Lowe and Stevens

Description

Cotton States and International Exposition at Piedmont Park about 1895. Transit Co.View of passengers loading onto a six-car street car train on Capitol Avenue, bound for the Cotton States and International Exposition at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia.The Cotton States and International Exposition was an event that took place during the fall of 1895 in Piedmont Park just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The Exposition was meant to foster trade between southern states and South American nations and to exhibit the resources of the region to the world. In 1904, the city of Atlanta purchased Piedmont Park from the Piedmont Park Exposition Company and extended the city limits north to include the park.

Record Contributed By

Atlanta History Center

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia