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Contributor Curth Teich & Co., printer.
Donaldson Brothers (Firm), printer.
Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Ketterlinus Printing House, printer.
Longacre & Co., printer.
Centennial Photographic Company, publisher.
M. Léon & J. Levy, publisher.
Pan-American Exposition Co., publisher.
Philip Frey & Co., publisher.
Title [Michael Zinman world's fairs collection] [graphic].
Date [1851-ca. 1920]
Physical Description 59 prints: chromolithographs, relief, photomechanical prints, Baxter print, and relief; 26 x 43 cm. (10 x 17 in.); 11 x 106 cm. (4.25 x 42 in.) or smaller.
42 photographs (21 lantern slides and 21 stereographs): albumen; 18 x 11 cm.(7 x 4.25 in.) or smaller.
7 albums (prints, photographs, and photomechanical prints): albumen, lithographs, photolithographs, and halftone; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10.25 in.) or smaller..
Description Collection of graphic materials documenting world's fairs of the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, predominantly the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 (Philadelphia) and Exposition Universelle de 1867 à Paris. Includes stereographs, trade cards, collecting cards, lantern slides, and souvenirs. Graphics also depict the Great Exhibition of 1851; New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853-1854); the Exposition Universelle de 1867 a Paris; the Paris Universal Exposition of 1878; the Chicago World's Fair of 1893; the Pan American Exposition of 1901 (Buffalo, N.Y.); the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (St. Louis, Mo.); and the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition of 1926 (Philadelphia). Views show panoramas of the exhibition grounds and exteriors and interiors of exhibition buildings, including displays showing the wares and products of specific companies and countries, particularly porcelain and terra cotta; art, predominantly sculpture; and dioramas representing the social life and customs of different nations (Morocco, Japan, Sweden, and South America). Several trade cards issued during the Chicago World's Fair advertising the Enterprise Manufacturing Company of Penn'a. also contain anecdotal, caricatured scenes portraying prominent historical figures, including Abraham Lincoln, Horace Greeley, and Benjamin Franklin. Collection also contains a small number of portraiture, views of events and prominent local buildings related to the Philadelphia exhibitions, and lantern slides issued by the Centennial Photographic Company.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Various printers, publishers, and manufacturers including Centennial Photographic Company; Curt Teich & Co.; Donaldson Bros.; Thomas Hunter; Ketterlinus; Longacre & Co.; M. Leon & J. Levy; Pan American Exposition Co.; and Philip Frey & Co.
Gift of Michael Zinman.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Series IV. Lantern slides housed separately.
Subject Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853-1854)
Pan-American Exposition (1901 : Buffalo, N.Y.)
Paris Universal Exposition of 1878
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Penn'a.
Exhibitions & displays -- United States.
Exhibitions & displays -- France -- Paris.
Exhibitions & displays -- England -- London.
Geographic subject United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Paris (France) -- Pictorial works.
Japan -- Social life and customs.
Morocco -- Social life and customs.
South America -- Social life and customs.
Sweden -- Social life and customs.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1880.
Baxter prints -- 1850-1860.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1910.
Lantern slides -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1930.
Relief prints -- 1870-1880.
Souvenirs -- 1870-1930.
Stereographs -- 1860-1880.
Trade cards -- 1870-1910.
Viewbooks -- 1870-1880.
Printer Centennial Photographic Company, publisher.
M. Léon & J. Levy, publisher.
Pan-American Exposition Co., publisher.
Philip Frey & Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection [P.2008.36]
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| lantern slides - Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection [P.2008.36]
Accession number P.2008.36