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Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking west from the Schuylkill River toward the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Reading Railroad depot (in the foreground), the Main Building, Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Buildings, Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall, the observatory on George's Hill, the 24th Ward reservoir, the Globe Hotel, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot. Also shows a train approaching the Reading Railroad station, the bridge over Lansdown Valley, and smaller exhibition venues, including the Photograph Gallery, City Pavilion, Vienna Bakery and Coffee House, restaurants, state buildings, fountains and monuments. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Contains the names and dimensions of the major buildings, and a miniature diagram of the view and corresponding key below the image. Key identifies 51 depicted sites. Several of the buildings were built after the designs of Henry Petit, Hermann Schwarzmann, and Joseph Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 42, Gift of David Doret.
Date: c1875, c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2002.49.2]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking west from the Schuylkill River toward the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, the Art Gallery (Memorial Hall), Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Buildings, Horticultural Hall, and Agricultural Hall. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Also shows the 24th Ward reservoir and buildings surrounding the exhibition grounds. A train travels in the background. Also contains the dimensions in the lower right corner for six of the buildings . The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 41
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.9192.4]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: First state of a bird's eye view issued as a promotion by the publisher for "The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition" (1876). View looks south from Belmont Plateau showing the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes Horticultural Hall, Main Exhibition Building, Memorial Hall, Agricultural Hall, Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, Machinery Hall, and U.S. Government Building. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Includes several fair visitors traveling by foot and carriage on the paths. Clusters of tree tops are visible in the foreground. Also contains the names and dimensions of the main buildings printed below the image. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 51, Gift of David Doret, See James Dabney McCabe's The illustrated history of the Centennial Exhibition: ... (Philadelphia: Published by the National Publishing Company, 1876). [Am 1876 McCabe 78340.O], Trimmed.
Date: c1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2003.41.3]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings. 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Description: Bird's eye view looking west from the Schuylkill River toward the proposed buildings on the exhibition grounds in West Fairmount Park. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, and Agricultural Hall. The grounds are lined with trees, bushes, and landscaped paths. Also shows the 24th ward reservoir and buildings surrounding the exhibition grounds. A train travels in the background. Also contains the names and dimension of the main buildings s printed below the image. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Not in Wainwright., Gift of David Doret., POS 43, Philadelphia on Stone
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [P.2002.49.1]

Title: Bird's eye view, Centennial Exhibition buildings & grounds, Philada
Description: Bird's eye view looking east showing the exhibition grounds and surrounding area. Grounds are landscaped with trees, bushes, and pathways. Key to 39 depicted buildings and sites printed below the image. Includes the Main Building, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall & Art Gallery, Agricultural Building, and Horticultural Hall. Also shows the several bridges over the Schuylkill River, including Falls, Columbia, Girard Avenue, and New York Connecting, in addition to "New Bridges over Penna. R.R." south of the grounds. Major roadways include Elm, Belmont, and Girard avenues. Other sites depicted include the 24th Ward reservoir, George's Hill, Sawyer's Elevator, Belmont Mansion, and Globe and Trans Continental hotels. East Fairmount Park is visible in the background., Copyrighted by Sydney Smirke, Distributor's stamp pasted on recto: From J. L. Smith's Map Establishment, 37 S. Sixth St., Philada., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 44, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date: 1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.7]

Title: Main Building International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia Compliments of The Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Incorporated 1829
Description: Bird's eye view of the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. View includes heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Couples stroll the landscaped grounds, enter the hall, converse, and are transported by carriage. Landscaping includes clusters of bushes and a partial view of a path in the right of the image. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres), in the lower corners, for the buildings. The fair celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 449, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Date: c1874
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Centennial [5225.F.5]

Title: Birdseye view of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with the buildings of the International Exhibition 1876
Description: Lovely bird's eye view looking east toward the city from Belmont Mansion, the former estate of Judge Richard Peters. In the foreground, visitors to the property partake of the grounds that are landscaped with trees and small gardens. Elegantly-attired men, women, and children stroll; appreciate the vista from benches and chairs; and enjoy refreshments at tables. Other patrons depart in horse-drawn carriages down a path that winds past the Belmont Water Works and Columbia Railroad Bridge. A train approaches the bridge. In the right background, the proposed Centennial Exhibition buildings, and grounds congested with visitors, are visible in West Fairmount Park. The Main Hall and Memorial Hall predominate. In the left background, the expansive cityscape dominates the view and includes Girard College, the Fairmount Water Works, Gas Works, Rodeph Shalom Synagogue, the Cathedral of S.S. Peter and Paul, Masonic Temple, and the future City Hall. Church steeples, industrial smokestacks, blocks of brick buildings, and the distant Delaware River comprise the vista as well. Also visible are the several bridges that span the Schuylkill River. The bridges include the Columbia, New York Connecting Railway, Girard Avenue, Spring Garden Street, Market Street, and Chestnut Street bridges. Several vessels travel the river. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Many of the buildings were designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson., Image arched at top center., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 55, Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Inger, Christian
Date: c1875
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***BW - Views [P.9324]

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