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[Canadian exhibit. Palace of Aztecs & Incas to right, Paris Exposition, 1889] – Antique Wall Art

[Canadian exhibit. Palace of Aztecs & Incas to right, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889] — historic photograph
[Canadian exhibit. Palace of Aztecs & Incas to right, Paris Exposition, 1889], [1889]. Historic photograph 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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[Canadian exhibit. Palace of Aztecs & Incas to right, Paris Exposition, 1889]

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Visitors to the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle could see a Canadian exhibit set beside the Palace of the Aztecs and Incas, a building styled after the ancient architecture of Mexico and Peru. The fair was held on the Champ de Mars and marked the centennial of the French Revolution, and it drew millions of visitors to its national pavilions, colonial displays and ethnographic exhibits. This albumen print, made on paper coated with egg white, shows how the fair's foreign sections were arranged side by side, with national exhibits and reconstructed buildings competing for attention.

Created / published[1889]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
SubjectsExposition universelle de 1889--(Paris, France) Exhibitions--France--Paris--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,287 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-185921

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