Colonel William A. Phillips – Department of Oklahoma

The International Textile Exhibition of 1951 was held at the 'Grand Palais de la Foire de Lille' in Lille, France.

The palace, which was erected in 1932, but had been damaged during the Second World War, was remodelled in time for the Expo. Georges Bidault, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and André Guillant, Secretary of State for Industry and Commerce, attended the opening ceremony of the Expo on 28 April 1951.^[1] Recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions as a Specialised Expo, the event welcomed delegates from 22 countries attracted 1.5 million visitors over a period of just three weeks, and was covered by 150 journalists.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "1951 Lille". www.bie-paris.org. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
^ "Livre d'or de l' Exposition textile internationale, 1951". bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

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Oceania	Melbourne 1866 Sydney 1870 Melbourne 1875 Brisbane 1876 Sydney 1879 Adelaide 1887 Melbourne 1888 Dunedin 1889 Christchurch 1906 Auckland 1913–1914 Dunedin 1925 Wellington 1939–1940
South America	Lima 1872 Santiago 1875 Quito 1909 Buenos Aires 1910 Rio de Janeiro 1922

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List of world's fairs in France
Industrial	French Industrial Exposition of 1834 French Industrial Exposition of 1844
General	Exposition Universelle (1855) Dijon Exhibition (1858) Metz Exposition Universelle (1861) International Exposition (1867) Lyon Exposition Universelle et Internationale Exposition Universelle (1878) Exposition Universelle (1889) Exposition internationale Exposition Universelle (1900)
Specialized	International Exposition of Electricity (1881, Paris) Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon (1914) Exposition internationale des vins Exposition coloniale (1906) Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries Exposition nationale coloniale (1922) International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism Paris Colonial Exposition Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing (1947, Paris) The International Exhibition of Rural Habitat (1949, Lyon) The International Textile Exhibition (1951, Lille)

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