Panoramic view of the Barcelona Exposition, Spain. The International Industrial Exposition was held in Barcelona from May to December of 1929. The U.S. Government did not have an official presence there, choosing instead the Ibero American Exposition being held in Seville that same year. However, American businesses were present in full force at Barcelona, and the Commerce Department aided with their affairs on site. The photographer and exact date are not specified.
Orange lies on the Sabine River near the Louisiana border.
The guards pictured were probably contracted by the National Shipbuilding Company to provide security for the area. The photographer and date are not specified. The ship near completion is the Fort Seward, which was first launched in early 1919, dating the photograph. No photographer was specified. Richard Schneider, a supervisory photographer with the National Archives and Records Administration's Special Media Preservation Branch, selected the images, retouched them using specially designed software after they had been scanned, and wrote the text for this exhibit.