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Parsons' Class Schedule
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Ellis Island Notes
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| ..CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION: 1876 |
The International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine opened in Philadelphia in the spring of 1876.
It celebrated the 100th anniversary of American independence, the country's emergence from Reconstruction, successes in science, the success of industry, and cultural exchange.
The Centennial became a triumph of ideas and of things. All the states and most nations were represented in more than 30,000 displays, at least a quarter of them belonging to the United States, whose facility at the Centennial covered two acres. The Smithsonian shared the U.S. Government Building, put up at a cost of $110,000, with the departments of War, Interior, Navy, Treasury, Agriculture, and the Post Office.
These had real competition among the engineering marvels of the age: electric lights and elevators powered by the 1,400-horsepower Corliss; locomotives; and all manner of engineering feats heralding the rise of technology that would dominate American society in the future. The Smithsonian's displays of natural phenomena, including new agricultural products, "was considered by all visitors, as decidedly the best part of the International Exhibition."
Other cool inventions spotlighted were: the typewriter, Heinz Ketchup, root beer, and the telephone! |
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