| International Cotton Exposition (I.C.E.) | |
|---|---|
 Contemporary rendering of the Exposition | |
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | International Cotton Exposition (I.C.E.) |
| Visitors | 250,000 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| City | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Venue | along the Western & Atlantic Railroad tracks near the present-day King Plow Arts Center development |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | October 5, 1881 |
| Closure | December 31, 1881 |
International Cotton Exposition (I.C.E.) was a world's fair held in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 4 to December 31 of 1881. The location was along the Western & Atlantic Railroad tracks near the present-day King Plow Arts Center development in the West Midtown area. It planned to show the progress made since the city's destruction during the Battle of Atlanta and new developments in cotton production. It demonstrated the rebirth of Atlanta and the South by announcing an end to the Reconstruction Era and the sectional hostilities that had plagued the nation for several decades.[1]
Placed a short train ride from downtown, it was designed so that the largest building could later be used as a cotton mill (see Exposition Cotton Mills). A quarter of a million people attended, generating between $220,000 and $250,000 in receipts, split evenly between sales and gate receipts.
- ^ Prince, K. Stephen (2008). "A Rebel Yell for Yankee Doodle: Selling the New South at the 1881 Atlanta International Cotton Exposition". Georgia Historical Quarterly. 92 (3): 340–371. Retrieved February 14, 2018.