An Army encampment from the a company of the 11th United States Infantry at the Great Lakes Exposition.

The INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION OF 1909 was a massive exhibit of Cleveland manufacture that showcased the products of Cleveland industries. The exhibition, planned in 1908 by the Chamber of Commerce as an ...

The Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1906. Library of Congress. Plans for an international exhibition to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal were first discussed in 1904 — a decade ...

It can be argued that the Pan American Exposition of 1901 was one of the defining moments of arts and culture in Buffalo. This legendary event brought immense recognition to the Queen City at the dawn ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Carl Sandburg called the city “Hog butcher for the world” — and was awarded a $200 prize — for his 1914 poem “Chicago.” For stock men and women, cowboys, ...

The Grand Court at the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha. The Greater America Exposition of 1899 was hastily organized after some civic leaders couldn't stomach the notion of tearing down the ...

The Grand Plaza in front of the Administration Building, seen on Chicago Day, Oct. 9, 1893, the twenty-second anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The Administration Building was a ...

Midget Village, on stage in front of a crowd, Balboa Park Expo 1935-36. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Historical Society) Balboa Park in San Diego is widely celebrated for its stunning gardens, ...