honored at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

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Popular for decades as a street food, America's proudest culinary invention – the hamburger – debuted at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 alongside other novelties such as Dr. Pepper and ice cream.

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In 2017, Crump had a postcareer exhibition at the Oceanside Museum of Art, but Christopher sees “The Lost Exhibition” as a chance to explore his father’s lesser-known early work, before Crump would work on such attractions as the Haunted Mansion and It’s a Small World, the latter of which had its premiere at the 1964 World’s Fair.

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This was all developed and worked out, and by the time the World’s Fair hit, and the ’60s hit, he had a good eight or nine years of messing around, and now he’s blossoming.

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The Eiffel Tower was built in1889 for the World's Fair.

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