The Atlanta Exposition and South Illustrated
Chicago: Adler Art Publishing Company, 1895.
Hardcover. Oblong folio. 193 pages. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt illustration on the front cover. Fair condition only. Spine missing and boards are held together by an old linen tape repair on the spine. Covers are scuffed partly affecting the gilt illustration on the front cover. The right front flyleaf, front blank end sheet, and title page are detached. Original end sheets are chipped around the edges. Some light soiling and stains to the front and back end sheets. Faint toning to the early pages in the text. Interior contents are mostly clean. Interior contents clean. Previous owner inscription on the front blank end sheet "Lou C. Wylie 570 Spring Street Atlanta Ga." Beneath that inscription is another, "My Aunt by Marriage David Y Wylie." "Augusta Wylie King" written on the rear end sheet. The Wylie and King families were prominent citizens in Atlanta history.
Scarce. Not in the Georgia Derenne catalog. 15 copies located in OCLC. From wikipedia: The Cotton States and International Exposition was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in 1895.[1] The exposition was designed "to foster trade between southern states and South American nations as well as to show the products and facilities of the region to the rest of the nation and Europe."[1] The Cotton States and International Exposition featured exhibits from six states, including various innovations in agriculture and technology, and exhibits about women and African Americans.[1] President Grover Cleveland presided over the opening of the exposition remotely by flipping an electric switch from his house in Massachusetts on September 18, 1895.[1] The event is best remembered for the "Atlanta Compromise" speech given by Booker T. Washington on September 18, promoting racial cooperation.[1]. Fair. Item #36172
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