Sesquicentennial Exposition
The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose was to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the 50th anniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition.
An engraved invitation to the opening ceremonies of the 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1926
The 1926 Sesqui-Centennial Exposition grounds
The Gold Medal of Award sculpted by Albert Laessle
The 80-foot (24 m) tall illuminated Liberty Bell spanning Broad Street
The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10, 1876. It was the first official world's fair to be held in the United States, and coincided with the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence's adoption in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776.
An illustration of opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia on May 10, 1876
The Great Sanitary Fair in 1864 was the model for the Centennial Exposition; it raised $1,046,859 for medicine and bandages during the American Civil War.
Joseph Roswell Hawley, president of the U.S. Centennial Commission
A stock certificate for five $10 shares issued by the Centennial Board of Finance
