Edison Electric Light Exhibit
This file appears in: Memories of the 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
Industrial exhibits large and small fascinated nineteenth-century visitors. Edison had one of four contracts to light the exposition.
Image courtesy of Ken Speth. Private collection.
This file appears in: Memories of the 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
Memories of the 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
Imagine yourself in a mule-drawn streetcar or private carriage being transported to Exposition grounds. Hear the hooves on a shell road constructed for the occasion. You arrive at this Main Entrance.…