Details
Creator Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918.
Title Camp Woodward, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 23d Regiment N.G. S. N. Y. Col. Rodney C. Ward. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: Max Rosenthal]
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 23 x 35 cm.(8.75 x 13.75 in.)
Description View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Soldiers stand guard, converse, sit in small clusters, and lie on the ground in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, a wagon, and men seated on a bench comprised of a slab of wood across two barrels. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Name of printer supplied by duplicate in the collections of the Library of Congress.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 81
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 54 W 911
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Facilities.
Military camps -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Ba 54 W 911