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International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 1876. [graphic].
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Creator
Potsdamer & Co.
Contributor
Potsdamer & Co., printer.
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Title
International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 1876. [graphic].
Publisher
Philadelphia : Potsdamer & Co
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1875
Date
c1875
Physical Description
1 print : chromolithograph ; 14 x 8 cm. (5.5 x 3 in.)
Description
Stock trade card for lithographer Potsdamer & Co. depicting buildings constructed for the International Exhibition in 1876. Includes the Main Building, Art Gallery, Horticultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Agricultural Hall as postcards displayed in a montage on a silver platter. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Notes
Advertising text printed on verso: Fall, 1875. F.K. Womrath, will open, October 1st, his usual full assortment of Ladies' Fine Furs. F.K. Womrath, 710 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Seal skin sacques and furs a specialty.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Biographical / historical note
Potsdamer & Co. operated from the mid 1870s until Ketterlinus acquired the firm in 1885.
Subject
Womrath, F.K.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Fur trade -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Provenance
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Womrath [1975.F.1003]
Accession number
1975.F.1003
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Trade Card Collection
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