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[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial Exhibition, 1876] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial Exhibition, 1876], [1876] — antique engraving
[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial Exhibition, 1876], [1876]. Antique engraving from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Street in Philadelphia on the opening day of the American Centennial Exhibition, 1876]

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The Centennial Exhibition opened in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia on May 10, 1876, to mark a century since the Declaration of Independence, and this wood engraving shows a city street on that opening day. The Illustrated London News printed it in its June 10, 1876 issue, which put the American celebration in front of British readers. Rather than the exhibition halls themselves, the engraving focuses on the street and the activity around it as the city welcomed the crowds.

Created / published[1876]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesIllus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876June 10, p. 573. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Street scenes; Exhibitions; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,125 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127249

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