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Machinery Hall. [graphic].
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Contributor
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title
Machinery Hall. [graphic].
Publisher
United States
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1876
Date
[ca. 1876]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
Interior view of Machinery Hall under construction. Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Notes
Title from manuscript note on mount.
Orange curved mount with rounded corners.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Subject
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Associated name
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9299.37]
Accession number
P.9299.37
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