Texas Centennial Exposition (1936)

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cultural festival exposition world's fair

The Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) was a major world's fair held in Dallas to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Texas independence, showcasing art, architecture, and industry in a large-scale cultural and historical exhibition.

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Label Occurrences
Texas Centennial Exposition 7
1936 Texas Centennial Exposition 6
Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural festival ⓘ
exposition ⓘ
world's fair ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Deco ⓘ
Moderne ⓘ
commemoratedEvent Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Texas Declaration of Independence (1836)

Texas Revolution ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact promoted Texas identity and heritage ⓘ
showcased Texas art and artists ⓘ
economicImpact created jobs during the Great Depression ⓘ
endDate 1936-11-29 ⓘ
featuredExhibits Hall of State ⓘ
Texas Hall of State murals ⓘ
agricultural exhibits ⓘ
art exhibitions ⓘ
historical pageants ⓘ
industrial exhibits ⓘ
featuredIndustry agriculture ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
oil industry ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
followedBy Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition (1937)
included amusement zone ⓘ
historical reenactments ⓘ
live entertainment ⓘ
midway attractions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Dallas, Texas ⓘ
Fair Park ⓘ
mainVenue Esplanade of State ⓘ
surface form: Fair Park Esplanade
notableStructureBuiltFor Dallas Fair Park ⓘ
surface form: Esplanade of State at Fair Park

Agriculture Building at Fair Park ⓘ
surface form: Hall of State at Fair Park
openedInYear 1936 ⓘ
organizer Dallas, Texas ⓘ
surface form: City of Dallas

Texas ⓘ
surface form: State of Texas

Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Texas Centennial Central Exposition corporation
partOf Texas Centennial celebrations ⓘ
purpose celebrate the 100th anniversary of Texas independence ⓘ
receivedFundingFrom Public Works Administration ⓘ
Works Progress Administration ⓘ
significance left a lasting architectural legacy at Fair Park ⓘ
stimulated economic development in Dallas ⓘ
startDate 1936-06-06 ⓘ
theme Texas history ⓘ
art and culture ⓘ
industry and progress ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
visitorCount approximately 6 million visitors ⓘ

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George L. Dahl → participatedIn → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
Dallas Fair Park → significantEvent → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition
Texas Centennial Exposition buildings → constructedFor → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition
Texas Centennial Exposition buildings → significantEvent → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
Automobile Building at Fair Park → designedFor → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition
Automobile Building at Fair Park → associatedEvent → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition
Electric Building at Fair Park → designedFor → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition
Electric Building at Fair Park → hasCulturalSignificance → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition
Textile and Apparel Building at Fair Park → partOf → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition complex
Textile and Apparel Building at Fair Park → builtFor → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition
Textile and Apparel Building at Fair Park → complex → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition grounds
Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) → organizer → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Central Exposition corporation
Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) → followedBy → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition (1937)
Agriculture Building at Fair Park → designedForEvent → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition
Varied Industries Building at Fair Park → builtFor → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition
Varied Industries Building at Fair Park → associatedEvent → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition
Varied Industries Building at Fair Park → associatedEvent → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition
Fair Park historic complex → hasPeriodOfSignificance → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition
Fair Park historic complex → wasMajorlyDevelopedFor → Texas Centennial Exposition (1936) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Texas Centennial Exposition