Details
Contributor Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co., printer.
Title Centennial circular. Norwalk Lock Company. South Norwalk, Conn. [graphic].
Publisher New York: The Major & Knapp Engr Mfg & Lith Co., 56 & 58 Park Pl
Publisher New York. N.Y. 1876
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 item: lithograph tinted with one stone mounted on paper; 9 x 14 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Illustrated fold-out circular issued for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Contains views and vignettes showing the Norfolk Lock Company, Centennial Exhibition buildings, and the Norwalk Lock Company display at the exhibition. Lock company view shows two trains traveling past the manufactory on opposite sides of intersecting tracks. Also shows a horse-drawn cart in the foreground and masts of ships in the background. Exhibition building vignettes depict Main Building, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Memorial Hall. Exhibition display image shows several fair visitors around an ornate glass case with mounts lined with "Norwalk Lock Co." locks. Also contains advertising text in French, German, and English.
Notes Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Subject Norwalk Lock Company.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Exhibit booths -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Factories -- Connecticut -- Norwalk.
Locks (Hardware) -- Connecticut -- Norwalk.
Hardware industry -- Connecticut -- Norwalk.
Carts & wagons -- Connecticut -- Norwalk.
Genre Lithographs -- 1870-1880.
Circulars -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.16c]
Accession number 8608.F.16c