In 1894, Golden Gate Park’s Midwinter Fair was the talk of the town. Featuring fairground rides, museums, an ostrich farm and the closest thing San Francisco ever got to an Eiffel Tower, the fair was ...

Of the many strange episodes and racist exhibits at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition ... And so the show went on. The fair was a rousing success, turning a profit and ...

The Midwinter fair opened at the end of January 1894 and ran until July 5. It was San Francisco’s first international exposition. One hundred buildings were erected on 200 acres in Golden Gate Park.

As Arthur Chandler and Martin Nathan note in "The Fantastic Fair: The Story of the California Midwinter International Exposition, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 1894," de Young wanted to burnish ...

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Ultimately, de Young was successful in his bid to bring a fair to San Francisco. With Congress and local leaders on board, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 came to be. Over ...

It was also on display at the 1894 Midwinter Fair in San Francisco. Experts say this particular vase cost $50,000 to be made in the late 1800s. Shortly after it was displayed at the Fair's.