SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
1898 OMAHA TRANS-MISSISSIPPI AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION

Photographs by Underwood and Underwood (1a-142a)
Original photographer's number, if known,
is in parentheses at end of the caption

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Grand Court 1a Grand Court looking east toward Terrace Viaduct Towers (night view). (21,406)
Statue of Ceres 2a Statue of Ceres between Liberal Arts Building and Mines and Mining Building looking northwest. Mines and Mining Building at left (night view). (21,193)
Administration Arch 3a Administration Arch looking south from 20th Street. (21,211)
East Midway 4a East Midway looking north. German Village in center. Onyx Soda Fountain at right. Moorish Village at left. (21,131)
Visitors walking 5a Visitors walking through colonnade between Liberal Arts Building and Mines and Mining Building. (21,--4)
20th Street 6a Looking along 20th Street from Administration Arch. (21,316)
Machinery and Electricity Building 7a Machinery and Electricity Building looking northeast. (21,388)
Exhibit in Agriculture Building 8a Exhibit in Agriculture Building. Windmill in foreground. Texas exhibit in background. (21,318)
Kansas Building 9a Kansas Building. (21,142)
Statue of Ceres 10a Statue of Ceres between Liberal Arts Building and Mines and Mining Building. Mines and Mining Building in background. (21,378)
Wisconsin Building 11a Wisconsin Building. (21,415)
Statue of Ceres 12a Statue of Ceres between Manufactures Building and Machinery and Electricity Building looking northwest. Manufactures Building at left. (21,382)
Streets of All Nations 13a Streets of All Nations, West Midway, looking toward theater. (21,306)
Grand Court at night 14a Grand Court at night.
Shooting the Chutes 15a Shooting the Chutes, West Midway. (21,098)
Streets of All Nations 16a Streets of All Nations, West Midway, from steps of theater. (21,152)
Opening day 17a Opening day (June 1, 1898) crowd at east end of Grand Court. (21,418)
Machinery and Electricity Building 18a Machinery and Electricity Building looking northwest. (21,217)
Streets of All Nations 19a Streets of All Nations, West Midway, looking toward theater. (21,224)
West Midway 20a West Midway looking east. Shooting the Chutes at right. (21,146)
West Midway 21a West Midway looking east. Giant See Saw in background. (21,387)
Shooting the Chutes 22a Shooting the Chutes, West Midway. (21,309)
Cannot identify--not Trans-Mississippi exposition? 23a Cannot identify--not Trans-Mississippi exposition? (21,307)
20th Street 24a 20th Street looking north from Administration Arch. (21,143)
Illinois Building 25a Illinois Building. (21,282)
Italian? vendor 26a Italian? vendor in International Hall. (21,281)
Nebraska exhibit 27a Nebraska exhibit in Agriculture Building. (21,276)
Boys and Girls Building 28a Boys and Girls Building. (21,144)
West Midway 29a West Midway looking west from North Viaduct. (21,189)
West Midway 30a West Midway looking east from 20th Street. (21,220)
Machinery and Electricity Building 31a Machinery and Electricity Building looking northwest. Swan boat in foreground. (21,321)
Crowd in front of U.S. Government Building 32a Crowd in front of U.S. Government Building. Visit of President McKinley? (21,201)
Mines and Mining Building 33a Mines and Mining Building looking east from colonnade. (21,275)
Statue of Ceres 34a Statue of Ceres at southwest corner of Machinery and Electricity Building. (21,413)
Court of Fine Arts Building 35a Court of Fine Arts Building. (21,140)
Sculpture "Fame" 36a Sculpture "Fame" on Fine Arts Building. (21,323)
International Hall 37a International Hall looking south on 20th Street. (21,202)
Liberal Arts Building 38a Southeast corner of Liberal Arts Building from colonnade. (21,315)
Statuary on top of Mines and Mining Building 39a Statuary on top of Mines and Mining Building. Shows closeup of electrical lights. (21,279)
Machinery and Electricity Building 40a Machinery and Electricity Building looking northeast from colonnade on south side of lagoon. (21,161)
Children walking through colonnade 41a Children walking through colonnade. (21,257)
Agriculture Building 42a Agriculture Building looking northeast across the Mirror. (21,160)
Fine Arts Building 43a Fine Arts Building looking southeast across the Mirror. Gondola in foreground. (21,154)
