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Report of the commissioner-general for the United States to the International universal exposition, Paris, 1900 ... February 28, 1901

United States. Commission to the Paris Exposition. 1900, Peck, Ferdinand Wythe, 1848- · 1901 · Washington, Govt. print. off. · 3 pictures

This is a government report from 1901 by the United States Commission to the Paris Exposition of 1900, written by commissioner-general Ferdinand Wythe Peck and printed in Washington for official use. Its photographs record the American presence at the Paris Exposition Universelle, with a monumental arched gateway and grand avenues shown in halftone. A designer might take from them the period grandeur of exposition architecture, including the ornate arch, sculpted horse, and crowded promenades rendered in sepia halftone.

Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)

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