Indiana Day at Jamestown Tercentennial Oct 11
The Jamestown exposition features an Indiana state day Oct 11 with a royal welcome. Delegations from Indiana join Virginia hosts for parades concerts and receptions as officials plan speeches and a broad display of state exhibits and industry.
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Jamestown
Hoosier
Indiana
Virginia
Fara
United States
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Harry St. George Tucker
Indiana State
Astress
Department of
New Jersey
Get
Yorktown
Cornwallis
Priceless Relics Shown At Jamestown Exposition
Warrant and draft exhibits in Treasury Space A highlight of the Jamestown Exposition reveal historic payments. Includes a 1824 Lafayette grant for 200000 dollars and Alaska and Panama warrants, with endorsements, dating entries from 1825 onward. Visitors may request explanations from attendants in the Treasury department space.
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Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Washington
General Lafayette
Congress
Russia
Alaska
de Stocke
Rigga National Bank of Washington
United States
Philippine Islands
Jules Camabon
Spain
M. Cambon
Panama Canal
Pierpont Morgan & Co
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
J. Piemont Morgan
Albei
Exposition Notes on Jamestown Exhibits and Historic Displays
The article surveys nightly displays at Jamestown featuring water and land fairfrores, with the Historic Arts palace showing relics and manuscripts. It highlights Daughters of the American Revolution documents and Revolutionary dolls, plus notable state exhibits from North and South Carolina, New Jersey, and Virginia under William C. Torreave, emphasizing early Virginia documents and Burgesses records.
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Virginia School For the Deaf
Staunton
Bolling
America
John
Thomas Bolling
Pocahontas
Powhatan
Braidwood School
Edinburgh
Scotland
Richmond Enquirer
Thomas Bolling, Jr
Braidwood
William Bolling
Thomas
Bampiee
Familly
Kyvyen
War Path
Paul Revere
North
South Carolina
Theodosia Starr
Aaron Murr
New Jersey
Virginia
State Library
Virginia Historical Society
William C. Torreave
State Lbrary
Richmond
House of Burgesses
Len
First all steel railway car on display
Exhibit highlights include the first solid steel railway car ever built with no wood used, showcased by the Machinery and Transportation building among other notable displays.
Historic Soup Kettle At James Town Exposition
In a nook of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts building at the James town exposition sits a large iron kettle with a Civil War link. The kettle fed Belle Isle prisoners in wholesale soup, drawing veterans of the Union to view it and recall the stark wartime days.
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Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Belle Isle
States Exhibit Palace at Jamestown Exposition
The Jamestown exposition features a States Exhibit Palace assembling agricultural and horticultural products from multiple states. Visitors view mammoth pumpkins melons potatoes and apples as fragrance of orchards fills the air. A day of pleasure and profit awaits in the palace courts and states displays.
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Atstes
Norfolk and Newport News anchor vast exposition access
Within a day’s travel, about 40 million people live within reach of the exposition. Eight or ten railroads and many steamship lines center in Norfolk and Newport News, enabling mass arrivals while visitors find broad entertainment in the Colonial City by the Sea.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk
New York
Washington
Potomac River
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Exposition Grounds
United States
Newport News
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Hampton
National Guard
Sam
Lee
Mexico
Uitilary
Jamestown Exposition
Ohio
New World
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Fisheries
Department of Commerce and Labor
Geological Survey
Palace of Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Palace of Education
Uncle San
Old Ocean
Virginia Beach
Cape Henry
Fianc
Jaomestownu
Canada
Botling
Michigan
Anderson
Amio the Quryor
New Castle
Damertown
Bkn
Bay
Chesapeake
Historic
Fort Monroe
Grand Harbor
Hampton Roads
Old Port Wood
Hempton
Taray
Jearuine
Old Dominion
Indiana Day
John A. Markin, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
YT. M. Campbell
Darlington
Elonor
Colonel Witlitta
Mr. Braidwood
Adenburg School
Bolling Ham Goochland County
Orme
Palace of the States
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