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	World Cotton Centennial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 Cotton Exchange, the idea for the fair was first advanced by the Cotton Planters Association.
		The name World Cotton Centennial referred to the earliest surviving record of export of a shipment of cotton from the United States to England in 1784.
		The Mexican exhibit was particularly lavish and popular, constructed at a cost of $200,000 dollars, and featuring a huge brass band that was a great hit locally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cotton_Centennial_Exhibition (423 words)

	Views of the Centennial Exhibition (1876)
		This Exhibition was a celebration both of the nation's past and its potential for the future.
		Among the most popular prints made of the Centennial Exhibition were the bird's eye views showing the layout of the exhibition grounds.
		The Centennial Exhibition was one of the greatest tourist attractions of the era, with visitors not just from across the United States, but also from all around the world.
	www.philaprintshop.com /centennial.html (1460 words)

	Early Australian History : Rare Books Exhibition
		This exhibition of treasures from the Matheson Library's Australiana collections fittingly begins with a selection of exploration journals and narratives thoughtfully displayed and catalogued to highlight their 'post-colonial' significance, especially those passages bearing upon the relations between Aborigines and Europeans.
		This excellent exhibition is a strong invitation to Monash academics and students to investigate that fruitful theme.
		However, this Exhibition would not have been as representative as it is without material from the collection of Sir Robert and Lady Price; these items are marked in the catalogue with an asterisk.
	www.lib.monash.edu.au /exhibitions/history/xaustcat.html (15048 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Centennial In Philadelphia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Khedive Isma'il appropriated $60,000 for the creation of the Egyptian exhibit, while reserving another $5,000 for the expenses of the commissioners: $300 for travel and an $8 per diem allowance while they were in the United States.
		Centennial Commission officials separated the foreign participants into geographical groups whose exhibits were then clustered in specific parts of the hall.
		Cotton and linen cloth from Yemen and silks and wools from Egypt and Greater Syria captured prizes, and several Ottoman provinces combined to present a display of silk cocoons "of exceptional merit." Carpet merchants and manufacturers, including some European-owned firms, were commended for their floor coverings and wall hangings.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/197606/centennial.in.philadelphia.htm (2345 words)

	Industry & Consumerism Case 4 Labels
		The concurrence of textile and needlework exhibits exemplifies this.
		The parasol is knitted with extremely fine cotton, each section is gradually brought to a point, as represented in the engraving, and the plain knitting above is ornamented with raised embroidery in satin stitch.
		The invention of the cotton gin in 1793, which coincided with the application of Watt's steam engine to the textile industry, made it possible for the supply of raw cotton to meet the demand of manufacturers.
	www.librarycompany.org /HookBook/case4labels.htm (1643 words)

	The Fabric of History: The Cotton Industry in New Orleans, 1835-1885 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Cotton was cultivated on large plantations using slave labor as well as on small farms worked only by the farmer and his family.
		Cotton bales were loaded onto steamboats for transport to New Orleans, a major center for the business of cotton.
		The cotton broker purchased cotton from the factors and usually represented the interests of textile centers in the Northeast as well as in Liverpool, Manchester, or Hamburg.
	www.hnoc.org /fabric.htm (1367 words)

	Record Unit 70 - Exposition Records of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, 1867-1940
		Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States (Cincinnati, 1888), 1888-1889.
		The purpose of the government exhibits was generally to set forth the nature of American institutions and various aspects of the life of the citizenry, and to illustrate the nation's military power.
		During this period it was customary to differentiate between the exhibits prepared by the Smithsonian Institution proper--the "parent institution," as it was called--and those prepared by the United States National Museum.
	www.si.edu /archives/archives/findingaids/faru0070.htm (1043 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As the U.S. approached its Centennial celebration, scheduled for Philadelphia in 1876, women suffragists and women inventors pooled their efforts to counteract the obscurity of women's abilities and achievements.
		Elizabeth Stiles of Vermont won the Exhibition's first prize for overall invention for her "Stiles Desk." This was a two-person, multi-purpose reading, writing and storage unit complete with display stands, inkpots, and wastebasket, that when folded shut was only 18" deep---perfect for libraries, offices, and apartments.
		The Woman's Pavilion exhibition at the Centennial provided the first national boost in pride, encouragement and solidarity among women inventors of the U.S. For more information on the Centennial Exhibition, see Chapter 4 of Feminine Ingenuity, by Anne L. Macdonald.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/whm1.html (451 words)

	Object Lessons: Material Culture on the World Wide Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The potential of the Centennial Exhibition as a source for engaging students in the study of nineteenth-century culture was noted on the occasion of the Bicentennial by Thomas J. Schlereth, a professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
		At the exhibits of the Centennial, we can see the United States positioning itself as an equal with the imperial powers of Europe as well as superior to other nations of the world.
		However, we know that the Centennial Exhibition was in fact a colorful, eye-catching spectacle that is not fully conveyed through fl and white photographs and line drawings.
	www.history.villanova.edu /centennial/aahcpaper.htm (3492 words)

