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. "Southern Lithographic Co. New Orleans."--text, bottom left margin. "The Horticultural Hall, / 600x194 feet. Height of Tower 115 feet. / Centre arranged to Exhibit 20,000 Plates of Fruit."--text, bottom center margin. "The Exposition grounds form that portion of the City Park lying between / St. Charles Avenue and the left bank of the Mississippi River. ... The Exposition / grounds are about four miles from the business centre of New Orleans."--text, bottom right margin. "Principal Structures of the Exposition. / The Main Building, 1378x905 feet, covering 33 acres of space. The / largest building ever erected (about completed). ... Various foreign countries, several of the States and numerous cities will erect / special buildings."--text, bottom left margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.82 x 69.53 cm (21 3/16 x 27 3/8 in.)
Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works Exhibitions--Pictorial works Mississippi River New Orleans (La.)--Pictorial works World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.)--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Place
New Orleans (La.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fairs & Expositions Large Size General Fairs and Expositions The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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