Details
Contributor Ketterlinus Printing House, printer.
Title International Exhibition. Main Building. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Ketterlinus P[ub.] House
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph tinted with one stone; 8 x 12 cm. (3.25 x 4.5 in.)
Description Trade card issued during the Centennial Exhibition advertising Philadelphia clothier Goldsmith Bros. Depicts the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Individuals and horse-drawn vehicles travel the grounds. Also contains an ornate border surrounding the image. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Goldsmith Bros., a partnership between Levi (1824-1886) and Abraham Goldmsith (1832-1902), established their clothing business circa 1859.
Notes Advertising text printed on verso: Goldsmith Bros. Importers & Jobbers of Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings and Tailors Trimmings. 335 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Signed on verso: Presented by Wm. McLeran.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Michael Zinman.
Subject Goldsmith Bros.
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.
Borders (Ornament areas) -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, 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.2008.36.100]
Accession number P.2008.36.100