| Title |
Republican National Convention, June 21, 1900. Philadelphia. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : The Art Nouveau (Platino) Stereograph, C.H. Graves, publisher, Phila., U.S.A. ; Universal Photo Art Co., Philadelphia,
Naperville, Ill
|
| Date |
c1900 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : gelatin silver on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Interior view of the Republican National Convention held in Exposition Auditorium at 3400-3500 Civic Center Boulevard June
19-21, 1900. Shows a large crowd of delegates and alternates seated by state in the hall adorned in patriotic bunting. A photograph
of William McKinley, the Republican party's candidate for President, is visible on a large flag hanging from the ceiling in
the background. Exposition Auditorium, later known as the Commercial Museum, was built 1897-99 after designs by G.W. & W.D.
Hewitt for the National Export Exposition (1899) and demolished in 2006.
|
| Is part of |
Unidentified series 3757 |
| Notes |
Title printed on mount. |
|
Publisher's imprint stamped on mount. |
|
Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount. |
|
Gray curved mount with rounded corners. |
|
C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904. |
|
See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Gift of Robert M. Vogel. |
| Subject |
Commercial Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
Republican National Convention. |
|
Political conventions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Commercial museums -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Civic Center Boulevard (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3400-3500. |
|
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1890-1900. |
|
Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900. |
| Associated name |
G. W. & W. D. Hewitt, architect. |
| Printer |
Graves, C.H. (Carleton H.), d. 1943, publisher. |
| Printer |
Universal Photo Art Co., distributor. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Graves - Events [P.9047.144] |
| Accession number |
P.9047.144 |
