Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition Souvenir, Minature Cotton Bale
date: label: Date made
content: 1907
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir miniature cotton bale commemorating the Jamestown Tercentennial Exhibition held in Norfolk, Virginia in 1907. Souvenir is a small bale of cotton enclosed in burlap and bound with metal straps. It has a paper label marked "SOUVENIR [/] MINIATURE COTTON BALE [/] JAMESTOWN [/] EXPOSITION [/] APRIL 26 NOV 30 [/] 1907."
label: Description
content: The Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition was held in Norfolk, Virginia in 1907. Commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Colony, England’s first permanent settlement in what would become the United States, the Exposition was held on the area of Sewell’s Point, by the waterways of the Hampton Roads. Like other Fair’s of the era, the Jamestown Exposition featured displays by various states and foreign countries, exhibits of arts and technologies, and performances, reenactments other amusements. The Jamestown Exposition distinguished itself for its presentation of the military might of the United States, having a modern Naval fleet permanently docked throughout its run. The Exposition was also marked for its Negro Building, built with a $100,000 grant from the United States government. The Jamestown Exposition was a financial failure, but the grounds were eventually converted into Naval Station Norfolk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Virginia, Jamestown Island, Jamestown
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Virginia, Norfolk
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Jamestown Tercentennial 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: 1989.0438.1114A
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1114A
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
label: catalog number
content: 1907MD01A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cotton Bale, Miniature
label: Object Name
content: miniature
label: Object Name
content: souvenir
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 5.715 cm x 6.0325 cm