Sick and tired of counting up the money in the vault at the bank. Off for a week to shovel in the cotton candy and dance to the music at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, which was held in Omaha, Nebraska, June 1st to November 1st, 1898.

Bandstand, Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898 in Omaha, Nebraska USA. Postcard. John Ross Key, artist. L. Prang and Company, publishers. Louis Prang and Company Collection, Boston Public Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:w66347128

North from Administration Arch. Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898, Omaha, Nebraska USA. Image © 1898 F. A. Rinehart, Omaha. Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society. https://nebraska.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_5421bb8a-8fb7-4529-9ebf-9d1cf844e691/

Crowd in bleachers: Sitting in the bleachers waiting for the next thing to start: Black and white photograph of people sitting in bleachers as part of the Congress of the American Indian in conjunction with the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition. The photograph is labeled “Crowd in bleachers”. 1898 photograph. Under © CC BY-NC 4.0. via the Nebraska State Historical Society Crowd in bleachers: Sitting in the bleachers waiting for the next thing to start: Black and white photograph of people sitting in bleachers as part of the Congress of the American Indian in conjunction with the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition. The photograph is labeled “Crowd in bleachers”. 1898 photograph. Under © CC BY-NC 4.0. via the Nebraska State Historical Society https://nebraska.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9bbf0d59-7de8-4015-a547-6e3e78cb4476/

Crowd in bleachers: Sitting in the bleachers waiting for the next thing to start: Black and white photograph of people sitting in bleachers as part of the Congress of the American Indian in conjunction with the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition. The photograph is labeled “Crowd in bleachers”. 1898 photograph. Under © CC BY-NC 4.0. via the Nebraska State Historical Society Crowd in bleachers: Sitting in the bleachers waiting for the next thing to start: Black and white photograph of people sitting in bleachers as part of the Congress of the American Indian in conjunction with the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition. The photograph is labeled “Crowd in bleachers”. 1898 photograph. Under © CC BY-NC 4.0. via the Nebraska State Historical Society https://nebraska.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_9bbf0d59-7de8-4015-a547-6e3e78cb4476/

Indian (sic) Day Parade, August 4, 1898: People participating in a parade for the Congress of the American Indian in conjunction with the Trans-Mississippi International Exposition held in Omaha Nebraska USA. August 4 1898 image. 1898 photograph. Under © CC BY-NC 4.0. via the Nebraska State Historical Society https://nebraska.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_4369dfdf-e58c-404f-9def-09ae76a541fd/

Western Electrical Company’s display of electric light fixtures at the the Trans-Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha Nebraska USA. 1898 image. F. A. Rinehart, Photos, Omaha photographer. Under ©. via the Nebraska State Historical Society https://nebraska.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_22a46e90-e89d-4570-bb71-203d905a5a2d/

Group of People in the “Streets of Cairo” Exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. held in Omaha Nebraska USA. 1898 glass plate negative. F. A. Rinehart, Photos, Omaha photographer. Under ©. via the Nebraska State Historical Society https://nebraska.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_a4782874-d52f-496b-8ff1-adf42c897c8d/

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