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Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast by Commonwealth Club of California

Aug 8, 202662:28News & Politics

Fergus Bordewich returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs with the spectacular story of the Great Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia: a world’s fair designed to mark America’s 100th birthday, but also a mome...

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Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future is an episode from Commonwealth Club of California Podcast by Commonwealth Club of California. Fergus Bordewich returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs with the spe...

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Published Aug 8, 2026, 62:28 long, audio available.

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