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Stereographs of Fairs and Expositions

by The Library of Congress

Step back in time with these stereographic views of World's Fairs, expositions, and exhibitions. Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs, paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually when viewed through a stereoscope.

27 photos · 2.6K views

Swan boat and the Machinery Building, Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Omaha, Neb. (LOC)

Ayrshire Cow, "Daisy Queen" (3 years), first prize, Toronto National Exhibition, 1908 - showing head and frontquarters of dairy type (LOC)

Dancing in a den of lions - a feature of the "Warpath", Jamestown Exposition, Va. (LOC)

[Metropolitan Fair, N.Y. - Soda Water Stand] (LOC)

Quilt exhibit, interior of Negro building, Atlanta Exposition (LOC)

[View of Union Avenue, south side, Lingerie and Trimmings] (LOC)

The International Exhibition of 1862 (LOC)

Registering in the "biggest book" California Exhibit. Agricultural building Louisiana Purchase Exposition (LOC)

Unique California exhibit showing peanut decorations and English walnut elephant Jamestown Exposition (LOC)

Kansas & Colorado State B. - Interior (LOC)

Section of Penn. R. R. tunnel under the Hudson River at N. Y. City, exhibited at World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., 1904. Diameter 21 feet (LOC)

International Exhibition, Phila., Pa.: Japanese Mirror and Bronzes, Main Bldg. (LOC)

Windmill Hill. Louisiana Purchase Exposition (LOC)

At the feet of old Vulcan, Palace of Mines and Metallurgy, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A. (LOC)

An avenue of chrysanthemums, exhibition in Horticulture Hall, Fairmont Park, Phila. (LOC)

Gov't. Building, Dep't. of Education (LOC)

The great ferris wheel, a feature of the Columbian Exposition rebuilt, World's Fair, St. Louis. (LOC)

California's unique dried fruit exhibit, St. Louis World's Fair (LOC)

In the belly of a great fish - U. S. Govt. Bldg., World's Fair, St. Louis, U. S. A. (LOC)

A New York exhibit, Horticultural Building, World's Fair, Chicago, U.S.A. (LOC)

Government building and Bridge of Nations, Portland Exposition, Oregon, U.S.A. (LOC)

Grand night illumination of Bridge of Nations and govt. bldg, Lewis & Clark Exposition, Portland, Ore (LOC)

"Vego King," the man with a bottle, a unique display in the Wash. Bldg., Portland Exh. Portland, Ore. (LOC)

Gondolas on the lagoon, Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Omaha, Neb. (LOC)

Greatest corn exhibit ever made -- Combined Corn States -- Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- (LOC)