| Creator |
Centennial Photographic Co. |
| Contributor |
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. |
|
Eyre, M. Dickerson, sculptor. |
|
Schwarzmann, Hermann J. 1846-1891, architect. |
|
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect. |
|
Windrim, James H. 1840-1919, architect. |
| Title |
Pennsylvania Day. [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 |
Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing visitors traveling the wide walkways radiating
from Bartholdi's Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, Bartholdi's Electric
Light (i.e., Freedom Enlightening the World), the World's Ticket Office designed by H.J. Schwarzmann, the Washington statue
by M. Dickerson Eyre, the Centennial Photographic Co. building, the Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson,
the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, and the music pavilion on Belmont Avenue. Image taken on Pennsylvania
Day on September 28, 1876. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of
industry, agriculture, and art.
|
| Is part of |
International Exhibition, 1876 1956 |
| Notes |
Title on negative. |
|
Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted
by date range 1776-1876.
|
|
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.) |
|
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Walkways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Lakes & ponds -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Monuments & memorials -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Belmont Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
|
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc. |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
|
Bird's eye views -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904, sculptor. |
| Associated name |
Eyre, M. Dickerson, sculptor. |
| Associated name |
Schwarzmann, Hermann J. 1846-1891, architect. |
| Associated name |
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect. |
| Associated name |
Windrim, James H. (James Hamilton), 1840-1919, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.174] |
| Accession number |
P.9047.174 |
