Aubrun, Louis, artist.
Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. [graphic].
Philadelphia: Published by Thos. Hunter, lith. 716 Filbert St., c1874.
Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance.
Commemorative print containing views of the main buildings to be erected at the exhibition. Includes the Art Gallery, Main Building, Agricultural Hall, Machinery Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower left corner. 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.
Philadelphia on Stone
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc 8 Ce 333
Hunter published several variant views, including folio-size prints commissioned in 1874 by the Centennial Board of Finance, of the Centennial Buildings after the official plans of the structures.
Variant held in Large Society Prints - Centennial. Printed in lower right corner: Compliments of E. Morris & Co., Manufacturers of Silk, Nett, and Cassimere Hats, No. 30 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Lithographs -- Tinted -- 1870-1880. gmgpc
Commemorative prints -- 1870-1880. gmgpc
Hunter, Thomas, printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Printer United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
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