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The Midway, East Avenue, Omaha

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Call Number	CHS.J2794
Title	The Midway, East Avenue, Omaha
Creator(s)	Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary	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.
Date	[1898]
Notes	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
Physical Description	1 negative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Is Part Of	History Colorado, William Henry Jackson Collection
Subject	Omaha (Neb.)--1890-1900. Exhibition buildings--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900. Exhibitions--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900. Midways--Nebraska--Omaha--1890-1900. Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition (1898 : Omaha, Neb.)
Rights	Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact History Colorado: http://www.historycolorado.org/researchers/reproduction-commercial-use-fees
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes
Type of Material	Glass negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Contributors	Detroit Photographic Co.
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	4456; 86.200.2539
Filename	20102794.TIF

The Midway, East Avenue, Omaha

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