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	World's Columbian Exposition
		Exposition backers also were also motivated by the prospect of securing greater prestige for themselves and for their cities.
		Concerns about the power of the exposition to shape the future were also apparent in the struggles fought by African Americans and women over their representation at the fair.
		Forty years later, the promoters of the Century of Progress Exposition made clear their indebtedness to the 1893 fair when they triggered the opening of their exposition with a beam of starlight that left Arcturus the same year that the World's Columbian Exposition had illuminated Chicago's skies.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/1386.html (2033 words)

	World Exposition EXPO 2000 in Germany \| Facts About Germany
		For the first time in the history of World Expositions, EXPO 2000 will link the central venue of the World Exposition in Hanover with projects in the Hanover region, in Germany and all over the world.
		With this core element of the exposition, EXPO 2000 Hannover GmbH is providing a platform for international institutions, scientific centers, firms and private individuals to present their ideas and blueprints for a future in which human- kind can live in harmony with nature.
		According to the regulations of the Bureau International des Expositions, which awards the World Expositions on the basis of international conventions, the Federal Government is obligated to appoint a Commissioner General.
	europe-chronicle.com /germany-facts/info/world-exposition-expo-2000-in-germany (1399 words)

	HD World Conference & Exposition
		HD World is a member of the CCW (Content and Communications World) family of events and is co-located with the IP Media Expo and SATCON.
		The recent HD World was twice the size of the previous event, with exhibitors raving about the leads they got.
		Over 90% of the exhibit space for the 2008 event has already been reserved, which is a testimonial to the success exhibitors had at HD World.
	www.hdworldshow.com (294 words)

	TOP \| Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70
		The first world exposition to be staged in Asia, Expo '70, featuring the theme of "progress and harmony for mankind," was held over the 183-day period of March 15th-September 13th.
		Festive events held in the outdoor spaces and halls proved perfect representations of "the harmony of mankind." A host of attractions were staged primarily at the Festival Plaza, while some were held at the Expo Hall, the Water Stage, the Festival Hall, the outdoor theater, and more, with the total number of performances reaching 2,880.
		Yet, to make way for the exposition, and the kind of affluent urban life that the people dreamed of, this environment was destroyed.
	www.expo70.or.jp /e (768 words)

	carp forum peche carpe expo - world carp show International exposition pêche à la carpe Paris
		Exposition internationale de peche à la carpe à Paris 2007!
		Elle est appelée exposition internationale de pêche à la carpe car elle est destinée à la pêche de la carpe à travers l’Europe entière et le Royaume-Uni – au final c’est une démonstration internationale de peche carpe !
		Exposition internationale de pêche à la carpe - peche expo Paris 10/11 Novembre 2007
	www.expoeventmanagement.com /carpeexpositionpeche (262 words)

	The World's Columbian Exposition The Chicago World's Fair of 1893
		The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, was a landmark event in American history and culture.
		Named in honor of Christopher Columbus, the Fair was a means of celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the New World and promoting the progress of man in science, industry, and culture since that historic event.
		After the Exposition closed, it was dismantled and moved to Chicago's North Side.
	www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/chicagowfair/worldsfair.html (709 words)

	Nature's Wisdom Celebrated at 2005 World Exposition
		Agreement to revise the original plan to hold the exposition in the Kaisho Forest, a habitat of the rare goshawk, was reached in April 2000 to accommodate the concerns of the International Bureau of Exhibitions about the impact of the event on the environment of the forest.
		The exposition is now using a part of the forest, and the Expo sites preserve their natural conditions to the maximum extent possible, the first such attempt in EXPO history, organizers said.
		The Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition has continued to evaluate the environmental impact of vibration and noise caused by construction work, speaker sounds accompanying events during the EXPO term, and lighting radiated into the air at night, to minimize such impact.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/mar2005/2005-03-28-02.asp (1555 words)

	World Columbian Expo by art historian Dr. Lori
		A main attraction of the World Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, was George Ferris' technological wonder.
		While the Ferris Wheel attracted many to the Fair in Jackson Park, other attractions were of interest to visitors from around the globe including the lions and tigers, the exhibition halls and the state buildings constructed to represent the best aspects of the industries and people of the individual states of the United States.
		The World Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893, in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas.
	www.drloriv.com /lectures/world.htm (906 words)

	World's Fair and Exposition Collectibles-Index
		The World of Science, Art and Industry Illustrated from examples in the New York Exhibition, 1853-54.
		The Centennial Exposition - Described and Illustrated - Ingram.
		World's Columbian Exposition 1893 - Beaded Metal Purse.
	www.the-forum.com /collect/worldfai.htm (429 words)

