| Creator |
Centennial Photographic Co. |
| Contributor |
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect. |
|
Windrim, James H. 1840-1919, architect. |
| Title |
Lake 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 from Machinery Hall looking northwest showing the lake and buildings surrounding it, including the World's Ticket
Office designed by Hermann J. Schwartzmann, the U.S. Government Building designed by James Windrim, the Trois Frères Provençaux
French Restaurant and the music pavilion in the middle of Belmont and Fountain Avenues. The Avenue of the Republic is visible
in the foreground with railroad tracks running parallel to the road on the north side. Also shows a fountain in the middle
of the lake and a canoe docked on the opposite shore. State buildings are visible in the left background. The fair celebrated
the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
|
| Is part of |
International Exhibition, 1876 947 |
| 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. |
|
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. |
|
Lakes & ponds -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Restaurants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Fountains -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Pavilions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc. |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Associated name |
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect. |
| Associated name |
Windrim, James H. (James Hamilton), 1840-1919, architect. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9047.181] |
| Accession number |
P.9047.181 |
