Cotton States and International Exposition Souvenir Badge, Pennsylvania Day
date: label: Date made
content: 1895
name: label: Associated Name
content: Washington, Booker T.
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir badge from the Cotton States and International Exposition commemorating "Pennsylvania Day" held on November 14, 1895.
label: Description
content: Still recovering from being on the losing side of America’s Civil War, the city of Atlanta, Georgia mounted a World’s Fair in 1895 to foster interest, trade, and pride in the city. Between September 18 and December 31st, 80,000 visitors attended the international exposition, held at what would become Piedmont Park. Today, the event is perhaps best remembered for the influential and controversial speech given by African American rights leader Booker T. Washington now known as “the Atlanta Compromise.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia, Atlanta
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Georgia, Atlanta
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Cotton States and International Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.0807
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.0807
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: GA1895B01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 9.8425 cm