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1884 - 1885 New Orleans World’s Fair Thread Advertising Sample Wooden Box
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The pictures show interior and exterior views of this 1884 - 1885 New Orleans World's Fair Thread Advertising Sample Wooden Box. (no thread is included) There is a label on both the outside and inside of this box. On the outide there is an image of Exposition Buildings at the Fair in New Orleans. On the inside is a label for Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton Thread. It is marked on these as follows:

EXPOSITION BUILDINGS, NEW ORLEANS. 1884-5

CLARK'S O.N.I. SPOOL COTTON ON WHITE SPOOLS
IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS
FOR HAND & MACHINE SEWING
GEORGE A. CLARK, SOLE AGENT.

In honor of the Cotton Centennial, we believe that these boxes of thread were given out as samples, sold as souvenirs of the Fair, or both. The wooden box has a decorative brass latch and hinges. The closed box measures about 5'' x 3-1/4'' x 2-3/8''. It appears to be in fair to good condition with wear from use as pictured. Below here, for reference, is some information about the 1884 New Orleans Worlds Fair:

World Cotton Centennial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1884 - 1885 World's Fair was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. 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 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 United States to England in 1784. It was also known as the World's International and Cotton Centennial Exposition.

The United States Congress loaned $1 million to the Fair's directors and gave $300,000 for the construction of a large U.S. Government & State Exhibits Hall on the site. However, the planning and construction of the Fair was marked by corruption and scandals, and state treasurer Edward A. Burke absconded abroad with some $1,777,000 dollars of state money including most of the fair's budget.

Despite such serious financial difficulties, the Fair succeeded in offering many attractions to visitors. It covered 249Êacres stretching from St. Charles Avenue to the Mississippi River, and was notable that it could be entered directly by railway, steamboat, or ocean going ship. The main building enclosed 33Êacres, and was the largest roofed structure constructed up to that time. It was illuminated with 5,000 electric lights (still a novelty at the time, and said to be 10 times the number then existing in New Orleans outside of the fairgrounds). There was also a Horticultural Hall, an observation tower with electric elevators, and working examples of multiple designs of experimental electric street cars. The Mexican exhibit was particularly lavish and popular, constructed at a cost of $200,000 dollars, and featuring a huge brass band that was a great hit locally.

On December 16, 1884, U.S. President Chester Arthur opened the Fair via telegraph (two weeks behind schedule). It closed on June 2, 1885. In an unsuccessful attempt to recover some of the financial losses from the Fair, the grounds and structures were reused for the North Central & South American Exposition from November 10, 1885 to March 31, 1886 with no great success. Afterwards the structures were publicly auctioned off, most going only for their worth in scrap. The site today is Audubon Park and Audubon Zoo in Uptown New Orleans.

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1884 - 1885 New Orleans World’s Fair Thread Advertising Sample Wooden Box 1884 - 1885 New Orleans World’s Fair Thread Advertising Sample Wooden Box 1884 - 1885 New Orleans World’s Fair Thread Advertising Sample Wooden Box 1884 - 1885 New Orleans World’s Fair Thread Advertising Sample Wooden Box


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