Bird's eye view, Philadelphia
Lith. by H. J. Toudy & Co. 621 & 623 Commerce St. Philadelphia Pa
H.J. Toudy & Co.
printer
John P. Hunt & Co.
publisher
Pettit, Henry
1842-1921
architect
Schwarzmann, Hermann J.
1846-1891
architect
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller)
1838-1902
architect
John P. Hunt & Co.
publisher
still image
Graphic
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880
Bird's eye views -- 1870-1880
pau
Philadelphia
Published by John P. Hunt & Co. 29 South 9th St
c1876
1876
monographic
eng
1 print: lithograph, tinted with one stone; 64 x 93 cm. (25.25 x 36.75 in.)
Bird's eye view print containing a border designed with nine vignettes showing Centennial Exhibition buildings at Fairmount Park. View predominately showing the built city from the Schuylkill to the Delaware rivers and Port Richmond to South Philadelphia. Market Street runs down the center of the view. Shows the residential, commercial, industrial, religious, educational, and cultural buildings lining the streets and outer lying areas of Center City. Also shows parts of West Philadelphia, Windmill Island, and Camden, NJ. and public utilities, bridges, railroad depots, and reservoirs. Includes from west to east, the Woodlands, Blockley Almshouse, the Upper Ferry Bridge, Market Street Bridge, the two Gas Works, Fairmount Water Works, Girard College, Eastern State Penitentiary, the Naval Asylum, Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, St. Mark’s Church, Christ Church, Independence Hall, Pennsylvania Hospital, St. Peter’s Church, and Spark’s Shot Tower. Also shows the five major squares (as well as Independence Square) and adjacent landmarks, including the P.R.R. Freight Depot, U.S. Mint, First Independent Church, Pennsylvania Asylum for the Blind, and Will’s Eye Hospital. Masts of docked ships line the piers along the Delaware, mills line the Schuykilll above Market Street, and vessels sail on the waters of both rivers. Foundries with smokestacks and undeveloped land border the built city to the North and South.
Captioned vignettes show Main Building, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, Machinery Hall, Independence Hall 1876, Women's Pavilion, Agricultural Hall, Independence Hall 1776. Also contains vignette showing bird's eye view of the exhibition grounds. Captioned vignettes include the size of the buildings. Several of the depicted buildings were built after the designs of Henry Petit, Hermann Schwarzmann, and Joseph Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted in Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Pictorial works
West Philadelphia (Pa.)
Pictorial works
Schuylkill River (Pa.)
Pictorial works
Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Pictorial works
Windmill Island (Pa.)
Pictorial works
Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division
LOC PGA - Toudy & Co.--Bird's eye view, Philadelphia (E size) [P&P]
aacr
070530
20231105113806.0
260891
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