"At these fairs were displayed the finest products of agriculture and manufacturing, the newest types of machinery, the most recent contributions of inventive genius...[the fairs] served a two-fold purpose: that of playing the part of demonstrator to the public and that of furnishing an incentive to the exhibitors, both through competition and through the desire to win the very liberal awards and premiums." - F. W. Wile (ed), A century of industrial progress, N.Y., Pub for the Amer. Institute of the City of New York, 1928
Image of Annual Fair of the American Institute at Niblo's Garden c. 1845 by Benjamin Johns Harrison
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