Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 World’s Fairs

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:01:09 +0000

My Grandmother took me to the World’s Fair in Knoxville, TN. I was 16 at the time and it was the beginning of her tradition of taking all of her grandchildren on a trip when they turned 16. I do remember it was very hot and the Great Wall of China was a popular exhibit. I seem to remember that there was a replica of the Mona Lisa on display, but I haven’t been able to find anything about it on the internet. My search for information regarding it, was how I came upon your blog. If any of your readers know, please let me know so I don’t think I’m crazy!

By: Harry Dingwall

Harry Dingwall — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:33:10 +0000

I THINK THAT THE 1939-40 WORLD’S FAIR WAS THE ONE THAT MOST PEOPLE REMEMBER DUE TO THE ‘PERISPHERE’ THAT LOOKED LIKE A ROUND BALL AND THE ‘TRYLON’TOWER THAT LOOKED LIKE THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT !! THE ARCHITECTURE WAS PURE
‘ART DECO’ FOR ALL THE BUILDINGS THEN!!
FANTASTIC!!

By: Urso Chappell

Urso Chappell — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:29:13 +0000

There are so many world’s fairs to include in such a list. The largest world’s fair in history is in 2010 in Shanghai.

I have a really large list of world’s fairs at my site, ExpoMuseum.com.

By: duke

duke — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:55:00 +0000

my parents met at the 62 worlds fair. he was running a hot dog stand there.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:56:00 +0000

I went to the World’s Fair in Knoxville in 1982. I was 7 years old. When I clicked on this article, I was hoping to see that big Rubik’s Cube! Thanks bringing a big smile to my face today!

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:22:00 +0000

Not only was the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago left out, but it was host to Major League Baseball’s first All-Star game, not intended to be an annual event, but played because of the fair.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:52:00 +0000

My family had just moved to Bayside Queens when the 1964 Worlds fair was open. My oldest brother, who was 12 took my middle brother, who was 8, to the fair on the bus. They bought my mother a present. A tropical plant that looked like a stick.

A different world it was, where a 12yo could take an 8yo out for the day like that.

I now live about a mile from the grounds.

By: Allison

Allison — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:46:00 +0000

Yay Knoxville! I was 2 years old when I went to this World’s Fair with my parents. One of my friend’s dad was a beer distributor for the event. They still have cases of World’s Fair Beer in their basement. Mmm…delicious?!

By: helen

helen — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:29:00 +0000

I live in knoxville,tn & you can go up in the sunsphere -it is amazing -adds character to the city

By: Sandra

Sandra — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:21:00 +0000

I wonder if Liz has actually seen photos of the Filipino’s in the St. Louis 1904 worlds fair. The Filipinos that were brought over were a tribe of negritos from one of the smaller islands in the archipelago. They were not from Luzon or one of the bigger islands. The people brought over were not of Chinese, English, Malay or Spanish decent. It was the equivalent of bringing a hidden tribe of people from the amazon, having them represent all of South America and then putting the tribe in a zoo for all the civilized world to stare. My great-grandparents and grandparents were nothing like the Filipino’s in the exhibit.