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Title: Machinery Hall. Centennial International Exhibition
Description: Trade card issued preceding the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 advertising New York publishers Nelson & Phillips. Depicts the hall to be built after designs by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Several individuals promenade on the grounds. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, May 10-November 10, 1876., Advertising text printed on verso: 1875. Holidays! 1876. We would respectfully call your attention to our complete assortment of Holiday Goods suitable for Presents, consisting of Books, Photograph Albums, Authograph Albums, Bible, Pocket-Books. Stationery, Scrap-books, Book-Marks, Christmas Cards, Mottoes, Christmas Boxes, And a complete outfit for Christmas Trees of our own importations. We would call your attention to our Fancy Boxes, of which we have the most complete assortment in the city, at prices to suit all, ranging from $6 to $25 per 100. Please call and examine our samples. Nelson & Phillips. 805 Broadway, New York., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.101]

Title: Memorial Hall. International Exhibition. Length 365 ft. Width 210 ft
Description: Trade card issued during the Centennial Exhibition advertising Philadelphia glass manufacturer and dealer Benjamin H. Shoemaker. Depicts the Art Gallery or Memorial Hall designed by Herman Schwartzmann. Pedestrians and a couple on horseback travel the grounds. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Shoemaker established his glass manufactory in 1855 following his partnering with his brother Robert in a drug concern., Advertising text printed on verso: Compagnies Des Manufactures des Glaces. De St. Gobain, Chauny & Cirey. France. Manufacturers of plate glass and looking glass plates. General Depot of French & Belgian Plate Glass, Nos. 22, 24, & 26 Howard St., New York. Benjamin H. Shoemaker, Nos. 205 & 207 North Fourth St., Philadelphia., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.99]

Title: J. Russell & Co. Green River Works, MS. Established 1834 International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Trade card containing vignette views showing major exhibition buildings and the pictorial detail of an American eagle perched on an American shield. Buildings depicted include Horitcultural Hall, Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Main Building. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia., Contains advertising text repeated in French, Spanish, and German on verso. Promotes the Mississippi cutlery firm's products, including table cutlery, butcher knives and hunting knives, and cutlery for painters, chemists, and the family., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.98]

Title: [Centennial Exhibition raffle trade cards advertising the New American sewing machine manufactured by American B.H.O. (Button Hole Overseaming) Machine Co., 1318 Chestnut St., Philadelpia, Pa.]
Description: Series of trade cards depicting Centennial Exhibition buildings, historic sites, and a bird's eye view of the grounds. Views show "Bird's eye View"; Women's Pavilion; Machinery Hall; Horticultural Hall; "Independence Hall. 1st U.S. Congress"; Judge's Hall; and Agricultural Building. Majority of views also show pedestrian traffic. Images of exhibition buildings include length, width, and acres measurements. Majority of the buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The American B.H.O. Sewing Machine Co. was established in Philadelphia in 1867 and the firm introduced the New American machine in 1873. The company remained in business until circa 1896., Title supplied by cataloger., Contains several lines of advertising text printed on verso. Text begins "We will give away at the close of the Centennial Exposition the fine Machine on Exhibition, at our Pavilion, Machinery Hall" and promotes the New American as "complete, simple, and perfect" with a self threading shuttle, self adjusting tension, and self setting needles; as well as monthly cash payments; to examine the machine before purchasing it; the agents wanted; and to send for a price list and illustrated catalog. Text also describes the machine as never skipping a stitch; no holes to thread through; and the only one in the world to work elegant button holes... and makes the "'over and over' stitch for sheets and pillow-cases.", Two of the prints contain imprint: Printed in Machinery Hall, E, 28., Prints stamped with "holder of this Card, No." Numbers include: 9250; 17649; 18195; 17810; 11646; 5768; and 19821., One of prints [P.2008.36.89] numbered in upper left corner: No. 6., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [c1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.83-89]

Title: International Exhibition. Main Building
Description: Trade card issued during the Centennial Exhibition advertising Philadelphia clothier Goldsmith Bros. Depicts the Main Building designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. Individuals and horse-drawn vehicles travel the grounds. Also contains an ornate border surrounding the image. The centennial of the United States was celebrated through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Goldsmith Bros., a partnership between Levi (1824-1886) and Abraham Goldmsith (1832-1902), established their clothing business circa 1859., Advertising text printed on verso: Goldsmith Bros. Importers & Jobbers of Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings and Tailors Trimmings. 335 Market Street, Philadelphia., Signed on verso: Presented by Wm. McLeran., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Michael Zinman.
Date: [1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Michael Zinman World's Fairs Collection - Trade cards [P.2008.36.100]

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