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[Pavilion of Guatemala, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Vintage Wall Art

[Pavilion of Guatemala, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic print
[Pavilion of Guatemala, 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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This rare historic print captures [Pavilion of Guatemala, Paris Exposition, 1889] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Pavilion of Guatemala, Paris Exposition, 1889]

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The subject here is the Guatemala pavilion at the Exposition Universelle of 1889, the Paris world's fair that marked the centennial of the French Revolution and drew millions of visitors. Like many of the national pavilions in that exhibition, it presented its country to an international audience through architecture, displays, and the goods it hoped to sell, and coffee was among Guatemala's most important exports at the time. This albumen print, made in the 1880s, shows how the fair's buildings were recorded in the period. Albumen paper, coated with egg white and silver salts, gave these photographs their fine detail and warm tone.

Created / published[1889]
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsExposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France)--Buildings. Exhibition buildings--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,299 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183280

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