Beautiful grounds and buildings of the Inter-State and West Indian Exposition Charleston S.C. – Historic Photograph Print
(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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A window into the past: Beautiful grounds and buildings of the Inter-State and West Indian Exposition Charleston S.C., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Beautiful grounds and buildings of the Inter-State and West Indian Exposition Charleston S.C.
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Few fairs of the era were laid out on as grand a scale in the South as the Inter-State and West Indian Exposition, which spread across Hampton Park on the edge of Charleston, South Carolina. This stereograph focuses on the grounds and buildings themselves, with their landscaped walks and exhibition halls giving visitors the impression of a planned city rising among the trees. The fair was meant to encourage trade between the Southern states and the Caribbean and Latin America, and its architecture and gardens helped make that case to investors and visitors alike. Seen through a stereo viewer, the card gives a sense of depth and layout that a flat photograph could not.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H19925 U.S. Copyright Office. · Harte Bret 1836-1902. |
| Subjects | Exhibitions--South Carolina--Charleston--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,289 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271226 |
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