“The Children’s World Fair would have been held in Fairmount Park, the same site where the 1876 World’s Fair, also known as the Centennial International Exhibition, gathered nearly 10 ...

If the "serious" exhibits were the meat and potatoes of the World's Fair, the Midway was pure confection. In 1876, the organizers of the Philadelphia fair, not wanting to detract from their ...

According to West Philadelphia Collaborative History site ( collaborativehistory.gse.upenn.edu ), the event was held in West Fairmount Park and showcased the U.S.’s industrial achievements on the 100 ...

Like the 1876 Centennial Exposition before it ... An arrangement of buildings around a terrace had been used at the last World's Fair, in Paris of 1889 -- but the Chicago site was four times ...