Quick List Info
Dates Open - December 2, 1901 to May 31, 1902. Some sources state that the exposition closed on June 1 and/or opened on December 1.
Attendance - 674,086 Visitors.
International Participants - 4 nations and 20 states.
Total Cost - Capital stock raised was $250,000 with total resources of $1 million, including $50,000 appropriated by the South Carolina Assembly. Total cost by end of the fair was $1.25 million. Expo authority went bankrupt.
Site Acreage - 185 acres.
Sanction and Type - Prior to the Bureau of International Exhibitions. Would be considered a Special Category, Recognized event today like those on the 2-3 or 7-8 years of the decade.
Ticket Cost - Admission cost not available. Cost of Official Guide was 25 cents.

Photo top center: Court of Palaces at the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Expo, 1901-2, Charleston and the Exposition Illustrated. Column Top: Stereocard view of the Charleston expo, 1902, Underwood and Underwood. Courtesy Library of Congress. Column Bottom: Map of the fairgrounds, 1902, Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia. Courtesy Wikipedia Commons.

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