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6 .3 AN EPOCH OF EXPO SITIO N S AND GAMES 7893-7907
1900 PARIS »L ’ EXPOSITION UN1VERSELLE” HIJACKS GAMES

S it e : 26J_ acres_. V is it o r s : 2 2 .8 m it lio n . 8 3 ,0 0 0 . $48.7 m illio n
’’L ’ E x p o s i t i o n U n iv e T S e lle In te r n a tio n a le 1900" was in
1 2 . NOV. 00. The P e t it & Grand P a la is were co n stru c te d th e E x p o sitio n as was th e Pont
A lexandre 111 con n ectin g th e main area to th e th e Tower b u ilt th e
1889 Expo rem ained an a t t r a c t io n . The v a st American p a v ilio n had a U . S . P o sta l S t a t io n .

Pont Aiexandhc III i Petit

£ iHet
Punch Cade Poitale with 10c Stamp $oh U.hate, matted at U.S. EXPOSITION PO.
Amcdcan m/c Flag Pmk: UNITED STATES/ POSTAL STATION/ AUG 27 SEogan: PARIS/ EXPOSITION/ 1900
Oveh$hanked with Bahhy Rcctilincah m/c PHILADELPHIA, PA/ SEP 5 ’00. RECEIVED

de C ou b ertin in ten d ed t h a t , as at Athens [qv 7896), he would o rg a n ise th e Olym pic
Games. The E x p o sitio n D ir e c to r A l f r e d P ica rd regarded as a u s e le s s a c t iv it y & th e
French ’ A t h le t ic Sp o rts U n ion ’ d ecla red th a t i t would o rg a n ise a l l even ts in 1900. T h is
was too much £or de C o u b ertin who ended h is in v o lv em en t. Chaos r e s u lt e d & th e ’ F a r c ic a l
O lym p ics' farom 14.MAV-28.OCT.1900 had n e ith e r Opening nor C lo sin g Cerem onies. The U .5 .A
was dominant in th e 'T rack & F i e ld ’ even ts w inning 16 23 1 st p la ce s on a g ra ss tr a c k .

Ray Ei why USA Meyeh Phinhtein USA
(doit Standing (doit Thiptc Jump
OHicial High, Long & iit 1900 l 1904
Padh 1900

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