| 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 |
