Souvenir viewbook containing 48 views depicting principle buildings at the Centennial Exhibition that celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Includes Memorial Hall or Art Gallery; Main Building; Horticultural Hall; Machinery Hall; Agricultural Hall; United States Government Building; Women's Pavilion; Judges' Hall; Shoe and Leather Building; Carriage Exhibition Building; Photograph Exhibition Building; Pomological Building; Brewers Building; Butter and Cheese Factory; Department of Public Comfort; Pennsylvania Educational Building; English, French, and German Commission buildings; Brazilian Commissioners' Building; Spanish Building; Japanese Dwelling; Swedish School House; Canada Log House; New Hampshire Building; Massachusetts Building; Connecticut Cottage; New York Building; New Jersey Building; Pennsylvania Building; Delaware Building; Maryland Building; West Virginia Building; Arkansas Building; Mississippi Building; Ohio Building; Indiana Building; Illinois Building; Michigan Building; Wisconsin Building; Kansas and Colorado Building; Cook's World's Ticket Office; Glass Exhibition Building; Singer Sewing Machine Co.; New England Kitchen & Log House; Campbell Printing Press Building; Photographic Association Studio; and Japanese Bazaar. Views also show pedestrian traffic. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson., Includes "Contents"; "Map of Centennial Grounds"; and "Dimension and Costs of the Principal Buildings.", Titles of views in English, German, Spanish, and French., P.2010.21.6-8 gift of David Doret., P.2008.36.45 & 46 gift of Michael Zinman., Zinman copy digitized., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Inger, Christian, artist
Date
c1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection Centennial Ephemera [P.2010.21.6-8], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection [P.2008.36.45 & 46]
Shows the memorial, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer and erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1934 in memory of all African American military men who have served in wartime. The top of the monument is a sculpted eternal flame, the "Torch of Life," surrounded by four American eagles. Below the torch, a female allegorical figure of justice stands holding wreaths symbolic of honor and reward. She is flanked by five figures of African American military personnel from each branch of the armed service. A dedication is inscribed into the memorial's granite pedestal which is adorned with a wreath. Erected after much controversy on Lansdowne Avenue, the memorial was moved in 1994 to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway opposite the Franklin Institute., Numbered 8419 on verso., Sheet number: 88L01., Divided back. Text on verso.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca 1935
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Contains views of the Smith Memorial gateway designed by James Windrim & Son and built 1897-1912 at the Forty-first Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Built in honor of Civil War soldiers. Consists of two pedestals flanking Concourse Drive near Memorial Hall. Both sides have palladian arches and equestrian bronze statues on columns. Various sculptors produced different statues for the memorial. Daniel Chester French created the George Meade statue; Charles Grafly created the John Reynolds statue; Edward C. Potter created the McClellan statue and John Quincy Adams Ward created the Winfield Hancock statue., Contains 13 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Also known as the Richard Smith Memorial Gateway., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Smith Memorial - 89]
Depicts equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal surrounded by four fountains and allegorical figures that represent four rivers: the Delaware, the Hudson, the Potomac and the Mississippi Rivers. Statues on the lowest tier portray "typical" American human figures and animals. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to Eakins Oval at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Contains views of the monument at both locations., Contains 33 postcards printed in color and 17 in black and white., Commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Washington Monument - 90]
Contains views of Strawberry Mansion in Fairmount Park including the entrance stairway with a group of women and children; the drive and a partial view of the Strawberry Mansion trolley bridge; the fountain statue; the spring; the top of Strawberry Hill showing people picnicking and reclining on the green and several views of the mansion house. Judge William Lewis commissioned the mansion house, also known as Summerville, in 1789. In the 1820s Joseph Hemphill bought the property and added two wings to the house. His son Coleman grew strawberries from roots imported from Chile, giving the property its popular name, Strawberry Mansion. The house became a picnicking spot and restaurant in 1835. The Fairmount Park Commission bought the property in 1868., Contains 30 postcards printed in color and 2 in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Also known as the William Lewis House., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Strawberry Mansion - 91]
Contains views of Valley Green on Forbidden Drive near Wissahickon Creek in Fairmount Park. Includes views of a waterfall; the Springfield Avenue Bridge and the Valley Green Inn taken from various angles. Valley Green Inn is the only surviving roadhouse from the nineteenth century. Built circa 1850 by Thomas Livezey and expanded with newer rear additions. Purchased by the city in 1872., Contains 31 postcards printed in color and 12 printed in black and white. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1945
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Valley Green - 92]
Contains architectural views of various animal habitats at the Philadelphia Zoo, along with views of visitors watching and feeding the animals. Depicts the entrance to the zoo, flanked by two pavilions built 1875-1876 after designs by Furness & Hewitt; the statue of The Dying Lioness designed 1873-1875 by Wilhelm Franz Alexander Friedrich Wolff near the entrance pavilions; a rustic bridge; a flower garden; the Carnivora House; the Monkey House near the lake; the Beaver dam; the shady walk showing fish pond; swan pond; the bird house; the interior of a flying cage in the bird house; the corner of a polar bear den and the zoo barn. Also includes views of bears, beavers, a dromedary (Arabian camel), sea lions, an elephant bathing, a bison herd, a rhinocerous, a white-tailed gnu (antelope), a hippopotamus, moneys, horses and a chimp. Also includes pedestrians walking and riding in carriages through the zoological garden., Contains 55 postcards printed in color and 13 printed in black and white. Also includes 6 linen postcards., The Philadelphia Zoological Garden was the first zoo to open in America in 1874., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1980
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Zoo - 94]
Contains photographic postcards of Founders Week, celebrating the 225th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia. Depicts scenes from parades held throughout the week including the Military Parade on October 5, 1908 showing U.S. Troops; the Industrial Parade on October 7, 1908 displaying products and advertisements from local companies on floats and Historical Day on October 9, 1908 showing people in costume recreating Philadelphia history., Divided backs. Azo stamp boxes with upward pointing triangles in corners., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1908
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Founders Week - Parade Real Photos - 96]
