Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor Schwarzmann, Hermann Joseph, 1846-1891, architect.
Title Memorial Hall postcards. [graphic].
Date 1900-1945
Physical Description 53 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Depicts International Exhibition hall built 1874-1876 after designs by Hermann J. Schwarzmann. Contains exterior views of front facade; oblique views of front and west flank of building and a view of the fountain near the hall. Also depicts interior views of Memorial Hall showing the American Colonial Room; the Bloomfield Moore Collection main room looking north; the Chinese Doorway of carved wood, Chinese cases and Temple idols from the Chinese exhibit; a bed room from Mount Pleasant Mansion; a copy of the pulpit from the Cathedral of Siena by Nicola Pisano; the Street Temple of guilded marble from Delhi, India; James Abbott McNeill Whistler's painting, "The Lady with the Yellow Buskin Wilstach Collection"; and a chest of drawers created in Philadelphia circa 1770.
Notes Contains 26 postcards printed in color and 26 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard.
Repository for several furniture, textile and painting collections owned by the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Memorial Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Exhibition buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Concourse Drive (Philadelphia, Pa) -- North.
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1950.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1950.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann Joseph, 1846-1891, architect.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Memorial Hall - 84-85]
Accession number Brightbill 84-85
084-a01-b
084-a04-b
084-b02-c
085-b01-d