SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
WORLD'S FAIRS HELD 1911-1920

1911

• Dresden, Germany
  • International Hygiene Exhibition
• London, England
  • Coronation Exhibition
• London, England
  • Festival of Empire
    • x Festival of Empire Imperial Exhibition and Pageant of London
• Rome, Italy
  • Esposizione internazionale
    • x Esposizione internazionale d'arte
• Turin, Italy
  • Esposizione internazionale
    • x Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor

1911-1912

• New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • International Mercantile Exposition

1912

• London, England
  • Latin-British Exhibition
    • x Anglo-Latin Exposition
• Tokyo, Japan
  • Grand Exposition of Japan [postponed until 1917, but never held]

1913

• Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913
• Ghent, Belgium
  • Exposition universelle et internationale
• Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.
  • National Conservation Exposition

1914

• Boulogne-sur-mer, France
  • International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries
• Cologne, Germany
  • Werkbund Exposition
• Nottingham, England
  • Universal Exhibition
• Semarang, Indonesia
  • Koloniale Tentoonstelling [originally scheduled for 1913, postponed until Sept. 1914]

1914-1915

• Panama City, Panama
  • Exposición Nacional de Panama [postponed until 1915-1916]

1915

• San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Panama-Pacific International Exposition
    • x P.P.I.E.
• Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
  • National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration [never held]

1915-1916

• Panama City, Panama
  • Exposición Nacional de Panama [originally scheduled for 1914-1915]
• San Diego, California, U.S.A.
  • Panama-California Exposition

1917

• San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • Allied War Exposition

1918

• New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries
• Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Allied War Exposition
    • x U.S. Government War Exposition
• Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
  • California Liberty Fair

1920

• Seville, Spain
  • Exposición Hispano-Americana [realized as Exposición Ibero-Americana, 1929-1930]
• Shanghai, China
  • American-Chinese Exposition [never held?]

note: x denotes variant name(s) for a fair