	Progress Made Visible: American World's Fairs and Expositions
		Among the many autographs of now-unknown dignitaries, is the signature of Frederick Douglass who attended the Exposition as the representative of the country of Haiti.
		World's Congress of Representative Women Chicago, Ill. Programme of the World's Congress of Representative Women, May 15 to 21, inclusive, 1893, Memorial Art Palace, Chicago.
		The Columbian Exposition was the first World's Fair with a separate amusement area.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/exhibits/fairs/colum.htm (1082 words)

	World's Columbian Exposition
		The WCC quickly laid the groundwork for the exposition and formally notified the President of the United States that all of the preliminary requirements of the Congressional act had been fulfilled.
		Karl Bitter was the director os sculpture at the 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo (New York), the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis (Missouri), and the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.
		Total cost for the exposition was $27,245,566.90, excluding the $3-4 million spent by state, federal, and foreign governments on their exhibit buildings.
	users.vnet.net /schulman/Columbian/columbian.html (2755 words)

	Women's Building: 1893 World's Exposition
		One source claims that her mural was never shown at the World Fair because of the anachronistic error of showing tree stumps sawn smooth rather than roughly axed by the Pilgrims, but photos of the Honor of Gallery in the Women's Building show her mural on the wall.
		According to one source, "In the central oval, enclosed by a wreath of white lilies, literature is typified by a shapely woman, science by a man in scholastic garb, and imagination by an angel with its outstretched wings.
		Inspired by the embroideries she saw at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Wheeler professionalized the role of women in decorative design by founding the Society of Decorative Art in New York and the Women's Exchange, a self-help organization which taught women applied arts and thus gave them a means of economic independence.
	members.cox.net /academia/cassatt5.html (1626 words)

	Tesla Memorial Society of New York
		was the genius who lit the world, whose discoveries in the field of alternating polyphase current electricity advanced the United States and the rest of the world into the modern industrial era.
		He is the first scientist in the world to use the Ionosphere for scientific purposes (The Ionosphere is the upper part the atmosphere under constant bombardment of solar energy, which breaks down molecules into ions causing an ionized shield of our atmosphere, very important for radio communications).
		The World Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 was the World's Fair commemorating 400 years since Chrstopher Columbys set foot in the New World.
	www.teslasociety.com (6331 words)

	History Files - The World's Columbian Exhibition
		The World's Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America, was actually held in 1893, a year later than had been planned.
		The exposition occupied 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance.
		The main site was bounded by Stony Island Avenue on the west, 67th Street on the south, Lake Michigan on the east, and 56th Street on the north (see map).
	www.chicagohs.org /history/expo.html (180 words)

	Expo 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (EXPO 2005 Aichi) Expo2005.com
		Expo 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (EXPO 2005 Aichi) Expo2005.com
		Expo 2005 offers to the people of the world an opportunity to come together and discuss the many global issues that face humankind.
		It is a place to bring together the world's talent to create a model community for the future where humans can live in harmony with nature.
	www.expo2005.com (132 words)

	The White City: 1893 World's Exposition
		Having made rather poor showings in earlier international expositions, America was especially eager to establish itself as a significant force in the art world.
		To the emerging urban planners and reformers, the 1893 Exposition was also an exciting opportunity to advance their ideas about "the city beautiful." With its coordinated layout and styles, the "White City" would become the model for city planning in Washington, D.C. and for public buildings in general for at least the next fifty years
		Despite the variety of opinions, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and Fair in Chicago was one of the great cultural events of the Nineteenth Century--not to be missed, whether the viewers loved it or quarreled with it.
	members.cox.net /academia/cassatt8.html (1303 words)

	World's Columbian Exposition - Chicago World's Fair (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The World's Parliament of Religions and articles from Catholic World about Catholic exhibits at the fair.
		Women's participation in the 1893 World's Fair, the first to highlight American women's new roles in society and to feature a distinct Woman's Building and Board of Lady Managers.
		World's Fairs & Expositions, edited by Jim Zwick.
	www.boondocksnet.com /expos/columbian.html (254 words)

	World's Columbian Exposition
		Not only did the Exposition provide a subject for countless pages of "official" guidebooks, editorial responses, and novelized depictions (Dybwad & Bliss, 1992), it also spurred the City Beautiful movement that dominated twenty years of architectural practice and inspired generations of planners (Throgmorton, 1996).
		In most of the popular press, the WCE epitomized to America and the world the inevitable betterment of humankind that would follow the embrace of civilization and science, the twin gods of progress.
		Scott Hancock's 1893 World's Fair-Book - "The Columbian Exposition was America's coming of age party, and for a moment in time the Fair arguably held the best of what America was, - and the dreams of what could be."
	www.sjsu.edu /faculty/wooda/wce.html (1030 words)

