Interior view of the Republican National Convention held in Exposition Auditorium at 3400-3500 Civic Center Boulevard June 19-21, 1900. Shows a large crowd of delegates and alternates seated by state in the hall adorned in patriotic bunting. A photograph of William McKinley, the Republican party's candidate for President, is visible on a large flag hanging from the ceiling in the background. Exposition Auditorium, later known as the Commercial Museum, was built 1897-99 after designs by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt for the National Export Exposition (1899) and demolished in 2006., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date
c1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Events [P.9047.144]