Mines and Mining Building 44a Northeast corner of Mines and Mining Building from Grand Court. (21,452)
Administration Arch 45a Administration Arch looking north across lagoon. (21,230)
Crowd at east end of Grand Court 46a Crowd at east end of Grand Court. (21,141)
Grand Court 47a Grand Court looking west from top of south Terrace Tower (night view). (21,127)
Mines and Mining Building 48a Mines and Mining Building from lagoon (night view). (21,411)
Terrace Towers 49a East side of Terrace Towers from Grand Plaza (night view). (21,089)
Grand Court 50a Grand Court looking west from Colonnade (night view). (21,407)
Streets of All Nations 51a Streets of All Nations, West Midway, looking toward theater. (21,372)
Giant See Saw 52a Giant See Saw, West Midway. (21,395)
Statue of Ceres 53a Statue of Ceres. Fine Arts Building in background (night view). (21,419)
Fountain of Neptune in Mirror 54a Fountain of Neptune in Mirror. Fine Arts Building in background (night view). (21,421)
U.S. Government Building 55a Dome of U.S. Government Building. (21,099)
Grand Court 56a Grand Court looking west from colonnade between Liberal Arts and Mines and Mining Buildings. (21,390)
U.S. Government Building 57a U.S. Government Building looking southwest. (21,408)
Statues of Ceres 58a Statues of Ceres between Manufactures and Machinery and Electricity Buildings looking toward Terrace Towers. (21,155)
Grand Court 59a Grand Court from U.S. Government Building. (21,205)
Statue on top of Mines and Mining Building 60a Statue on top of Mines and Mining Building. Terrace Towers in background. Shows closeup of electrical lights. (21,159)
South Viaduct 61a South Viaduct looking west. (21,462)
South Terrace Tower 62a South Terrace Tower from Viaduct. (21,261)
Statuary on top of Fine Arts Building 63a Statuary on top of Fine Arts Building. U.S. Government Building in background. (21,272)
Grand Court 64a Grand Court looking west from top of Agriculture Building. (21,204)
Fine Arts Building 65a Fine Arts Building looking southwest from Grand Court. (21,153)
Nebraska Building 66a Nebraska Building.
Fine Arts Building 67a Fine Arts Building looking southwest from Grand Court. (21,073)
Nebraska Building 68a Nebraska Building. (21,273)
Terrace Towers 69a Terrace Towers looking northeast (night view). (21,391)
Grand Court 70a Grand Court looking west (night view). (21,392)
U.S. Government Building 71a U.S. Government Building from Bridge (night view). (21,187)
Machinery and Electricity Building 72a Machinery and Electricity Building and fireworks from top of Mines and Mining Building (night view). (21,380)
U.S. Government Building 73a U.S. Government Building looking northwest (night view). (21,374)
Fireworks display 74a Fireworks display. (21,383)
Administration Arch 75a Administration Arch from Liberal Arts Building. (21,214)
Iowa Building 76a Iowa Building. (21,212?)
Crowd at East Colonnade 77a Crowd at East Colonnade. (21,195)
Statue of Ceres 78a Statue of Ceres in northeast courtyard looking northeast. (21,409)
Mines and Mining Building 79a Mines and Mining Building looking southeast across lagoon (night view). (21,373)
U.S. Government Building 80a U.S. Government Building looking west (night view). (21,376)
Grand Court 81a Grand Court looking east from U.S. Government Building (night view). (21,395)
Horticulture Building 82a Front of Horticulture Building (night view). (21,184)
Grand Court 83a Grand Court looking east from U.S. Government Building. (21,320)
Machinery and Electricity Building 84a Machinery and Electricity Building looking east. Statue of Ceres in foreground. (21,433)
Manufactures Building 85a Southeast corner of Manufactures Building from across lagoon. (21,156)
Los Angeles County exhibit 86a Los Angeles County exhibit in Agriculture Building. (21,377)
Horticulture Building 87a Horticulture Building looking southeast from top of Mines and Mining Building. (21,324)
Northeast courtyard 88a Northeast courtyard looking southeast. (21,130)
U.S. Government Building 89a U.S. Government Building looking northwest from Fine Arts Building. (21,210)
Terrace Towers 90a Terrace Towers looking east from roof of Manufactures Building. (21,203)
Swan boat on lagoon 91a Swan boat on lagoon. (21,194)
Statues of Ceres 92a Statues of Ceres in northeast courtyard looking southwest. (21,188)
Statues of Ceres 93a Statues of Ceres in southeast courtyard looking east. (21,414)
