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[Atlanta, Ga. - Cotton States Exposition]: Looking south from Bell Tower – Antique Wall Art

[Atlanta, Ga. - Cotton States Exposition]: Looking south from Bell Tower, c1895. — historic photograph
[Atlanta, Ga. - Cotton States Exposition]: Looking south from Bell Tower, c1895.. Historic photograph from the Atlanta 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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[Atlanta, Ga. - Cotton States Exposition]: Looking south from Bell Tower

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Looking south from the Bell Tower, this photograph takes in the grounds of the Cotton States and International Exposition, which opened in Atlanta in September 1895 on land that is now part of Piedmont Park. The fair was meant to showcase the South's growing industry and trade, especially cotton, to visitors and investors from across the country. Booker T. Washington delivered his well-known "Atlanta Compromise" address at its opening. The print carries the photographer's copyright mark, R.A. Ellis, and the number 22, and the caption card gives the scene's title, though the record's details are unverified.

Created / publishedc1895.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotoprint copyrighted by R.A. Ellis. No. 22. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Expositions--1895 (Cotton States); Ga.--Atlanta; Exhibitions--1895; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,254 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143915

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