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Friday, December 26, 2008
New Orleans 1885: Mexican Pavilion.....
Situated near the south-east corner of the Main Building, the Mexican Pavilion was an octagon-shaped iron structure, seventy-eight feet across, topped by an eagle-crowned gilded dome. The entrance to the multi-colored Moorish-style building consisted of an ornate portico, with a prominent sign overhead containing the Mexican coat-of-arms and "Mexican Mining Pavilion", in gilded letters. Twenty-one large arched windows, of delicately patterned colored-glass, were located in the building's other seven walls. Within the pavilion were large glass display-cases, arranged in two circles, in which were placed a multitude of rare minerals and gems from each of Mexico's mineral States. Fine specimens of gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, and lead were displayed; in addition to fine examples of jewelry, set with numerous gems and other precious stones. Beneath the dome, at the center of the pavilion, was constructed a small pyramid of precious metals; while collections of various tropical shrubs were placed beneath the colored-glass windows surrounding the building.
Do we know of the ultimate fate of this pavilion? Was it moved elsewhere, or was it sold for scrap? (as did the majority of the buildings and monuments built for this fair). Thank you.
November 3rd - 16th, 2008:
San Francisco 1894 - California Midwinter International Exposition.
November 17th, 2008 - January 7th, 2009:
New Orleans 1885 - The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
January 8th - 31st, 2009:
Long Beach 1928 - Pacific Southwest Exposition.
February 1st - March 6th, 2009:
San Diego 1915 - Panama-California Exposition.
March 7th, 2009:
San Diego 1916 - Panama-California International Exposition.
March 8th - April 12th, 2009:
San Diego 1935 - California-Pacific International Exposition.
April 13th, 2009:
San Diego 1936 - California-Pacific International Exposition.
February 1st, 2018: 1884-NEW ORLEANS-1885 The Great World's Fair - book published!
Situated near the south-east corner of the Main Building, the Mexican Pavilion was an octagon-shaped iron structure, seventy-eight feet across, topped by an eagle-crowned gilded dome. The entrance to the multi-colored Moorish-style building consisted of an ornate portico, with a prominent sign overhead containing the Mexican coat-of-arms and "Mexican Mining Pavilion", in gilded letters. Twenty-one large arched windows, of delicately patterned colored-glass, were located in the building's other seven walls. 
Within the pavilion were large glass display-cases, arranged in two circles, in which were placed a multitude of rare minerals and gems from each of Mexico's mineral States. Fine specimens of gold, silver, copper, iron, zinc, and lead were displayed; in addition to fine examples of jewelry, set with numerous gems and other precious stones. Beneath the dome, at the center of the pavilion, was constructed a small pyramid of precious metals; while collections of various tropical shrubs were placed beneath the colored-glass windows surrounding the building.
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Do we know of the ultimate fate of this pavilion? Was it moved elsewhere, or was it sold for scrap? (as did the majority of the buildings and monuments built for this fair). Thank you.
The Mexican Mining Pavilion is now located in Mexico City.
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