Details
Contributor Hoover, Joseph, printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title Main Exhibition Building & Horticultural Hall, International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by J. Hoover, 1128 Chestnut St
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted and hand-colored; 69 x 53 cm.(27.25 x 20.75 in.)
Description Print containing views of two of the main buildings to be erected at the Centennial Exhibition. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, horseback, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower corners. The buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 450
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Folder 12
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 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.
Printer United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Folder 12