Details
Creator Aubrun, Louis, artist.
Contributor Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Title Main Building International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. [graphic] : Compliments of The Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Incorporated 1829 / Louis Aubrun.
Publisher Philadelphia: Published by Thos. Hunter, 716 Filbert St
Date c1874
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 48 x 60 cm.(18.75 x 23.75 in.)
Description Bird's eye view of the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and a partial view of a path in the right of the image. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres), in the lower corners, for the buildings. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Is referenced by See Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia
Notes Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 449
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Bird's eye views -- 1870-1880.
Associated name Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Associated name Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Printer Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, distributor.
United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **BW - Centennial [5225.F.5]
Accession number 5225.F.5