The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ywork. Congress passed a billcreating a Centennial Board ofFinance, authorized to issue stockin shares of ^10 each, the wholeamount issued not to exceed $10,-000,000. This had to be raisedby private subscription. Afterpersistent effort directed againstCongress, a loan was made of^1,500,000, and this was after-wards paid back. The city ofPhiladelphia and the State ofPennsylvania each appropriated$1,500,000, and other States dealtliberally by the exposition. Theamount spent on the governmentexhibit was $728,500. The totalnumber of exhibitors was
The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . ywork. Congress passed a billcreating a Centennial Board ofFinance, authorized to issue stockin shares of ^10 each, the wholeamount issued not to exceed $10,-000,000. This had to be raisedby private subscription. Afterpersistent effort directed againstCongress, a loan was made of^1,500,000, and this was after-wards paid back. The city ofPhiladelphia and the State ofPennsylvania each appropriated$1,500,000, and other States dealtliberally by the exposition. Theamount spent on the governmentexhibit was $728,500. The totalnumber of exhibitors was 30,864,a big increase over the 13,000 ofLondon in 1851. The characterand value of the exhibits, too, werefar above those of previous dis-plays. Out of the total, 8,175of the exhibits were from theUnited States, and Spain camesecond, with 3,822. The Centen-nial opened May 10, 1876. Fromthat time until November loth,the day of closing, there enteredthe gates a grand total of 9,910,966persons, of whom 8,004,274 paidadmission fees which amounted to3. 34 PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS.
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