Details
Contributor H.J. Toudy & Co., printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
John P. Hunt & Co., publisher.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title Bird's eye view, Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. by H. J. Toudy & Co. 621 & 623 Commerce St. Philadelphia Pa.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by John P. Hunt & Co. 29 South 9th St
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 64 x 93 cm. (25.25 x 36.75 in.)
Description Bird's eye view print containing a border designed with nine vignettes showing Centennial Exhibition buildings at Fairmount Park. View predominately showing the built city from the Schuylkill to the Delaware rivers and Port Richmond to South Philadelphia. Market Street runs down the center of the view. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows parts of West Philadelphia, Windmill Island, and Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from west to east, the Woodlands, Blockley Almshouse, the Upper Ferry Bridge, Market Street Bridge, the two Gas Works, Fairmount Water Works, Girard College, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Naval Asylum, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mark’s Church, Christ Church, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania Hospital, St. Peter’s Church, and Spark’s Shot Tower. Also shows the five major squares (as well as Independence Square) and adjacent landmarks, including the P.R.R. Freight Depot, U.S. Mint, First Independent Church, Pennsylvania Asylum for the Blind, and Will’s Eye Hospital. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware, mills line the Schuykilll above Market Street, and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Foundries with smokestacks and undeveloped land border the built city to the North and South.
Captioned vignettes show Main Building, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, Machinery Hall, Independence Hall 1876, Women's Pavilion, Agricultural Hall, Independence Hall 1776. Also contains vignette showing bird's eye view of the exhibition grounds. Captioned vignettes include the size of the buildings. Several of the depicted buildings were built after the designs of Henry Petit, Hermann Schwarzmann, and Joseph Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted in Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 50
Library of Congress: PGA - Toudy & Co.--Bird's eye view, Philadelphia (E size) [P&P]
Geographic subject Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
West Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Schuylkill River (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Pictorial works.
Windmill Island (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Bird's eye 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.
Printer John P. Hunt & Co., publisher.
Location Library of Congress| Prints and Photographs Division | LOC PGA - Toudy & Co.--Bird's eye view, Philadelphia (E size) [P&P]