Smithsonian Collections Online: World's Fairs and Expositions, Visions of Tomorrow (via Gale Scholar Accelerate Program)

Available at : Online Access
Off-campus Access Rights : P - PolyU Staff/Students only
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Smithsonian Collections Online: World's Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow gives researchers access to primary source documents about landmark exhibits from 1840 to 1923. With content types ranging from organizational and administrative records to postcards to Books of the Fairs and watercolors from the exhibitions, this archive captures the spirit, technology, design, and innovations that influenced the modern world.


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