Opening day ceremony of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, May 10, 1876. Depicts Art Gallery with trolley cars and crowd of attendees with umbrellas under stormy skies.
Exhibit title: Safety Elevated Railway, designed by Roy Stone, Exhibit #175. One of the cars on the elevated railway. Men standing at the railway of the car.
Opening day ceremony of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, May 10, 1876. Depicts Art Gallery with trolley cars and crowd of attendees with umbrellas under stormy skies.
Interior view of Machinery Hall along North Avenue. Shows railroad track along the entire isle. A railcar is positioned on the tracks. Depicted on either side of the rail tracks are machine parts and tools.
Architects: Judge's Pavillion, Bldg. #109 - H.J. Schwarzmann, Hugh Kafka; World's Ticket Office, Bldg. #84 - H.J. Schwarzmann, Hugh Kafka; Centennial Photographic Association Building, Bldg. #110 - H.J. Schwarzmann.
Overview of exhibition grounds, with railroad, buildings, and people visible. In the center is a lake. Flags top most buildings.
Large crowds along the roads around exhibition buildings. Buildings visible include U.S. Government Building, Cook's World Ticket Office, Judge's Hall, Photographic Association's Studio, and Women's Pavilion. Railroad, lake, walkways and statues also visible.
View of Machinery hall with flags on top and landscaped trees and shrubs in front. Foreground depicts locomotive and full passenger car with West End Passenger Railway Company next to a platform.
