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Creator
Centennial Photographic Co., photographer.
Contributor
Schwarzmann, Herman Joseph, 1846-1891, architect.
Mitchell, Donald G., architect.
Croff & Camp, architect
Title
General view of state buildings.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Centennial Photographic Co.,
Date
1876
Extent
1 photographic print : albumen on cardboard mount ; 13 x 20.5 cm. (5 x 8 in.)
Notes
"General view of state buildings. The state buildings seen here are, from the right, those of Michigan, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. There were 24 separate state buildings in all at the exposition. At the extreme left is one of the three British Government Buildings. The low round building in the center near the Massachusetts Building is a public comfort station. "--Looney. Old Philadelphia. p. 210. Connecticut Building architect: D.R. Brown, from a design by Donald G. Mitchell. Five state buildings, Saint George's House (British) and a comfort station in a row with men standing on railroad tracks in the foreground. American flag flies in front of the New York Building and benches are on the path. Obscured views of Delaware and Maryland Buildings.
Genre
Albumen prints 1870-1880
Subject
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Grounds
Benches.
Flags, American.
Public comfort stations.
Railroad tracks.
Connecticut State Building.
Massachusetts State Building.
Michigan State Building.
New Hampshire State Building.
New York State Building.
Is part of
Centennial Photographic Company Collection
Forms part of: Centennial Photographic Company Collection
Call number
Centennial - photos [P.9047.189]
Accession number
P.9047.189
Bibliographic citation
Catalogue of the Centennial Photographic Co.'s Views of the International Exhibition, 1876, no. 1043.
Image file
Centennial-P-9047-189
In Collections
Centennial Photographic Company Collection
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