	Press Information: Exhibition Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		On exhibit will be select periodicals and manuscripts illustrating this history as a living exchange, revealed through the presentation of literary magazines.
		The exhibition will take viewers behind the scenes and allow them to observe the decisions, the disagreements, the inspiration, and the perspiration that result in an opera, an operetta, a Broadway musical, or works that resist classification altogether.
		This exhibition will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and will be on view in conjunction with an exhibition the ASCE is organizing concurrently at the World Financial Center.
	www.nypl.org /press/exhibitionsfall01.cfm (3506 words)

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		The first American shipment of cotton to England was said to have been 14 bales sent in 1784 – and the 100th anniversary of this event was celebrated with the World’s Cotton Centennial Exposition, held in 1884 in New Orleans on fairgrounds set up on the site of what is now Audubon Park.
		Edgar Degas’ “A Cotton Office in New Orleans” showed the interior of his relatives’ cotton-brokerage offices and was a highlight of the recent “Degas in New Orleans” exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
		The museum opened in 1995 with exhibits including “Cotton History,” “Cotton and Westward Expansion,” and the “Impact of Cotton on the Economy.” Exhibition expansion is planned, and the museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m.
	www.sec.state.la.us /museums/cotton/louisianagrown.html (1567 words)

	Centennial Exhibition: Overview \| Centennial Photographic Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		he Centennial Board of Commissioners awarded the sole license for photography at the exposition to Edward L. Wilson, editor of the journal, The Philadelphia Photographer, and his good friend William Notman, a prominent Scottish-born Canadian photographer.
		Exposure times as long as 2 hours were reported, made necessary by the lack of good lighting in many of the Centennial buildings.
		The Company was apparently quite successful and their photographs were in great demand both during and after the Centennial.
	libwww.library.phila.gov /CenCol/ov-collection2.htm (375 words)

	The Growth of the Woman's Building.
		When the women's exhibit was brought together in New Orleans, it was found that the Exposition Company had not funds enough to enable the managers to fit up their department and show their goods.
		Accompanying this lace exhibit is a collection of the work of the Italian women of to-day, a prominent feature of which is the lace made by the peasant women in the societies organized by, and under the direction of, the queen.
		Her Majesty the Queen of England has kindly sent an exhibit of the work of her own hands, with the message that while she usually feels no interest in expositions, she gives this special token of sympathy with the work of the Board of Lady Managers because of its efforts for women.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/elliott/art/17.html (2308 words)

	African Americans and the Centennial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This may have made fls at the Centennial angry because they were noted for being slaves, not for their achievements of the past thirteen years or so.
		At the first organizational meeting, however, fl women discovered that "we were to be classed." The Afro-Americans protested being manipulated, which resulted in the white women passing a resolution expressing their regret that the executive committee had appointed a committee of fl women in the first place.
		Having raised funds for the exposition, fl women received neither mention nor exhibit space in the Women's Building.(3) Although fl women did not receive the recognition they deserved, the fl community felt that this was a personal achievement of which they were proud.
	www.history.villanova.edu /centennial/odum01.htm (814 words)

	Whitney Museum of American Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This exhibition was co-organized by the hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
		The exhibition was made possible by The Henry Luce Foundation, the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Bruce T. Halle Family Foundation, and The Judith Rothschild Foundation.
		This exhibition of prints and drawings focuses on the quirks‚ the looks‚ and the actions that reveal the common‚ ordinary aspects of being human—the snobbery of a raised lorgnette‚ the joy of a dancing couple‚ or the laughter of friendship.
	www.whitney.org /exhibition/past.shtml (8670 words)

	World’s Fair and Exposition Collectibles-Index
		The Centennial Exposition - Described and Illustrated - Ingram.
		Centennial and Philadelphia Steel Plate Views - Frank Ingram and Co..
		Pottery Exhibit Washington Milk Pitcher - Homer Laughlin.
	www.the-forum.com /collect/worldfai.htm (404 words)

	The Worlds Fair and Exposition Information and Reference Guide
		The idea for a Sesqui-Centennial Exhibition began in a meeting called by the Mayor of Philadelphia in November, 1920.
		Exhibits included everything from toys and textiles to machinery and chemicals.
		The Persian Pavilion was a reproduction of one of the ancient buildings of Persepolis and part of it's exhibit contained illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages.
	www.earthstation9.com /1926_ses.htm (1863 words)

	George Sigler's Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon
		This day of our Centennial jubilee has been set apart by the Chief Executive of the nation and of our commonwealth, that Christians may assemble in their places of worship, and give expression to their gratitude to the Giver of all Good for the blessings of the year.
		The Exhibition proves that we are equal to, and far in advance of many of the nations that have had centuries of the start of us.
		Through the Centennial Exhibition many found employment, others sale for the little produce and goods they could command, and others, again, opened their houses and entertained visitors, and in this way they have prepared themselves for the cold winter that is before us.
	www.mun.ca /rels/restmov/texts/believers/siglercts/CTS.HTM (2564 words)

