Details
Creator Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918.
Title Camp Washington, near Centennial grounds, July, 1876. 7th Regiment N.G. Col. E. Clark, Com. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]: Max Rosenthal, 537 Spruce Street
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1876
Date [1876]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone, mounted on canvas; 36 x 56 cm.(14.25 x 22 in.)
Description View showing the campground for the New York National Guard troop participating in the Great Military Parade held July 4, 1876 during the Centennial Exhibition. Most of the regiment stands in formation under the command of an officer on horseback in front of rows of tents in a clearing of trees at West Fairmount Park. Also shows the American flag flying over the camp, cannons, and a few soldiers on guard near a tent in the foreground. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art from May 10 to October 10, 1876. The Great Military Parade included around 10,000 military who processed through the city for over one and half hours.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POS 80
Subject New York (State) National Guard -- People.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Facilities.
Military camps -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Genre Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *BW - Military [P.9684]
Accession number P.9684