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[Interior view of the Pavilion of Mexico, showing stairway and exhibits, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Historic Photograph Print

[Interior view of the Pavilion of Mexico, showing stairway and exhibits, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic print
[Interior view of the Pavilion of Mexico, showing stairway and exhibits, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889]. Historic print from the World's Fairs collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Where many views of the 1889 fair focus on towers and facades, this one steps inside the Pavilion of Mexico to look up a staircase lined with exhibits. The Exposition Universelle, held in Paris that year to mark the centennial of the French Revolution, invited nations to build their own pavilions and show off their industry, crafts and goods. Albumen prints like this one were the dominant photographic process of the 1880s, and they capture the crowded, display-filled character of these temporary halls. The fair also gave Paris the Eiffel Tower, completed for the occasion.

Created / published[1889]
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsExposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France)--Buildings. Stairways--France--Paris--1880-1890. Interiors--France--Paris--1880-1890. Exhibition buildings--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,245 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-114748

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