Dome of U.S. Government Building 94a Dome of U.S. Government Building. (21,196)
Horticulture Building 95a Horticulture Building looking southeast from top of Mines and Mining Building. (21,381)
Crowd at east end of Grand Court 96a Crowd at east end of Grand Court. Opening day? (21,145)
Crowd in Grand Plaza 97a Crowd in Grand Plaza looking west. (21,277)
Horticulture Building 98a Horticulture Building looking southeast. (21,960)
President McKinley speaking before crowd 99a President McKinley speaking before crowd at east end of Grand Court. (21,219)
Horticulture Building 100a Horticulture Building looking southwest. (21,271)
Army parade 101a Army parade, downtown Omaha. (21,460)
Midway types parade 102a Midway types parade walking south near Wisconsin Building. (21,477)
President McKinley speaking before crowd 103a President McKinley speaking before crowd at east end of Grand Court. (21,221)
Horticulture Building 104a South side of Horticulture Building looking northeast. (21,190)
Grand Court 105a Grand Court looking east from Fine Arts Building. (21,223)
Statues of Ceres 106a Statues of Ceres in northeast courtyard looking west. (21,410)
Grand Court 107a West end of Grand Court looking west from Fine Arts Building. (21,-90)
Horticulture Building 108a Front of Horticulture Building. (21,314)
Statues of Ceres 109a Statues of Ceres in northeast courtyard looking west. (22,449)
Grand Court 110a Grand Court looking east from U.S. Government Building. (21,255)
Horticulture Building 111a Front of Horticulture Building. (21,256)
President McKinley addressing crowd 112a President McKinley addressing crowd at east end of Grand Court. (21,278)
Shooting the Chutes 113a Looking east from top of Shooting the Chutes. Giant See Saw at left. (21,139)
Midway Street 114a Looking east down Midway Street. Pabst Building at left. (21,334)
Statues of Ceres 115a Statues of Ceres in northeast courtyard looking southwest. (21,186)
Rinehart photography studio 116a Rinehart photography studio east of Machinery and Electricity Building. (21,400)
Mines and Mining Building 117a Mines and Mining Building looking southwest from east end of Grand Court. (21,225)
Rinehart photography studio 118a Rinehart photography studio east of Machinery and Electricity Building (night view). (21,422)
Grand Court 119a Grand Court looking southwest from east colonnade. (21,375)
Arch of the States 120a Arch of the States looking south from Administration Arch. (21,280)
Statues of Ceres 121a Statues of Ceres in southeast courtyard looking west. (21,384)
Gondolas 122a Gondolas at east end of lagoon. (21,386)
Grand Court 123a North side of Grand Court looking west. (21,150)
Grand Court 124a Grand Court looking west from east end of Grand Court. (21,274)
Grand Court 125a Grand Court from north Terrace Tower. (21,443)
Machinery and Electricity Building 126a Looking west from portico of Machinery and Electricity Building. (21,379)
Arch of the States 127a Arch of the States looking southwest. (21,442)
Grand Court 128a Grand Court looking west from east end of Grand Court. (21,322)
Arch of the States 129a Arch of the States looking south from Administration Arch. (21,097)
Grand Court 130a North side of Grand Court looking west. (21,317)
Looking west from northeast tower of Mines and Mining Building 131a Looking west from northeast tower of Mines and Mining Building. (21,319)
Grand Court 132a Grand Court looking west from north Terrace Tower. (21,258)
Sherman Avenue 133a Looking south down Sherman Avenue from Giant See Saw. (21,254)
Grand Court 134a Grand Court looking west from east end of Grand Court. (21,312)
Administration Arch 135a Administration Arch from Arch of the States. (21,158)
U.S. Government Building 136a Crowd in front of U.S. Government Building looking north. (21,393)
Sculpture exhibit 137a Sculpture exhibit in Fine Arts Building. (21,303)
Fountain of Neptune 138a Fountain of Neptune looking south. (21,226)
Liberal Arts Building 139a Liberal Arts Building looking southeast from Bridge. (21,310)
Exhibit in Agriculture Building 140a Exhibit in Agriculture Building. Windmill in foreground. Texas exhibit in background. (21,259)
Fine Arts Building 141a Fine Arts Building looking southeast across lagoon. (21,213)
Mines and Mining Building 142a Mines and Mining Building looking southeast from top of Manufactures Building. (21,897)

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