Series of trade cards depicting prominent buildings at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 and their dimensions. Views show "Main Exhibition Building"; "Machinery Hall"; "Memorial Hall"; and "Horticultural Hall." Views include street and pedestrian traffic. 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., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.103a-d]
