| Creator |
Centennial Photographic Co. |
| Contributor |
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect. |
|
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect. |
| Title |
Porcelain ware, Japanese Court. [graphic] / Centennial Photographic Co., International Exhibition, Philadelphia. Edward L.
Wilson, W. Irving Adams, proprietors.
|
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : Centennial Photographic Co |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1876 |
| Date |
1876 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 11 x 18 cm (4.25 x 7 in.) (stereograph format) |
| Description |
View showing porcelain ware, mostly vases, in a stall in the Japanese Court within the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit
and Joseph M. Wilson at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Vases, bowls, and jars of various sizes are displayed on
tiered tables and on the carpeted floor. Framed artwork hangs on the walls. A small decorative table is in the left. The Centennial
Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and
art.
|
| Is part of |
International Exhibition, 1876 2175 |
| Notes |
Title on negative. |
|
Date from item. |
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Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted
by date range 1776-1876.
|
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Advertisements printed on verso for twelve businesses including Centennial Photographic Company, Gilbert & Bacon, Partridge's
Dining Rooms, The Crosscup & West Wood and Photo-Engraving Co., Starkey & Palen, Amos Hillborn & Co., A. & G. Taylor, Hale
& Kilburn Mfg. Co., Wm. J. Dornan, I.H. Wisler, Eichmann & Meier, and R. Levick, Son & Co.
|
|
White curved mount with rounded corners. |
|
Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings. |
|
Exhibitions & displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Japanese. |
|
Porcelain, Japanese. |
|
Porcelain. |
|
Pottery, Japanese. |
|
Vases. |
|
AAPI. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- Centennial celebrations, etc. |
|
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West. |
| Genre |
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880. |
|
Stereographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9022.5] |
| Accession number |
P.9022.5 |
