Oct 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2681 -

Sale 2681 - Lot 139

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

JAMESTOWN TER - CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION / NORFOLK, VIRGINIA. 1907.

31¾x41½ inches, 80½x105½ cm. A. Hoen & Co., Richmond.
Condition A-: expert overpainting in margins and around text; minor creases in image.

A poster commemorating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown and the Virginia colony by English settlers. Held in Norfolk, the event placed a greater emphasis on athletics and military successes, featuring a Naval parade, whereas previous fairs and expositions had touted progress in arts and technology. "A day after it closed, the New York Times called the Jamestown Ter-Centennial 'the most colossal failure in the history of exhibitions' and reminded its readers that the fair's board still owed the government $900,000 on its million-dollar loan" (https://encyclopediavirginia.org/).
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