Slide showing a colour picture of two black men working iron. A 'Negro village' (village n?gre) was set up in the exhibition where 400 people were displayed constituted the major attraction.. Part of Box 198. Boswell Collection. Paris Exhibition. Slide number 21. The Exposition Universelle of 1889 was a World's Fair held in Paris, France from 6 May to 31 October 1889. It was held during the year of the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille.