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Image of a sample or proof sheet of images, the most prominent being a cover for the official catalog of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition of New Orleans held in 1884-1885; retail buildings; bald eagle, cattle and horse busts, portraits, and other images at right; text from three advertisements and certificates on verso.
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Image of a large exhibition building for the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana; many people are visible outside the building, including pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, and people on horseback; a steamboat on the Mississippi River can be seen in the distance at left.
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Image of an aerial "perspective view of New Orleans [Louisiana], and environs from the south" along Lake Pontchartrain at center surrounded by five smaller images of buildings to be used for various exhibit halls during the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, including the main building, hall for United States and state exhibits, art gallery, horticultural hall, and buildings for factory and mills exhibits; a ground plan at bottom center shows a scale diagram of the exhibition grounds with a key for the various buildings; text describes the exhibits, structures, transportation, and accommodation planned for the event at the lower left and right, globe with New Orleans captioned at top center.
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Image of a large exhibition building for the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana; many people are visible enjoying gardens and fountains outside the building; text describing the exposition's resources, structures, location, temperature, ocean traffic, excursions, important features, accommodation, and transportation below image at right and left.
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No old shelf mark. A world's fair in 1885 per attached note. Not in Phillips. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.
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