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Main Building--from west gallery looking n[orth] [graphic].
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Contributor
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title
Main Building--from west gallery looking n[orth] [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
Elevated, interior view looking north at displays in the Main Exhibition Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Includes the dome of the "Republica de Chile" exhibit and signs for "Victoria" and "South Australia". The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Is part of
Centennial Views. Phila 1876. New Excelsior Series 1776
Notes
Title printed on mount below image.
Series title from decorative scrollwork on mount.
Buff 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.
Merchandise displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Galleries (Display spaces) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
West Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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.9580.3]
Accession number
P.9580.3
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Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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