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Japanese Com. Dwelling. [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.
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Creator
Centennial Photographic Co.
Contributor
Matsuo-Ehe, architect.
Title
Japanese Com. Dwelling. [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
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date
1876
Physical Description
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description
Exterior view of the front elevation of the Japanese Commissioner's Dwelling designed by Matsuo-Ehe for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Shows the front entrance and porch, wooden lattice-work on the first floor, and wooden panels on the second floor. Also shows an ornate folding screen in the front doorway. The dwelling was used to house Japanese workers. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Is part of
International Exhibition, 1876.
Notes
Title on negative.
Date from item.
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 on negative illegible.
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.
Architecture, Japanese.
Doors & doorways -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Exhibition buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Japanese.
Screens -- Japan.
AAPI.
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.9600.5]
Accession number
P.9600.5
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
Asian American and Pacific Islander History Collection
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