Details
Creator Bachmann, Henry.
Contributor Weise, A. L., printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title Panorama of Philadelphia and Centennial Exhibition grounds. [graphic] / H. Bachmann, del & lith.; printed by A. L. Weise, Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by H. Bachmann, 401 Ranstead Place
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones, mounted on linen; 19 x 90 cm.( 17.5 x 35.25 in.)
Description Panoramic view looking east from West Fairmount Park showing the city between the fair grounds and to near Southwark and the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. The names of major sites depicted are printed above and below the image, respectively. Includes the major exhibition buildings of the U.S. Government Building, Machinery Hall, Women's Pavilion, Judges Hall, Agricultural Hall, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall, and the Main Exhibition Building; the Columbia, N.Y. Connecting Railway, Girard Avenue, Callowhill Street, Market Street, and Chestnut Street bridges; Treaty and Smith's islands; Girard College; the Zoological Garden; the N.Y. Connecting Railroad; Camden, N.J.; Independence Hall; the Masonic Temple; Fairmount Water Works; the "new Public Building", i.e., the future City Hall; Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul; "European Steam Ship Wharves"; and the Penna. R.R. Depot. Also shows scullers in front of Boathouse Row, the gas works, fair visitors, travelling trains, and maritime traffic. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Several of the exhibition buildings were designed by Herman Schwarzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 540
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 865 B 124
Inscribed on verso: William C. Stokes, June 29, 1936.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Panoramic views -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Associated name Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Bc 865 B 124