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The World Cotton Centennial (also known as the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition) was a World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, in 1884. At a time when nearly one third of all cotton produced in the United States was handled in New Orleans and the city was home to the New Orleans Cotton Exchange , the idea ...
1897 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – Irish Fair (1897) [citation needed] 1897 – Nashville, Tennessee, United States – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition [71] 1897 – Stockholm, Sweden – General Art and Industrial Exposition of Stockholm [71] 1897 – Kiev, Russian Empire – Agricultural Exhibition [citation needed]
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The Cotton States and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 1895. [1] The exposition was designed "to foster trade between southern states and South American nations as well as to show the products and facilities of the region to the rest of the nation and Europe."
[6] [2] The Poplar Grove Plantation manor house was part of the Banker's Pavilion at the 1884 World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition held in Audubon Park, New Orleans. [10] [11] In 1886, the structure was purchased by Harris and moved by way of barge down the Mississippi River to Port Allen, Louisiana. [3] [12]
Fort Worth’s Frontier Centennial of 1936 left out Black history and Black people.
[6] In 1884, Ohr exhibited and sold his pottery at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans. [7] Of the hundreds of pieces he showed, Ohr boasted he showed "no two alike." [8] Ohr married Josephine Gehring of New Orleans on September 15, 1886. Ten children were born to the Ohrs, but only 6 survived to adulthood. [9]
One of Cincinnati’s unique sights in history was a circular building that showcased a 400-foot-long panorama painting.