Details
Contributor Weise, A.L., printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Lineaweaver & Wallace, publisher.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. 1838-1902, architect.
Title View of the grounds and buildings International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876. [graphic] / A. L. Weise, lith. Phila.
Publisher Philadelphia: Pub. by Lineaweaver & Wallace 32 S. 4th St
Date c1876
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 53 x 69 cm. (20.75 x 27.25 in.)
Description Bird's eye view looking toward Fairmount Park showing the exhibition grounds. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows several of the exhibition buildings, including the Main Hall, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Building, Agricultural Hall, and state buildings, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. In the foreground, across from the Transcontinental Hotel, people arrive on Elm Avenue by foot and omnibus and crowd the entrances to the fair. Several exhibition attendees walk and use carriages on the landscaped grounds between the buildings. In the right, pedestrians and carriages traverse the major roadway on the outskirts of the grounds near the Columbia Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Also shows the fountain near the Pennsylvania Building, the observatory tower on Belmont Hill, and the 24th Ward Reservoir on George's Hill. Key to 24 depicted buildings printed below the image. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 802
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views - View of the grounds
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Columbia Railroad Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Associated name Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Printer Lineaweaver & Wallace, publisher.
Location Historical Society of Pennsylvania | HSP Medium Society Prints - Centennial- Bird's Eye Views - View of the grounds