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    Look up sesquicentennial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was a world's fair in Philadelphia...
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    house exhibits from the Centennial Exposition Centennial Arboretum Centennial comfort stations Sesquicentennial Exposition, the 150th anniversary of the United...
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    school of architecture in 1920. He won the Grand Prix of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926. He lived for many years in India where...
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    Medal at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, in 1915, and the Gold Medal at the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, in 1926. Proponents...
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    States National Sesquicentennial Exhibition Commission, which was charged with organizing what became known as the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia...
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    PATCO Speedline. The bridge was dedicated as part of the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the signing of the United...
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  • Exhibition 1926 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States – Sesquicentennial Exposition 1926 – Berlin, Germany – Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)...
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    Street to Broad Street (Southern Boulevard) for access to the Sesquicentennial Exposition. The two parks were later renamed Marconi Plaza and FDR Park...
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  • Curtis Organ (category Sesquicentennial Exposition)
    Organ Company as its Opus 1416 in 1926 for the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition. It was known as the "Organists' Organ" because the specifications...
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    the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926, though this stamp actually depicts the replica bell erected at the entrance to the exposition grounds...
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    The Sesquicentennial Cyclone was a steel-framed wooden roller coaster which was operated at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition in 1926. Designed...
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    to Philadelphia, where it was on display at the Sesquicentennial Exposition. Following the exposition, the ship sailed to New York City and then on to...
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    Akerson named as the secretary of the commission that ran the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, then hired Akerson as his private secretary...
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    where it was lauded as "the greatest amusement feature at the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania". At the beginning of 1926, Christie...
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  • designed by Harry Traver Sesquicentennial Cyclone, a roller coaster formerly operated at the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition as well as other locations...
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    American Swedish Historical Museum (category Sesquicentennial Exposition)
    the Swedish-American committee of the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 was formed. Noted author and historian, Amandus Johnson was elected...
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  • New Zealand Sesquialtera (disambiguation), several meanings Sesquicentennial Exposition, a 1926 world's fair in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Sesquilinear...
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  • 163 ranks 122 stops 10,731 pipes This organ was built for the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia. At the time of its installation it was the fourth...
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    1926 as Sesquicentennial Stadium for the Sesquicentennial Exposition, and was renamed Philadelphia Municipal Stadium following the exposition. The name...
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    in the 18th and 19th centuries. The use of the park for the Sesquicentennial Exposition in 1926 and subsequent improvements have moderately changed the...
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    centennial observances centered on the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. In 1926, a Sesquicentennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia, and in 1976, Bicentennial...
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    Spirit of '76 Patriotic Sentiment Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia (1876) Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia (1926) United States Semiquincentennial...
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    gold medal, Panama Exposition 1926: gold medal, Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition Source: The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter...
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    Considerably more common is the 1926 issue struck to commemorate the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia. A total of 46,019 pieces were sold. The obverse...
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    New York Coliseum (1928) (category Sesquicentennial Exposition)
    800 m2) auditorium was originally built for Philadelphia's 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, and transported in 1928 to Starlight Park at 177th Street and...
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    Brothers in 1914–1916, built as the grand entrance for the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition and renamed to honour Marconi. United Kingdom British patent...
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    stadium was built as part of the 1926 Sesquicentennial International Exposition. Originally known as Sesquicentennial Stadium when it opened April 15, 1926...
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    Gallery in Washington, D.C. in April 1924 and at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition in May 1926. Farnham called the collection "the most complete...
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    Mikimoto Gojū-no-Tō), a model pagoda that was exhibited at the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was made from 12,760 pearls. A 1/90 scale...
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    architect, John Molitor. He worked on the designs for the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition. In 1928, Kahn made a European tour. He was interested particularly...
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