	Chapter4 text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Read made a model steamcarriage, which he exhibited when endeavoring to secure assistance in furtherance of his schemes, but seems to have given more attention to steamnavigation, and nothing was ever accomplished by him in this direction.
		He exhibited equal intelligence and ingenuity in perfecting the processes of milling, and in effecting improvements in his own business, that of the millwright.
		This engine, and that built by Phineas Davis for the Baltimorc and Ohio Railroad, were exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, in the year 1876.
	www.history.rochester.edu /steam/thurston/1878/Chapter4.html (16105 words)

	Centennial Exhibition: Exhibition Facts \| Foreign Countries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		any Centennial organizers feared that foreign nations headed by hereditary monarchs and emperors would decline to participate in the celebration of what was in fact the anniversary of a republican revolution.
		Most nations, however, chose to exhibit in designated areas of the larger exhibition halls.
		The products and manufactures on display by foreign nations impressed Americans, although foreign visitors who had seen the European exhibitions noted repeatedly that Europe was not sending its best in either art or industry.
	libwww.library.phila.gov /CenCol/exh-foreign.htm (390 words)

	Gambit Weekly : New Orleans Know-It-All : July 12, 2005
		A German electrician was an associate of Thomas Edison and electrified the 1884 Cotton Exposition in New Orleans.
		Maurice Hart and his associates organized the Louisiana Light and Power Co. and obtained the contract for lighting the main building at the Cotton Centennial Exhibition.
		In August 1886, the City Council granted the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of New Orleans permission to erect boilers at 1004-1008 Baronne St. Heading the board of directors was Thomas Alva Edison.
	www.bestofneworleans.com /dispatch/2005-07-12/blake.php (591 words)

	NMWA \| Private Collection \| Self-Portrait
		Her father, Joseph Lea Jr., owned cotton manufacturing and printing factories, and three of her five younger sisters also developed careers in the visual and performing arts.
		A member of London's Royal Society of Painters and Etchers, Merritt exhibited her work regularly at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Royal Academy in London, and the Paris Salon.
		Her paintings and prints were also displayed at a number of prestigious venues, including the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
	www.nmwa.org /collection/detail.asp?WorkID=1713 (348 words)

	Elvehjem quilt exhibition to cap SoHE centennial year (May 11, 2004)
		This hand-stitched cotton chutkinwari ralli (patchwork) quilt from Pakistan will be part of an exhibition of quilts at the Elvehjem Museum of Art June 5-August 15.
		The one you will encounter at the exhibition "Quilts: Artistry in Pattern" is one of only about 30 stenciled bedcovers known to exist.
		The exhibition will feature a crazy quilt made in Wausau during the 1880s and depicting a logging scene from the area.
	www.news.wisc.edu /9814.html (378 words)

	Leading Facts of American History
		The New Orleans Cotton Centennial Exhibition; the "New South." Shortly after the close of the American Revolution (1784) eight bags of cotton were exported from Charleston, South Carolina, to England (§; 205).
		An exhibition was opened (1884) at New Orleans to mark the hundredth anniversary of the first export of that product.
		Such cities as the great cotton port of Galveston, with such manufacturing centers as Chattanooga, Augusta, Atlanta, and Birmingham, are "hives of industry." Their commerce, their cotton mills, iron mills, and other important works have become rivals of those in the North or West.
	www.rootsweb.com /~neresour/OLLibrary/Montgomery/mahp350.htm (1910 words)

	World's Fairs, UM Libraries
		Exhibition of art and art industry 1853 dublin ireland
		Exhibition of the industry of all nations 1853-1854 dublin
		Lewis and clark centennial exposition 1905 portland or
	www.lib.umd.edu /ARCH/guides/worldsfair.html (539 words)

	List of world's fairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1854 - Melbourne, Australia - Melbourne Exhibition (1854) (in conjunction with Exposition Universelle (1855))
		1905 - Portland, Oregon - Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905)
		1930 - Trondheim, Norway - Tröndelag Exhibition (1930)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_world's_fairs (2772 words)

	The Worlds Fair and Exposition Information and Reference Guide
		Cotton Crop in New Orleans (1883-84): 1,529,188 bales
		And next to that was a cotton field.
		World's Industrial and Cotton Exposition by Kenneth R. Speth.
	www.earthstation9.com /1884_new.htm (1238 words)

	Bonanza: Centennial
		Virginia City is planning her own celebration of the centennial year, of course, and although it won’t be as grand as the one in Philadelphia, at least we’ll be able to attend this one.”
		Though Little Joe had acted uninterested in the Centennial, he would be both disappointed and angry on learning that Adam and Hoss were taking an extended trip, while he had to stay behind, stuck with their chores for a month or more.
		After all, the events of 1776 were on everyone’s tongue in this centennial year, and Joe had found, to his surprise, that girls were impressed by the gems of knowledge he dropped into conversation from time to time.
	www.williamsmith.org /bonanzacentennial.html (17262 words)

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