Main Building of the Cotton Centennial Exposition
This file appears in: Enter the World of the World's Fair: 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
Image courtesy of Ken Speth. Private collection.
This file appears in: Enter the World of the World's Fair: 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
Enter the World of the World's Fair: 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
From December 16, 1884 until June 1, 1885, the spectacular World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition covered these grounds with gigantic wooden structures and broad, lighted paths. Too little is known of the event, even by New…