I've always loved design and art history, so here is an image dump of World Expositions!!
P.S. World Fair 2012 is currently undergoing in Yeosu, South Korea until August (pictured above). Unfortunately, I didn't get to make it there during my trip to S. Korea, but I heard all about it from my grandmother, who thoroughly enjoyed it.
--Michi
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| World's first expo in London; The Crystal Palace, 1851. |
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| Brussels, 1858 |
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| Paris, 1889 |
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| Chicago, 1893--First ferris wheel |
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| San Francisco, 1915, Tower of Jewels |
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| NYC, "The World of Tomorrow," 1939 |
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| Montreal, 1967, Buckminster Fuller here with his geodesic dome |
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| First expo in Japan--Osaka, 1970, first imax film and early mobile phones |
