The images in this project were achieved by photographing illuminated glass negatives and then digitally reversing the images from negatives to positives. All of the glass negatives, to my knowledge were made by my grandfather Joseph M. Burns from the late 1800’s until around 1911. Many of these images were taken of Burns’ family and friends visiting the Trans-Mississippi Exposition that took place in Omaha in 1898 and the following year.
Exhibition 1898 
Trans Mississippi Exhibition 1898 
Visitors enjoy a day at the Exposition held in Omaha in 1898-1999 
Visitors enjoy a day at the Exposition held in Omaha in 1898-1999 
Streets of Cairo attraction on the east midway, Transmississippi Exposition, 1898. 
Trans Mississippi Exposition 
Administration building, Transmississipi Exposition, Omaha, 1898. 
Trans Mississippi Exposition 
Trans Mississippi Exposition 
Fair goers pose for a portrait at the 1898 Transmississippi Exposition.
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