Grandeur of the Main Building
This file appears in: Enter the World of the World's Fair: 1884 Cotton Centennial Exposition
Flags flying, the 33-acre building is poised to welcome visitors eager to experience the world's offerings in products and natural resources that mirrored the industrial and social world of 1884.
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…