Details
Creator National Chromo Company.
Title National Chromo Co., 927 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. [catalog cover] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia: National Chromo Company,]
Date c1875
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone.
Description Front cover contains a montage of vignette views of the main Centennial Exhibition of 1876 buildings bordering a central allegorical scene. Scene shows the figures of Columbia and Liberty surrounded by cherubic figures representing the arts, industry, agriculture, and science. Figures hold emblematic items, including a laurel wreath, liberty pole, American shield, hammer, paint palette, compass, and a sheath of wheat. Building vignettes show the Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall, Main Building, and Memorial Hall (Art Gallery). Also contains pictorial details representing "1776" showing the solitary figure of liberty and "1876" showing the figure of Justice with two women in humbled stances.
Rear cover printed with promotional text reading "Chromos, Engravings, Mottoes, and Artist's Materials, Published, Imported and For Sale By the National Chromo Company, 927 Chestnut Street [stamped over No. 717 Sansom Street] Philadelphia, Pa.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Title annotated with stamp over previous address: No. 717 Sansom Street.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSA 65
Smithsonian Institution: NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 1 - National Chromo Co.
Subject National Chromo Company.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Lithographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Printing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Columbia (Symbolic characters)
Liberty.
Justice.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Covers (Illustration) -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Location Smithsonian Institution| NMAH Archives Center Warshaw Collection| SI NMAH Archives Center – Warshaw Collection - Printers & Printing - Box 1 - National Chromo Co.