One highlight of the show was the largest to-date installation of incandescent light bulbs, having been recently invented by Thomas Edison (a resident of Louisville sixteen years before), to bring light to the exposition in the nighttime.
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U.S. President Chester A. Arthur opened the first annual exposition on August 1, 1883.
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