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The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. New Orleans. Open December 1st 1884, to May 31st 1885

Description
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.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1884-1885
Call number
priJLC_FAIR_001710
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people
Ackermann, Emil F., (1840-)
Ames, Daniel T. (1826-1909.)
Aubrun, Louis. (1808-)
Benecke, Theodore. (1823-1898.)
Bentzen, B. M. (approximately 1828-approximately 1894.)
Bien, Julius, (1821 or 1822-1883.)
Bourquin, F. (1824-approximately 1877.)
Chapin, Will E. (1813-1873.)
Church (1813 or 1814-1882.)
Curran, M. E.
Davis, Theodore R.
Haddock, John A.,
Hunter, Thomas,
Remacle, A.
Krebs, Otto.
Meyer, Gustav
Miller, James,
Murphy, John L.
Olsen, Alex A.
Queen, Jas.
Schile, H.
Telbin, William,
Thornton, Chester.
Walker, Edmund,
Weingartner, A.
Wheaton, W. F.
Associated organizations
A. Brown & Co.
American Bank Note Company.
Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Banks & Co.
Breuker & Kessler Co.
Centennial Photographic Co.
Colby Poster Printing Co.
Cosack & Co.
Crosscup & West.
Currier & Ives.
Day & Son.
Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Ed. W. Welcke & Bro.
Ehrgott & Krebs.
Fair Pub. House.
George Stinson & Co.
Gilbert & Rivington.
Gillin & Nagle.
Goupil & Cie.
Harper & Brothers.
Heliotype Printing Co.
Julius Bien & Co.
Kurz & Allison.
Leighton Bros. (London, England)
Lloyd Brothers & Co.
Los Angeles Times (Firm)
Majestic Poster Press.
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Matthews-Northrup Company.
Nagel & Weingärtner.
National Publishing Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
New England Lithographic Co.
Ohio.
Orcutt Litho Co.
P.S. Duval & Son.
R. Hoe & Company.
Rand McNally and Company.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
Riverside Printing Company.
Russell & Morgan Printing Company.
Schmidt Litho. Co.
Southern Lith. Co.
Tappan & Bradford.
United States.
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