Aubrun, Louis, artist.
Main Building International Exhibition 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. [graphic] : Compliments of The Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia. Incorporated 1829 / Louis Aubrun.
Philadelphia: Published by Thos. Hunter, 716 Filbert St., c1874.
Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance.
See Lane & Cresswell, Prints of Philadelphia 230
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.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880. gmgpc
Bird's eye views -- 1870-1880. gmgpc
SP10 Philadelphia artists,
Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Printer Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, distributor.
Printer United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1874.
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