Section 06
The Record
Official visitor figures, span measurements, opening dates and attributed facts — the numbers as the organisers stated them.
A plate from the published record of the 1900 exposition.Wikimedia Commons
Official visitor figures, span measurements, opening dates and attributed facts — the numbers as the organisers stated them. 2 pages.
- Five Expositions, the Crowds They Claimed and the Source Behind Each NumberVisitor totals from five Paris world expositions — each figure a claim as much as a count, and each method of counting a product of its own era.1153 words
The Moving Pavement, and the Parts That Came DownThe 1900 Exposition built things meant to last and things meant to vanish. The trottoir roulant belonged firmly to the second category.288 words