New Orleans--1884-85 Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition


Photo Collection


NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA-1884-85 WORLD’S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1985 CALENDAR

Pix #

Date of PixSize of PixNo. of PixKind of ImageNegative

1 1884-85 6¼ x 10½ 1 Color print 35mm B&W

Front cover and back. World’s Exposition from St. Charles Avenue North East, City Park. Original color lithograph 28¼ x 40½, "Krebs" Lithographic Company.

2 1884-85 6¾ x 10½ 1 Color print 35mm B&W

January. Poster of World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition Opening Dec. 16th, 1884 for a period of Six Months. Original color lithograph 28 x 41¾, attributed to James S. Rivers.

3 1884 7 x 10½ 1 Color print 35mm B&W

February. World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. Original color wood engraving 28 x 42, Edward F. Ertz.

4 1884 7 x 10½ 1 Color print 35mm B&W

March. The World's International and Cotton Centennial Exposition, 1884. Original color lithograph 13½ x 20½, Joseph P. Keppler, Sr., from Puck., December 10, 1884.

5 1884-85 7 x 10½ 1 Color print none

April. A Colossal Exposition of the World, 1884-85. Steam-Power Poster Print. Original color lithograph 27¾ x 42¼, James S. Rivers.

6 1879-90 7 x 8 1 Color print none

May. Miniature figures: Mexican woman vegetable vendor and Mexican man selling guitars. Beeswax, cloth, and wood 7 x 4 x 4¾, Francisco, Concepcion, and Adelina Vargas.

7 1885 7 x 10½ 1 Color print none

June. Souvenir booklet, Original color lithographs in hard cover, 32 x 6¼ (open), Four views: Main Building, 1378 x 905 Ft ; United States and State Exhibits, 885 x 565 Ft., The Art Galley, 250 x 100 Ft.; Machinery Extension, 350 x 120 Ft., L. U. Dodge Landscape View Company.

8 1883-94 5¼ x 11¼ 1 Color print none

July. Original color lithographs and printed each 4½ x 3. Celebrated Singers, Patti, Celebrated Singers, Roze, and Celebrated Singers, Nilsson, Wemple & Company Lithographers, by permission of Mora.

9 1884-85 6¾ x 10½ 1 Color print none

August. Poster of The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, The horticultural hall. Original color lithograph 21½ x 27½, Southern Lithographic Company.

10 1884 6¾ x 10½ 1 Color print 35mm B&W (2)

September. The World's Exposition at New Orleans-Scenes In The City Park, 1884. Original hand colored wood engraving 9¼ x 13¾. Charles Graham and John Durkin, from Harper's Weekly, November 24, 1884.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA-1884-85 WORLD’S INDUSTRIAL AND COTTON CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1985 CALENDAR-Continued

Pix # Date of Pix Size of Pix No. of Pix Kind of Image Negative

11 1884-85 7 x 8 1 Color print none

October. Souvenir plate. Whar am de Expersishon [sic]? Original Oil on brass 11¾ diameter, William Aiken Walker.

12 1884-85 7 x 10½ 1 Color print none

November. Poster. The World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition. United States and State Exhibits. Original color lithograph 30 x 42, Southern Lithographic Company.

13 1884 6¾ x 10½ 1 Color print none

December. Exposition Scrap-Book, Color lithograph on cardboard 15 x 12¾, Frederick F. Hansell. Fairbanks Standard Scales, Color lithograph and printed 3¼ x 6½, Anonymous. Weighing Barnum's White Elephant, ca. 1880-85, Color lithograph and printed 3¼ x 5¼, Donaldson Brothers. Buck's Brillian Stoves, bet. 1882-94, Color lithograph and printed 3 x 4½, Gies & Co. The Perils of Leap Year, ca. 1880-85, Color lithograph and printed 4¾ x 3", Burrow-Giles Lithographic Company. Boss Pat. Cases, Color lithograph and printed 2¾ x 4¼, Anonymous. J. & P., Coats 1885, Color lithograph and printed 6 x 4¼", Anonymous.

New Orleans Cotton Exposition/Copied from Souvenir Booklet in possession of Donald Rowan in 1983-NEGATIVES:

Negs. 1-4