View of the East Avenue from the Grand Plaza during the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha, (Douglas County) Nebraska. Shows a theater marquee that reads: "The Dancing Girl Illusion." People sit at tables in an open dining area with a Moorish style arched colonnade; the colonnade leads to a building with a sign which reads: "[Moorish Pa]lace"; shows Moorish onion dome architecture. A concession stand is across the plaza, and a sign over the entrance reads: "Onyx Soda Fountain. Chicago and St. Louis, U.S.A." Men and women walk wide dirt avenues. Shows trees, a ticket kiosk, a street gaslight, and a fire hydrant.
Accession number: 86.200.2539; Attribution to Jackson based on the photonegative's inclusion in the History Colorado William Henry Jackson Collection.; History Colorado.; Condition: Silvered, scratched, emulsion missing.; Formerly Jackson 4456.; Handwritten on envelope: "Omaha, Trans-Mississippi Exposition, the Midway, East Avenue."; Title and: "04456" inked on negative.; R7201027942
