cotton states exposition

a friend just gave me an original edition of new york state's report on the 1895 cotton states & international exposition at piedmont park---some great  renderings by bradford gilbert, who directed design of most of the buildings, and excellent images, some new (to me)---also details of the buildings that i hadn't seen before---e.g., they were all wooden, and most had shingled exteriors, stained grey, with "moss-green" roofs and "dull white" trim---the mineral and forestry building was built with several varieties of raw wood, left in its (more-or-less) natural state---the electric lights were a huge hit

thnx, sara