Officially named the Exposition Universelle des produits de l'Agriculture, de l'Industrie et des Beaux-Arts de Paris 1855, it was the first of several expositions held in Paris. Paris would later hold expositions in 1867, 1878, 1889, 1900, and 1937.

The Palais de l'Industrie

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1855 Paris - Exposition Universelle - from the University of Maryland