Palace of Electricity at the Paris Exposition

Identifier
irn1002800
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.380.1
  • RG-60.1508
Dates
1 Jan 1900 - 31 Dec 1900
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Scope and Content

Panoramic film of the 1900 Paris Exposition of the Palace of Electricity, a pavilion that provided the energy for the other exhibits. Crowd in front of the Palace of Electricity. Row of empty chairs outside. Men stand and look toward the camera. Base of the Eiffel Tower. People stroll. The Palace of Electricity. People walk toward the Palace of Electricity.

Note(s)

  • From the Paper Print Collection at Library of Congress

  • The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from April 15 to November 12, 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many machines, inventions, and architecture that are now nearly universally known, including the Ferris wheel, Russian nesting dolls, diesel engines, talking films, escalators, and the telegraphone (the precursor to modern-day sound recording).

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