Edward L. Wilson photograph album of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884-1885.

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Wilson, Edward L. Edward L. Wilson photograph album of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884-1885.

Edward L. Wilson photograph album of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884-1885.

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Collection comprises a dismantled photograph album of the exhibition, including 21 card mounts holding approximately 209 albumen photographs, including 197 3.5"-high half stereographic prints, four 4"x7" prints, and eight 8"x10" prints. These are divided between interior and exterior views. The subjects for the 8"x10" photographs include the facade of the Main Building, Horticultural Hall, the Mexican mining pavilion, as well as the Women's Dept. from Ohio and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union exhibits. The half stereographs feature the "Liberty Bell, Independence Train & Guard," the stand-pipe at the waterworks, "King Cotton of Louisiana," the interior of the Art Hall, and the Chinese Court. There are interior views of many state exhibits, along with a number of city views, such as Jackson Square, the French Market, the sails on the levee, the cotton steamer Laura, Canal Street, and above-ground New Orleans cemeteries. Often the images have captions, but people are generally absent as subjects.

1 item (0.8 lin. ft.)

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