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President Friedrich Ebert, Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and Konrad Adenauer, Mayor of the City, are present at the opening ceremony of the spring trade fair, the first event held on the new exhibition grounds in Cologne.
The pressure of the crowd at the spring trade fair is great. Not all the exhibitors who wish to participate can be accomodated.
The opening ceremony takes place in the Great Hall. The Great Hall, with room for 5,000 people, is the showpiece of the new exhibitions grounds.
The spring trade fair is the first event held on the exhibition grounds in Cologne and shows hardware, textiles, and furniture.
Aerial view of the trade fair halls, called "Mr. Adenauer's stables"
A park is created on the exhibition ground for the press exhibition Pressa.
The Trade Fair Tower, 80 m high, is built for the press exhibition Pressa. It becomes one of the hallmarks of Cologne.
The Rheinrestaurant is created for the press exhibition Pressa. It becomes a popular place for the visitors and the people of Cologne.
Aerial view of the brick facade, Trade Fair Tower, and semicircular „Staatenhaus“
The pressure of the crowd at Pressa is great, even the parking area at Hohenzollernbrücke is crowded.
A spectacular hallmark of Koelnmesse ist the red brick facade and the Trade Fair Tower designed by Adolf Abel. Today the facade is a listed historical monument.
An amusement park is built north of the trade fair halls in time for Pressa.
Aerial view of the exhibition grounds
The southern facade of the exhibition halls during the spring trade fair
The halls, damaged by bombs during World War II, are reconstructed after the war.
A transportation show is the first event staged by Koelnmesse after the war.
Konrad Adenauer inspects the reconstruction of Koelnmesse after the war.
Visitors flock to the first trade fair held after the currency reform.

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