Der Kinder-Brutanstalt ["Children's Incubation Institute"] at the Berliner Gewerbeausstellung [Berlin Industrial Show] Treptower Park, 1896

The incubator baby exhibit at the Berliner Gewerbeausstellung in 1896 spawned many imitators, including the sideshows at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, the Chicago Century of Progress Exhibition, the Pan American Exposition, the New York World's Fair, and Coney Island. The drawing above is from a German newspaper, the similar engraving below is from the Illustrated London News.

Although Martin Couney claimed to been responsible for the Berlin exhibit, it now appears that it was probably organized and managed by Dr. Alexandre Lion, who had been caring for premature infants in incubators of his own design and charging admission to subsidize his nurseries in Nice, Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, and Bordeaux since at least 1891. The Illustrated London News says explicitly that the incubators were provided by Lion.

	The exhibition gate.
	The main building by night.
	Restaurant with water-tower.