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Title: [Agricultural Hall, Centennial Exhibition, 1876, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view of Agricultural Hall designed by James H. Windrim for the Centennial fair, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Gray mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schofield, John, 1835-1910
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Exhibitions [P.9774.7]

Title: [Unidentified Centennial Exhibition building]
Description: View of pavillion-style building with center cupola. Formally landscaped walks wind around building. Possibly a building constructed for the Centennial exhibition held in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park., Title supplied by cataloger., Orange curved mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9600.11]

Title: Main building, central pavillion, east
Description: Exterior view of the central portion of the Main Building at Philadelphia's Centennial exhibition held in Fairmount Park. A horse-drawn buggy stands in front of the multi-arched entryway., Title from paper series label pasted on verso with twenty-seven other numbered, titled views in the series (No. 1-28)., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.1]

Title: Agricultural Hall
Description: Exterior view of Agricultural Hall behind wooden fence at Philadelphia's Centennial exhibition held in Fairmount Park. The view shows three large entryways dwarfed by steeply pitched roofs and flanking towers., Paper label on verso lists twenty-eight other titles in the series., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.2]

Title: Light house and fog horn
Description: Exterior view of a lighthouse and a nearby horn, bell, and other equipment built as part of the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park., Printed on mount in decorative scrollwork: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876., Title from printed series list on verso with sixty-three other titles., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Exhibitions [P.9644.6]

Title: Japanese Com.'s Dwelling
Description: Oblique, exterior view of the front and side elevations of the Japanese Commissioner's Dwelling designed by Matsuo-Ehe for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Two men sit on the ground in front of the building. The walkway leading to the building is visible in the foreground. The dwelling was used to house Japanese workers. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Date from item., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Series number on negative illegible., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9600.6]

Title: Japanese Com. Dwelling
Description: Exterior view of the front elevation of the Japanese Commissioner's Dwelling designed by Matsuo-Ehe for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Shows the front entrance and porch, wooden lattice-work on the first floor, and wooden panels on the second floor. Also shows an ornate folding screen in the front doorway. The dwelling was used to house Japanese workers. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title on negative., Date from item., Photographer's imprint printed on mount and on verso. Imprint on verso contains initials "CPC" in decorative border surmounted by date range 1776-1876., Series number on negative illegible., White curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Date: 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Centennial Photographic Co. [P.9600.5]

Title: East front of Main Building
Description: Oblique view of the east front of the Main Building on the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, a white man rests his right foot on a box as he has his shoes polished by an African American man, who kneels on the ground. Two white men browse through a box of goods that an African American man peddler, attired in a white hat and apron, carries on a strap around his shoulders. Two other white men stand to the right and look at the viewer. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Centennial [P.9047.69]

Title: East front of Main Building
Description: Oblique view of the east front of the Main Building on the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, a white man rests his right foot on a box as he has his shoes polished by an African American man, who kneels on the ground. Two white men browse through a box of goods that an African American man peddler, attired in a white hat and apron, carries on a strap around his shoulders. Two other white men stand to the right and look at the viewer. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., George Barker was a prolific New York stereographer in the 1860s whose gallery catered to the tourist trade in Niagara Falls.
Creator: Barker, George, 1844-1894
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Centennial [P.9047.69]

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