Details
Creator Centennial Photographic Co., photographer.
Contributor Brown, D.R., architect.
Frederick, George A., 1842-1924, architect.
Mitchell, Donald G., architect.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Rice, E.L. Jr., architect.
Schwarzmann, Hermann Joseph, 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph M.), 1838-1902, architect.
Windrim, James H. (James Hamilton), 1840-1919, architect.
Title Bird's eye view from the Resevoir.
Publisher Philadelphia : Centennial Photographic Co.,
Date 1876
Extent 1 photographic print : albumen on cardboard mount ; image 20.5 x 25.5 cm. (8.25 x 10 in.), on mount 40 x 43 cm. (15.75 x 17 in.)
Notes "View from the reservoir. The reservoir extended along the northwest boundary of the Exposition grounds. This view shows state buildings in the foreground (from the left: Michigan, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Delaware and Maryland) and Machinery Hall, the Main Building and the Art Gallery in the distance."--Looney. Old Philadelphia. p. 221. Aerial view of the exhibition from the reservoir. Architects: Connecticut State Building - D.R. Brown, from a design by Donald G. Mitchell; U.S. Government Building - James H. Windrim; Machinery Hall and Main Exhibition Building - Henry Pettit & Joseph M. Wilson.
Genre Albumen prints 1870-1880
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Grounds.
Clouds.
Fences.
Roads.
Trees.
Connecticut State Building.
Delaware State Building.
Machinery Hall.
Main Building.
Maryland State Building.
Massachusetts State Building.
Michigan State Building.
New Hampshire State Building.
United States Government Building.
Is part of Centennial Photographic Company Collection
Forms part of: Centennial Photographic Company Collection
Call number *Centennial - photos [P.9137.4]
Accession number P.9137.4
Bibliographic citation Catalogue of the Centennial Photographic Co.'s Views of the International Exhibition, 1876, no. 2064.
Image file Centennial-P-9137-4