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Main Building International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. [graphic] : Compliments of The Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Incorporated 1829 / Louis Aubrun.
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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
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