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1867 US International Exhibition Package Ticket No. 5722 Grades Select CU

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1867 US International Exhibition Package Ticket No. 5722 Grades Select CU
1867 US International Exhibition Package Ticket No. 5722 Grades Select CU. Admission to the fair was fifty cents for the general public, but exhibitors received free entry. Once admitted, visitors had to navigate the overwhelming spaces (the Main Exhibition Building, for example, stretched 1,880 feet in length) and the sheer number of displays (more than 30,000 businesses exhibited). They could use published catalogs that listed the classifications of products (e.g. Silk and Silk Fabrics) along with the building in which they were displayed, and in varying detail the location of an exhibitor within the building. The Centennial Exhibition reflected a growing consumer and leisure culture of the mid-late 19th century. Never before had consumers been able to view so many practical and luxurious commodities from so many countries in one place. Manufacturers, dealers, and exhibitors of tens of thousands of products competed for the attention of prospective buyers by handing out printed circulars, trade cards, catalogs, and other advertising ephemera. The surviving documents generated by the exhibitors provide a sense of the extensive scope, size, and impact of the event.