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
