The 1876 Worlds Fair . . .

at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia the ticket price was

50 cents,  or $22.22 in 2015 money       see full size

   
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there were 106 public entrance gates,  and 17 wagon gates for supplies
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the main building (careful, you almost stepped in that) was the

largest building in the world at the time ... there were actually five
main buildings plus many pavilions       see full size
      
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1876 Philadelphia Expo main entrance
     
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interior view of the dome in Memorial Hall       see full size

    
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many artworks were displayed

    
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an orchestra gets down to it . . .       see full size
      
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an interior tree
      
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"Hand and power pump exhibit"

      
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"President Grant and the Emperor of Brazil starting the Great Corliss engine" 

which powered everything in the main building

                
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the Great Corliss engine
  
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"H.C. Fox & Sons druggists' and perfumers' glass wares"
      
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a miniature gothic configuration,  and behind him a model of a cathedral
      
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a chemist's display       see full size
      
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"The Hydraulic Basin,  in Machinery Hall"       see full size
      
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the hydraulic basin       see full size
     
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a furniture-maker's display
      
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an actual old windmill,  inside the Agricultural Hall
      
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"Horticultural Hall"       see full size
      
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"Canada Log House"       see full size
      
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"Mississippi Building"       see full size
     
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"Bear Pits,  Zoological Garden"       see full size
      
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the Pomological (fruit) Building ... those parasols were helpful,
as a reportedly serious heat-wave slowed attendance for a time

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we're touring the exhibits,  but we came for the "Monkey House"
      
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before we leave this Centennial Exhibition of 1876,  let's
use the "Department of Public Comfort"       see full size

    

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