whi:-h will open in New Orleans, on the sixteenth of December, 1881, and continue 
during a period of six months, promises to be the largest and most successful con¬ 
tention of the masters in the arts and sciences, manufactures and agriculture 
over held in the world. 
I lu'osont to my readers an excellent engraving of the front elevation of the 
main building, the largest ever erected, covering thirty three acres of ground. 
It is l.‘J78x 905 feet. 
The following table will show that this is the largest Exposition buildiim ever 
erected: 
000 X lot 
ad ((ua r- 
. . •; * , ‘ «nu imiiiuiibu, ana can scarcely be annreoiated 
b.V those who have not seen the buildings. I , 
Up to the 20th of October over 23,000 exhibitors had applied for space insur 
interesting pLme f ° r * ° Ur VlUage ’” which wil1 undoubtedly be a busy as well as 
exhibitors come from every State and Territory in the Union, and from 
ideni\vM u w!i?T D f i°t elgn co ! ,ntl 7> giving a rare opportunity for an exchange of 
of the humwi raee t0 new devclo P m ents, and an onward march in the affairs 
] vin- 1 bet'weenS I t°rh V . i ri A lleld ** thc :, u pper City Park, a beautiful tract of land 
J rriV i n ^. t ;. (dltU „ lcs Avenue on the north, and the Mississippi River on the 
south. I he buildings front east towards the main portion of the City. 
The grounds may be reached by the cars of the Camp and Prvtania. Magazine 
AM 01 !, lchoupitoulas, Canal and Coliseum, and the Carrollton Companies’ 
Exposition 1 lcave Cana Street > and take passengers directly 1 ’ 
to the gates of the ’ 
