Oblique view looking northeast at the Main Building on the grounds of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. In the foreground, stagecoaches, horsecars and pedestrians converge on Elm Avenue near the passenger railway concourse in front of the Centennial National Bank., Title and photographer's imprint on mount., Curved orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., 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, photographer
Date
July 4th, 1876
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Barker - Views [P.9117.2]