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Organization and Opening of the Exhibition9  \n2.   Main Exhibition Building29  \n3.   Machinery Hall67  \n4.   Agricultural Hall85  \n5.   Horticultural Hall  \n95  \n6.   Memorial Hall and Art Annex  \n101  \n7.   Ancillary Buildings and Exhibits  \n109  \n## PREFACE\n\nThe Hagley Museum and Library is an internationally regarded research institution whosemission is to collect,preserve,and interpret the unfolding history of American enterprise.It houses important collections of manuscripts,pamphlets,trade catalogs,broadsides,andartifacts documenting the history of American business and technology.The library,foundedby Pierre S.du Pont in 1953 as the Longwood Library,merged with the Hagley Museum,the siteof the original DuPont Company powder works,in 1961.Since then our collections have grownto include more than 30,000 linear feet of manuscript and archives;more than 220,000 books,serial titles,pamphlets,and trade catalogs;and more than one million photographic images.Finally,the museum counts 45,000 historic artifacts,from buildings to tools and machinery.  \nWorld's fairs celebrated progress,promoted the exchange of manufacturing informationand technological advances,introduced new consumer products,and exposed visitors to art,architecture,and new forms of popular amusements.Studying the world's fairs sheds light on theformation of our present culture over time.  \nBecause the world's fairs of the past provide insight into the history of business and technology,the Hagley Museum and Library actively collects exposition-related materials.To that end,inOctober 2003 the library purchased an important collection of printed books,ephemera,andphotographs related to the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.The photographs in this book includemany images from our recent acquisition.In all,Hagley's collections document more than 100different fairs,with thousands of items.  \nWe are grateful to Kathy Buckalew,photographer at the Hagley Museum and Library,for thecare she provided in producing the photographic reproductions in this volume.  \n## INTRODUCTION\n\nThe Centennial Exhibition(formally called the International Exhibition of Arts,Manufactures,and Products of the Soil and Mine),held in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 in1876,acted as a catalyst to an expanding national marketplace and growing consumersociety.Many factors contributed to these changes:population growth,east-to-west andrural-to-urban migrations,a large immigration influx,a well-developed industrial structure,anend to subsistence farming,and a growth in per-capita income.The Centennial Exhibitionrepresented a convergence of technology and the emerging international marketplace into onemajor consumer spectacle of a magnitude unseen before on American shores.  \nThe idea for the Centennial Exhibition came to John L.Campbell,professor of mathematics,natural philosophy,and astronomy at Wabash College in Indiana,while he was lecturing at theSmithsonian Institution in 1866.After four years and four committees working independentlyor jointly,a plan for the fair was presented before the U.S.Congress,and on March 3,1871,legislation was passed to establish the Centennial Commission.The president of the UnitedStates,Ulysses S.Grant,appointed the commissioners,one from each state and territory,uponthe recommendation of the respective governors.  \nWhile the fair was an in","cbCaifDbcADsEnIw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifDbcADsEnIw","pdf",16937520,132,"English","## PREFACE\n## INTRODUCTION\n## Organization and Opening of the Exhibition\n## Main Exhibition Building\n## Machinery Hall\n## Agricultural Hall\n## Horticultural Hall\n## Memorial Hall and Art Annex\n## Ancillary Buildings and Exhibits","[{\"question\":\"What was the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition’s formal name and when was it held?\",\"answer\":\"It was formally called the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, held in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10, 1876.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the exhibition relate to changes in American society and the marketplace?\",\"answer\":\"It acted as a catalyst for an expanding national marketplace and a growing consumer society, influenced by population growth, migration, immigration, industrial structure, the end of subsistence farming, and rising per-capita income.\"},{\"question\":\"Who proposed the idea for the Centennial Exhibition, and how was the commission established?\",\"answer\":\"The idea came from John L. 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