Spectacular architecture, displays of technological innovations, both scientific and mechanical, and exhibitions of fine art are documented in these historic images. The collection includes views from the fairs listed below, with features for Philadelphia (1876), Paris (1889), and Paris (1900).

• 1851, London, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations (Crystal Palace Exhibition)
• 1853/1854, New York, Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (New York Crystal Palace Exhibition)  
• 1855, Paris, Exposition Universelle des Beaux-Arts 
• 1857, Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition
• 1862, London, International Exhibition of 1862 
• 1864, Philadelphia, Great Central Fair
• 1867, Paris, Exposition Universelle 
• 1873, Tours, Exposition Rétrospective des Beaux-arts 
• 1873, Vienna, Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
• 1874, Lille, Exposition d'Objets d'Art Religieux
• 1876, Philadelphia, United States Centennial International Exhibition (more)
• 1878, Paris, Exposition Universelle 
• 1880, Turin, Esposizione Retrospettiva
• 1880/1881, Melbourne, Melbourne International Exhibition
• 1881, Paris, Exposition Internationale d’Electricité
• 1882, Marseille, Exposition de la Société des Amis des Arts de Marseille
• 1883, Amsterdam, Internationale Koloniale en Untvoerhandel Tentoonstellung
• 1884, Paris, Exposition Manet (Manet memorial exhibition held at the Ecole nationale des beaux-arts)
• 1885, New Orleans, World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition
• 1885, Antwerp, Exposition Universelle d’Anvers
• 1886, Limoges, Exposition Rétrospective
• 1886, London, Colonial and Indian Exhibition
• 1889, Paris, Exposition Universelle (more)
• 1891, Prague, General Land Centennial Exhibition (Jubilee Exhibition)
• 1891, Moscow, Franco-Russian Exposition
• 1893, Chicago, World’s Columbian Exposition
• 1894, Lyon, Exposition Universelle, Internationale et Coloniale
• 1895, Amsterdam, Exposition Internationale
• 1900, Paris, Exposition Universelle (more)
• 1901, Buffalo, Pan-American Exposition
• 1901, Glasgow, Glasgow International Exposition
• 1902, Turin, Exposizione Internazionale d’Arte Decorativa Moderna
• 1904, St. Louis, Louisiana Purchase International Exposition
• 1906, Paris, Exposition de l’Oeuvre de Fantin-Latour, held at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts 
• 1907, Bordeaux, Exposition Internationale Maritime
• 1907, Mannheim, Internationale Kunst- und Grosse Gartenbau-Ausstellung
• 1914, Koln, Deutsche Werkbund-Ausstellung
• 1915, San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exposition
• 1923, Goteborg, Tercentennial Jubilee Exposition  (Jubileumsutställningens)
• 1925, Paris, Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes
• 1926, Philadelphia, Sesquicentennial International Exposition
• 1927, Mlada Boleslav, Výstava severnich Čech (Exhibition of Northern Bohemia) 
• 1927, Stuttgart, Werkbund-Ausstellung "Die Wohnung"
• 1928, Brno, Výstava soudobé kultury v ČSR (Exhibition of Contemporary Culture)
• 1929/1930, Barcelona, Esposición Internacional de Barcelona
• 1930, Stockholm, Stockholm Exhibition (Stockholmsutställningen)
• 1930, Antwerp/Liege, Exposition Internationale Coloniale, Maritime et d'Art Flamand (Antwerp) and Exposition Internationale de la Grande Industrie, Sciences et Applications, Art Wallon Ancien (Liège)
• 1931, Pardubice, Výstava tělesné výchovy a sportu (Exhibition of Physical Education, Education and Sport)
• 1931, Paris, Exposition Coloniale Internationale
• 1933/1934, Chicago, Century of Progress Exposition
• 1935, Brussels, Exposition Universelle et Internationale
• 1936/1937, Dallas, Texas Centennial Exposition/Greater Texas & Pan American Exposition
• 1937, Paris, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (Exposition 1937)
• 1939/1940, New York, New York World’s Fair
• 1951, London, Festival of Britain
• 1958, Brussels, Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles (Expo 1958)
• 1967, Montreal, Universal and International Exposition of 1967 (Expo 67)