The Trans-Mississippi Exposition - World's Fairs

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Field name	Value
Title	The Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Author	Thanet, Octave
Date	Oct 1898
Document Type	Periodical
Description	Article from 'The Cosmopolitan', Vol. XXV, No. 6 reviewing the Omaha exhibition and branding it "a colossal success", though criticizing some elements such as the Omaha Court, and frequently comparing it to the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago earlier that decade.
Visual Content	Includes black and white photographs of exhibition buildings, crowds on the Midway and other scenes. Depicts several Native Americans as well as the Indian Day parade. View thumbnails
Fair	1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Omaha
Keywords	reception, architecture, landscape architecture, food, horticulture, state pavilions, electricity, Native Americans, native villages, indigenous peoples
Attractions	The Midway
Archive	Special Collections Research Center, Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno
Archive Reference	EXP 898c.18c
Copyright	Special Collections Research Center, Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno