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1904 image from newspaper Direct Matin of the Foire de Paris under the nave of the Grand Palais. The name is in a flora design.

Paris Home Show (Foire de Paris) – Ideas, Food and Inventions

by Colleen's Paris April 29, 2014
Life in ParisShopping & Markets & Events written by Colleen's Paris

Two Paris icons were born in 1889, the Eiffel Tower and the Foire de Paris. is THE icon for the home show. Over 600,000 visitors are expected in 2014 for 3,500 exhibitors. In 1889 when the first Foire de Paris opened, over thirty million visitors passed through the pavilion of …

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