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Title J. Russell & Co. Green River Works, MS. Established 1834. [graphic] : International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
Publisher [Philadelphia?]
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 8 x 15 cm. (3 x 5.5 in.)
Description Trade card containing vignette views showing major exhibition buildings and the pictorial detail of an American eagle perched on an American shield. Buildings depicted include Horitcultural Hall, Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Main Building. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Notes Contains advertising text repeated in French, Spanish, and German on verso. Promotes the Mississippi cutlery firm's products, including table cutlery, butcher knives and hunting knives, and cutlery for painters, chemists, and the family.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Michael Zinman.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Eagles.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Associated name Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.98]
Accession number P.2008.36.98