Talk:Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries

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Did you know... that Brazil was the only country with an exhibit at the 1918 Bronx "World's Fair"?

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Not a World's Fair

If The Bronx River in History & Folklore by Stephen Paul DeVillo, p. 149 is correct, The Bronx Exposition failed to be classed as a World's Fair, and opened on 30 May 1918, unendorsed by any international governing body. The original promoters of the scheme had leased the site for the purpose of turning it into an amusement park. See The New York Times, April 30, 1916

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Unfortunately I am unable to access google books to look look at its phrasing. But I'm not aware of any international governing body that could have endorsed it. The BIE which is now the agreed (by many nations) body wasn't established until 1928 and so not there to do that in 1918 (Admittedly they haven't retrospectively recognised it wither - but that wouldn't have impacted the opening).

I have added a reference to Findling and Pelle which does list it as a fair in an Appendix.

Icarusgeek (talk) 12:48, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:36, 28 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the only country with an exhibit at the 1918 Bronx "World's Fair" was Brazil? Source: DeVillo, S.P. (2015). The Bronx River in History & Folklore. p. 149
- ALT1:... that the Bronx World's Fair, marketed as New York City's first "permanent exposition", failed in its first year and was converted into an amusement park? Source: Making of America Project; Nature Publishing Group (1918). Scientific American, p. 524; DeVillo, p. 150

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Boutiaut Poulard

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Self-nominated at 14:14, 2 October 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough, long enough, neutral, and well written. I find ALT0 much more interesting, and have verified it with the inline citation. QPQ is done. No copyvio found. Good to go. -Zanhe (talk) 21:35, 2 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]