Bird's eye view from observatory, George's Hill, F't P'k
Cremer, James
1821-1893
Kirn, Herman
sculptor
Pettit, Henry
1842-1921
architect
Schwarzmann, Hermann Joseph
1846-1891
architect
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller)
1838-1902
architect
still image
Graphic
Stereographs -- 1870-1880
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880
Bird's eye views -- 1870-1880
pau
Philadelphia
PA. Philadelphia
James Cremer
[1876]
1876
monographic
eng
10 photographic prints : albumen on stereograph mount ; 10 x 17.5 cm. (4 x 7 in.)
Series of bird's eye views depict the Centennial Exhibition's landscaped grounds in West Fairmount Park from George's Hill Observatory. Shows the Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall, U.S. Government Building, Women's Pavilion, Horticultural Hall, Memorial Hall, Agricultural Hall, the reservoir, various state buildings, the lake, and the Catholic Total Abstinence Fountain. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
James Cremer, photographer and publisher, 18 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia.
Date supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's imprint printed in red ink on mounts.
Photographer's manuscript note in ink on verso of P.9169.4 is illegible. Manuscript notes in pencil on some versos, probably made by former owner, list buildings depicted.
Yellow mounts with rounded corners.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Buildings
Fountains
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Lakes & ponds
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reservoirs
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.)
West
P.8551.1
P.9047.103
P.9047.104
P.9047.105
P.9047.106
P.9047.107
P.9119.1
P.9169.13
P.9169.14
P.9299.34
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department
stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.8551.1; P.9047.103-107; P.9119.1; P.9169.13; P.9169.14; P.9299.34]
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