World Cotton Centennial
Exposition internationale de l'industrie du coton
1884 expo held in New Orleans, Louisiana
Cottonport · Louisiana · United States of America
🗓️ When?
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No date recorded — please check with the organiser.
- Recurrence
- one-off
📍 Where?
- Town
- Cottonport
- Region
- Louisiana
- Country
- United States of America
- How precise?
- coordinate of the town or municipality
This position is the town's, not the festival ground's.
ℹ️ Details
- Status
- unclear
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📖 Excerpt from the Wikipedia article
The World Cotton Centennial was a World's Fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, in 1884–1885. At a time when nearly one third of all cotton produced in the United States was handled in New Orleans and the city was home to the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, the idea for the fair was first advanced by the Cotton Planters Association. The name "World Cotton Centennial" referred to the earliest-surviving record of export of a shipment of cotton from the U.S. to England in 1784. Gustave M. Torgerson who lived in Meridian was selected and supervising architect and designed the main building.
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