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["Old Abe," Wisconsin eagle, 1876] [graphic] / Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia. Edward L. Wilson, W. Irving Adams, proprietors.
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Creator
Centennial Photographic Co.
Title
["Old Abe," Wisconsin eagle, 1876] [graphic] / Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia. Edward L. Wilson, W. Irving Adams, proprietors.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Centennial Photographic Co
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date
c1876
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.)
Description
View showing the eagle named "Old Abe" on a specially-designed perch adorned in patriotic stars and stripes. The mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Old Abe was on display in the Agricultural Building at the Centennial Fair. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Is part of
International Exhibition, 1876 1381
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876.
Manuscript note on verso: Famous "Wisconsin eagle" carried by a Wisc. regiment during the Civil War and later exhibited at the Centennial.
Stamped on verso: G.L. Howe, M.D., 924 Clover St., Rochester, N.Y.
White curved mount with rounded corners.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Eagles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mascots -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.169]
Accession number
P.9047.169
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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