View of the grounds and buildings International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876. [graphic] / A. L. Weise, lith. Phila.
Philadelphia: Pub. by Lineaweaver & Wallace 32 S. 4th St., c1876.
Not in Wainwright.
Bird's eye view looking toward Fairmount Park showing the exhibition grounds. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art. Shows several of the exhibition buildings, including the Main Hall, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall, Horticultural Hall, Judges Hall, Ladies Pavilion, U.S. Government Building, Agricultural Hall, and state buildings, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. In the foreground, across from the Transcontinental Hotel, people arrive on Elm Avenue by foot and omnibus and crowd the entrances to the fair. Several exhibition attendees walk and use carriages on the landscaped grounds between the buildings. In the right, pedestrians and carriages traverse the major roadway on the outskirts of the grounds near the Columbia Bridge spanning the Schuylkill River. Also shows the fountain near the Pennsylvania Building, the observatory tower on Belmont Hill, and the 24th Ward Reservoir on George's Hill. Key to 24 depicted buildings printed below the image. Many of the buildings designed by Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit, and Joseph M. Wilson.
Philadelphia on Stone
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Bird's Eye Views
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Columbia Railroad Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. gmgpc
Weise, A.L., printer.
Printer Lineaweaver & Wallace, publisher.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
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