Details
Creator Centennial Photographic Co.
Title Corliss engine. Mach Hall [graphic] / Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia. Wm. Notman, president. W. Irving Adams, vice pres't. Edward L. Wilson, sup't. & treasurer. J.A. Fraser, art superintendent.
Publisher Philadelphia: Centennial Photographic Co
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.)
Description View of the condensing engine, originally patented by George Corliss in 1849, used to power the exhibition. The engine is propped on a platform. Also prominently shows the display of New York saw manufacturer E. M. Boynton in the background. George Pullman purchased the engine in 1880. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Is part of International Exhibition, 1876 496
Notes Title on negative.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876.
White curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Boynton, E. Moody (Eben Moody), b. 1840.
Steam engines -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Exhibitions & displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Stereographs [P.2008.36.22]
Accession number P.2008.36.22