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"Texas
Cotton Palace Exposition, Waco, Texas, November 2-17, 1912"
Postcard
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"Texas
Cotton Palace
Waco, Texas
October 31- November 15, 1914"
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com
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"Texas Cotton Palace, Waco, Texas" in 1926
Postcard
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1909:
The Cotton Palace was built, and soon became one of the most popular
fairs in the south; in 1913 an estimated 500,000 people visited the
site.
1930: The Cotton Palace, a symbol of the city's prosperity,
was shut down. It later burned. |
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Waco Cotton Yard, 1915
Postcard
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