J. & P. Coats' Exhibit at the Cotton Expo, made of spools of thread
This file appears in: Memories of the 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
The giant structure was fashioned with 80,264 spools of thread.
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.…