| Creator |
Centennial Photographic Co. |
| Contributor |
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect. |
|
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect. |
| Title |
Japanese bronze stork [graphic] / Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia. Edward L. Wilson, W.
Irving Adams, proprietors.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Centennial Photographic Co |
| Date |
1876 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 18 cm (4.25 x 7 in.) (stereograph format) |
| Description |
View showing a bronze sculpture of a stork on display at the Japanese Court within the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit
and Joseph M. Wilson at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Shows the large stork with its beak facing upwards. It
stands in front of a painted backdrop of trees with a stone pillar in the right. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the
centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
|
| Is part of |
International Exhibition, 1876 2818 |
| Notes |
Title on negative. |
|
Date from item. |
|
Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted
by date range 1776-1876.
|
|
White curved mount with rounded corners. |
|
Gift of Raymond Holstein. |
| Subject |
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
|
Birds. |
|
Bronze. |
|
Exhibitions & displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Japanese. |
|
Sculpture -- Japan. |
|
Sculpture, Japanese. |
|
Storks -- Japan. |
|
AAPI. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc. |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Holstein stereo - Centennial Photo. Co. [P.2011.47.528] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.47.528 |
