The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from April 15 to November 12, 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many machines, inventions, and architecture that are now nearly universally known, including the Ferris wheel, Russian nesting dolls, diesel engines, talking films, escalators, and the telegraphone (the precursor to modern-day sound recording).
From the Paper Print Collection at Library of Congress
The Champs de Mars in Paris during the 1900 Paris Exposition. Women stroll with parasols. People walk. Two women stroll with umbrellas. Stone wall. Large crowd. Building. Base of the Eiffel Tower. Building. People stroll with parasols.
Champs de Mars at the Paris Exposition