| Creator |
Centennial Photographic Co. |
| Contributor |
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect. |
|
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect |
| Title |
Chinese comm's office, Main B. [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 screens, sculpture, urns, bowls, and vases on display at the Chinese section within the Main Building designed
by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The top of the display reads, "China" surrounded
by carved decorative leaves. Below are four different screen panels depicting scenes with Chinese men, women, and children
surrounded by borders of carved leaves. In front of the images are a variety of Chinese objects on a multi-level platform
and on wooden shelves, including sculpture of people and horses, bowls, urns, and vases. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated
the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
|
| Is part of |
Centennial Photographic Co. Philad'a. International Exhibition, 1876. 2204 |
| 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. |
|
Children -- Chinese. |
|
Chinese. |
|
Decorative arts -- China. |
|
Exhibitions & displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Men -- Chinese. |
|
Urns. |
|
Screens. |
|
Sculpture -- China. |
|
Sculpture, Chinese. |
|
Vases. |
|
Women -- Chinese. |
|
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 Photographic Co. [P.2011.47.527] |
| Accession number |
P.2011.47.5278 |
