What do touchscreens, electrical outlets, color televisions, and fax machines have in common? They were all revolutionary technological breakthroughs that debuted at World’s Fairs. Also from World’s Fairs: powdered root beer, portable bathtubs, and Elektro the Smoking Robot. Hey, they can’t all be winners.
This week, join the guys for a grand tour of the most sensational hits and misses from the storied history of International Expositions.
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Prague in 1791France in 1798 et alThe Crystal Palace in Hyde Park (https://www.royalparks.org.uk/whats-on/the-great-exhibition-virtual-tour)Monkey Closets and George JenningsThomas CrapperSpending a PennyThe Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All NationsPrince AlbertKarl Marx, Shade ThrowerSchweppes The Mountain of LightCyrus McCormick's Steam-Powered Reaping MachineThe Fax MachineLeeches and the Tempest PrognosticatorCharles Hobbes and the Parautoptic LockLinus YaleThe Bureau Internationale De ExpositionsSpecialized Expos, World Expos, Horticultural Expos, and the Milan TriennialDonald Rumsfeld and the Known UnknownsThe Space NeedleThe Chicago 1893 World's Columbian ExpositionH.H. HolmesWilliam CodyBuffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the WorldGeorge Washington Gale Ferris Jr. and the Ferris WheelX-Rays, Zippers, and AT&T's Picture PhoneRCA and Color TelevisionThe Knoxville Tennessee World's FairSamuel Hurst and the TouchscreenCherry CokeThe Eiffel TowerThe Paris Colonial ExpositionThe "Truth on the Colonies"Elektro the Smoking Robot, and SparkoThe New York World's Fair of 1964The Bell Rocket BeltThe Suboceanic ResortIt's a Small WorldThe Festival of GasPhiladelphia's Centennial Exposition of 1876The Statue of Liberty's HandEthelbert Watts and the Portable Bathtub (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008XSXQIO/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_ADHM9NHG1NVP9Q2X13H5)Expo '86The Challenger Disaster and ChernobylJoin the Midnight Masses!
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