Depicts landmarks in the Frankford section of Philadelphia showing exterior views of the Free Library of Frankford; the Real Estate Trust Building on Frankford Avenue; Frankford High School and Frankford Baptist Church., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Frankford (section) - 97]
Depicts a crowd of people ice skating in Fairmount Park., Numbered 8901 and 43042 on verso., Sheet number: 86A18., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts the number 33 trolley sitting in front of the West Park Trolley Station., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A19 and 86B11., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts a horse attached to a carriage drinking from the Leonidas Spring in Fairmount Park, a public drinking fountain along Lincoln Drive., Also known as Springs Memorial Fountain., Sheet number: 86B10., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts the bronze seated figure of Anthony J. Drexel designed by Moses Jacob Ezekiel in 1904. Originally located in West Fairmount Park near Horticultural Hall, but later moved to Drexel University's campus at 32nd and Market Streets. Commissioned by Drexel's business partner, John H. Harjes of Paris., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 88A01 and 88B02., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts statue of Pegasus as two winged horses flanking the drive leading up to Memorial Hall in Fairmount Park. Designed by Vincenz Bildhauer Pilz in 1863., Sheet number: 88A02., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts the bronze portrait bust of the James A. Garfield Memorial on Kelly Drive near the Girard Avenue Bridge, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1895., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Postcards issued by the Souvenir Post Card Co., New York and the Post Card Union of America, Philadelphia., Sheet numbers: 88A03 and 88B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts a bronze equestrian statue of General Ulysses S. Grant at Kelly Drive and Fountain Green Drive, designed by Daniel Chester French and Edward C. Potter in 1897., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 88A04, 88B04 and 88B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts the statue of Religious Liberty symbolized by a classical figure wearing a cap with a border of thirteen stars representing the Colonies. She holds the Constitution of the United States in her left hand and raises her right hand above Faith, represented by a youthful figure holding the lamp of Religion. Designed by Moses Jacob Ezekiel in 1876 in honor of the Centennial anniversary. Also includes views of the cactus beds surrounding the base of the monument., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Statue commissioned by B'nai B'rith and dedicated in 1876. Moved near the National Museum of American Jewish History on North Fifth Street above Market Street in 1985., Sheet numbers: 88A06 and 88B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1905-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts the twelve foot limestone figure of Lenni-Lenape chief of the Wissahickon, Teedyuscung, crouching with his hand over his eyes, squinting into the distance from Indian Rock near Wissahickon Creek. Designed by John Massey Rhind in 1902 for Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Henry, a wealthy Chestnut Hill couple, to replace the original wooden figure., Contains 5 postcards printed in color and 5 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 88A08, 88A09, 88B06 and 88B07., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts statues of four prominent Catholic men standing on large stone fountains around the central figure of Moses, including John Barry, Charles Carroll, John Carroll and Theobald Matthew. Also includes carved portraits of Comte de Grasse, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, Marquis de Lafayette, George Gordon Meade, Orono and Casimir Pulaski. Designed in the shape of a maltese cross by Herman Kirn in 1876., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 88A10 and 88B08., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts a statue of Christopher Columbus standing on a large stone base with his hand resting on a globe. Attributed to sculptor Emanuele Caroni. Commissioned by Italian-Americans for the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. Moved to Marconi Plaza in South Philadelphia in 1982 from its original site in West Fairmount Park., Sheet number: 88B01., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts an equestrian statue of a man about to pierce a lion with his spear. Designed by Albert Wolff in 1858 and was cast in bronze by Bureau Brothers in 1893 for the Columbian Exposition. Later placed in front of the Post Office at Ninth and Chestnut Streets. Moved to East River Drive in 1897. Currently located at the foot of the Art Museum steps, near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway., Sheet number: 88A09., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca 1909
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts equestrian statue of George Washington on a pedestal above allegorical figures, along with "typical" American people. Designed by Rudolf Siemering in 1897 and unveiled at the Green Street entrance to Fairmount Park. Moved to the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1928. Depicts monument at Green Street entrance., Monument commissioned by the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania, whose members were descendants of Washington's soldiers., Sheet number: 88A10., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Monuments & Memorials - Miscellaneous - 88]
Depicts a rustic, wooden bridge spanning an artificial lake filled with water lilies in Fairmount Park. Includes two women crossing the bridge and a man strolling along the water's edge. Possibly depicts Centennial Lake since water lilies covered eighty percent of the water's surface in the summer., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A01 and 86B01., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts an unidentified music pavilion next to a lake in Fairmount Park., Sheet number: 86A02A., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Contains various views of a canal boat on Belmont Canal., Sheet number: 86B03., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
ca. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts Chamounix waterfalls in West Fairmount Park, including three boys sitting near the water's edge., Sheet numbers: 86A06 and 86A07., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1910-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Contains views of people recreating on Lake Chamounix, including various groups rowing boats on the lake and people relaxing near the water's edge., Sheet numbers: 86A08 and 86B04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1905-1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts a wooded valley in Fairmount Park, just outside East Park, showing a rustic wooden bridge spanning a stream., Contains 4 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 86A09, 86A10 and 86B05., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts an identified bridge spanning the drive near Sweet Briar Mansion in Fairmount Park., Numbered 2290 on recto., Sheet number: 86A10., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1910-1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
Depicts a circular flower bed surrounded by a drive in the West Park Arboretum near Horticultural Hall in Fairmount Park., Sheet number: 86A11., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
1910-1915
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Fairmount Park - Miscellaneous - 86]
