The
Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a
world's fair held in
Paris, France, from 15 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next. The style that was universally present in the Exposition was
Art Nouveau. The fair, visited by nearly 50 million, displayed many machines, inventions, and architecture that are now nearly universally known, including the
Grande Roue de Paris Ferris wheel,
Russian nesting dolls,
diesel engines,
talking films,
escalators, and the
telegraphone (the first magnetic audio recorder).