| Creator |
Centennial Photographic Co. |
| Title |
Birdseye view from M.B. [graphic] / Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia. Wm. Notman, President.
W. Irving Adams, Vice Pres't. Edward L. Wilson, Sup't. & Treasurer. J.A. Fraser, Art Superintendent.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Centennial Photographic Co |
| Date |
c1876 |
| Physical Description |
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 18 x 11 cm. (7 x 4.25 in.) |
| Description |
Bird's eye view looking northwest from the Main Exhibition Building showing the wide, empty walkways radiating from Bartholdi's
Fountain of Water and Light and extending into Belmont Avenue. View includes the lake, 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. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture,
and art.
|
| Is part of |
International Exhibition, 1876 816 |
| 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.
|
|
Series number illegible on negative. Taken from duplicate in the collections of the New York Public Library. |
|
White curved mount with rounded corners. |
|
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. |
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Walkways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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Lakes & ponds -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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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 |
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.9573.28-1] |
| Accession number |
P.9573.28-1 |
