Details
Title Memorial Hall. International Exhibition. Length 365 ft. Width 210 ft. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia?]
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph tinted with two stones; 8 x 12 cm. (3.25 x 4.5 in.)
Description Trade card issued during the Centennial Exhibition advertising Philadelphia glass manufacturer and dealer Benjamin H. Shoemaker. Depicts the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall designed by Herman Schwartzmann. Pedestrians and a couple on horseback travel the grounds. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Shoemaker established his glass manufactory in 1855 following his partnering with his brother Robert in a drug concern.
Notes Advertising text printed on verso: Compagnies Des Manufactures des Glaces. De St. Gobain, Chauny & Cirey. France. Manufacturers of plate glass and looking glass plates. General Depot of French & Belgian Plate Glass, Nos. 22, 24, & 26 Howard St., New York. Benjamin H. Shoemaker, Nos. 205 & 207 North Fourth St., Philadelphia.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Michael Zinman.
Subject Shoemaker, Benjamin H.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Glass industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Trade cards -- 1870-1880.
Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.99]
Accession number P.2008.36.99