| Creator |
Centennial Photographic Co. |
| Contributor |
Kafka, Hugo, 1843-1915, architect. |
|
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect. |
|
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect. |
|
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect. |
| Title |
Republic Avenue from Mach. Hall. [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 |
Rooftop view looking east along the Avenue of the Republic, showing pedestrians and horse-drawn carts traveling the thoroughfare
and railroad tracks running parallel to the road on the north side. Also shows buildings facing the avenue, including the
roof and side of Machinery Hall and part of the west front of the Main Exhibition Building, both designed by Henry Pettit
and Joseph M. Wilson. Also visible on the north side are the World's Ticket Office designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Office designed by J.M. Wilson, Judges' Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann and Hugh Kafka, and
the dome of Memorial Hall designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through
an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
|
| Is part of |
International Exhibition, 1876 880 |
| 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.
|
|
Stamped on mount: Grade 2. |
|
White curved mount with rounded corners. |
|
Variant of Holstein stereo - P.2011.47.300. |
|
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.) -- Buildings. |
|
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc. |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Kafka, Hugo, 1843-1915, architect. |
| Associated name |
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect. |
| Associated name |
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect. |
| Associated name |
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.179] |
| Accession number |
P.9047.179 |
