Details
Creator Newell, Robert, 1822-1897.
Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
J.W. Queen & Co., distributor.
Title The Great Central Fair, Philadelphia 1864. [graphic] / Photographed by R. Newell, Philadelphia.
Publisher Philadelphia: Robert Newell
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date c1864
Physical Description 4 photographic prints: 3 albumen on stereograph mounts; 1 albumen 9 x 18 cm.(3.25 x 6.75 in.)
Description Views from the the Great Central or Sanitary Fair of June 1864 that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the soldier relief organization, the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Shows Union Avenue, the main thoroughfare; the Horticultural Department; and the Art Gallery. Views include exhibition displays, framed paintings on gallery walls, viewing benches, tropical greenery, patriotic decorations, and guards.
Notes Contains three stereographic prints on yellow mounts with square corners, including two accompanied by photographer's labels and one with a distributor's stamp. Also contains one stereographic print mounted on paper accompanied by a label.
Three of images originally part of a McAllister scrapbook on the Civil War Sanitary Commission.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Guards -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Decorations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Thoroughfares -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Plants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Printer J.W. Queen & Co., distributor.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Newell - Fairs [5781.F.157a; 5781.F.167d; 5781.F.173f; 8248.F.8]
Accession number 5781.F.157a
5781.F.167d
5781.F.173f
8248.F.8