Details
Contributor Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Currier & Ives, publisher.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title Grand United States Centennial Exhibition 1876. Main Building. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. [graphic] : Length, 1880 feet, width, 464 ; Area: ground floor 20.02 acres, upper floors, 1.45.
Publisher New York : Published by Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1876
Date 1876
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; 30.5 x 40.5 cm. (12 x 16 in.)
Description View showing the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View includes flags adorning the building and heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and streetcars in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres), in the lower corners, for the buildings. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 325
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Printer Currier & Ives, publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Centennial [P.9210.12]
Accession number P.9210.12