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International Electrical Exhibition march. [graphic]. F.M. Armstrong.
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Contributor
Armstrong, F.M., composer.
Burk & McFetridge, printer.
Lee & Walker, publisher.
Title
International Electrical Exhibition march. [graphic]. F.M. Armstrong.
Publisher
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker 1113 Chestnut St
Date
c1884
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph.
Description
Sheet music cover containing an exterior view, during the evening, of the temporary main building of the exhibition held under the auspices of the Franklin Institute (September 2 to October 11, 1884) at the 3200 block of Lancaster Avenue. Also shows the adjacent old Pennsylvania Railroad Station used as a display annex. A covered overpass connects the buildings. Light shines through the several windows of the main building adorned with Gothic towers. Visitors walk the grounds of both buildings and horse-drawn buggies and an omnibus travel in the street. Also includes an inset depicting a round electric light bulb. The exhibition of about 2,000 exhibits included historical and electrical displays, an extensive library, as well as the first public demonstration of a vacuum tube.
Notes
Not in Wainwright.
Price printed on recto: 4.
Probably printed by Burk & McFetridge. See "The Exhibition. Lithograph Chart-Ordinance Display-Visitors and Commissioners," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 31, 1884.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 283
Johns Hopkins University: Levy Collection Box 165, Item 026
Subject
International Electrical Exhibition (1884 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Light bulbs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Lancaster Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 3200 block.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1880-1890.
Sheet music covers -- 1880-1890.
Printer
Lee & Walker, publisher.
Location
Johns Hopkins University| Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries. | JHU Levy Collection Box 165, Item 026
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Philadelphia on Stone Digital Catalog
Johns Hopkins University | Special Collections at the Sheridan Libraries
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