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Contributor McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title Centennial commemoration at Philadelphia [ticket] [graphic] : Three millions of colonists on a strip by the sea. Now forty millions of freemen ruling from ocean to ocean.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1873
Date [1873]
Physical Description 1 print : color wood engraving ; sheet 10 x 13 cm (3.75 x 5.25 in.)
Description Ticket to the "Grand Mass Demonstration in favor of the Centennial Commemoration of American Independence, February 22, 1873" at the Academy of Music containing scenes contrasting life in Philadelphia in 1776 with life in 1876. Scene of 1776 shows white men colonists, including one attired as a backwoodsman, in front of a log cabin and standing near a barefooted, enslaved African American man, attired in torn and worn clothing, sitting on a pile of sticks. Scene of 1876 shows a white man soldier talking to a white man artisan near an African American man laborer seated next to an anvil and machinery gears. Cityscape is visible in the background. Also includes an eagle holding an American flag crest adorned with a portrait of Washington. Contains text printed on the verso soliciting subscriptions to make the Centennial a success as well as to make Pennsylvania the representative to the world of the "power of the Republic."
Notes Title from item.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Centennial and Columbian Exposition views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Colonists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Eagles.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Enslaved persons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Soldiers -- American.
Enslaved men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American laborers.
Genre Tickets -- Color -- 1870-1880.
Wood engravings -- Color -- 1870-1880.
Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Ph Pr -8 x 10 - Events [5758.F.26c]
Accession number 5758.F.26c