	1893 World's Columbian Exposition Introduction
		The 1893 Columbian Exposition, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery, showcased the innovative wonders of the 19th century.
		Congress saw the Columbian Exposition as an opportunity to display the growing economic and industrial strength of the United States.
		To maintain their color, the use of coal was banned during the Exposition.
	www.crawforddirect.com /chicago.html (691 words)

	Firehouse World Exposition and Conference - Home - Education, Training, and Exhibits for Firefighter, Rescue, and EMS ...
		Firehouse World Exposition and Conference - Home - Education, Training, and Exhibits for Firefighter, Rescue, and EMS Professionals
		On-line registration for Firehouse World 2009 is under construction.
		All certificates must be printed by April 22, 2008.
	www.firehouseworld.com (255 words)

	RFID 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Truly an industry event, RFID World is the place many critical industry groups will hold annual business meetings and member gatherings.
		If you are a member of one of these organizations, plan accordingly to meet and network with your colleagues while at RFID World.
		Continuing a tradition that began with the first RFID World show in 2003, the 2005 edition of the show will once again feature a jam band comprised of RFID industry insiders, playing during the Networking reception on the evening of March 2.
	www.rfid-world.com /rfid05/default.asp (427 words)

	World's Columbian Exposition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		n the context of the development of the tall office building, the architecture of the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893, with its dominant classical themes, appeared to some observers to be regressive rather than progressive.
		A number of American visitors were captivated by what they saw at the Exposition and took the architecture and planning models back home with them.
		Other Exposition buildings designed by MIT alumni/ae included the Women's Building by Sophia Hayden Bennett, the Vermont Building by William Welles Bosworth, and Joseph Lyman Silsbee's West Virginia Building.
	web.mit.edu /museum/chicago/exposition.html (385 words)

	EXPO 86 -- Main Menu (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was a microcosm of the cold war world of 1986.
		From such disasters as the Chernobyl and Challenger explosions to the Imelda Marcos shoe scandal; from the appearance of Halley's comet to the unveiling of the renovated Statue of Liberty -- Expo 86, in one way or another, was linked to many world events in 1986.
		In addition to the usual barrage of facts and figures, these pages try to capture the mood of the World's Fair.
	www.geocities.com /exposcruff/index2.html (213 words)

	History Files - The World's Columbian Exposition
		A History of the World's Columbian Exposition Held in Chicago in 1893.
		Classification of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893.
		Although the Chicago newspapers of the period are not indexed, The New York Times Index provides access to coverage of the Exposition.
	www.chicagohs.org /history/expo/exbibl.html (253 words)

	World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Colored Commissioners to be Elected to World's Exposition
		By H. Smith, Assistant Commissioner, Cleveland Gazette (Nov. 8, 1884), a call for African American exhibits for the World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition held in New Orleans in 1885, at The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920.
		Cleveland Gazette (Dec. 13, 1884), a report on planned exhibits for the World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition, at The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920.
	www.boondocksnet.com /expos/neworleans.html (486 words)

	WiMAX World Conference & Exposition 2005 - Conference Overview
		The rich and comprehensive conference program, accompanied by the exposition featuring virtually all of the key WiMAX players, will be an invaluable aid to making those decisions and understanding how WiMAX will develop in its critical year, 2006.
		As well as appealing to alternative operators and WISPs, the big name service providers are also taking an interest, with the likes of Sprint, ATandT and British Telecom all conducting trials, looking to use WiMAX to extend access, launch new services and improve backhaul for other systems.
		Many uncertainties remain of course, from spectrum policy around the world to the response of the 3G community and the timescale for full mobility.
	www.wimaxworld.com /overview.htm (936 words)

	Chicago: 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
		Designed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus, it was also to bring attention to the enterprise and ingenuity of Chicagoans and the phenomenal growth of their city.
		New York was a strong contender for the location of the exposition but Chicago's energy and determination eventually secured the vote of Congress in favor of that city.
		The Exposition opened May 1, 1893, ran for six months and attracted 27,539,000 visitors--almost half of the total number of people then living in the United States.
	www.chipublib.org /004chicago/timeline/columbianx.html (185 words)

	1984 World's Fair @ streetcarmike.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New Orleans hosted the World's Fair during the summer of 1984.
		Tons of money were poured into the venture, but I guess not enough advertising was done to get people into the place.
		Exhibits from around the world brought us closer together (I have swamp land for sale too).
	www.streetcarmike.com /worldsfair.html (550 words)

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