Centennial mirror – Historic Print
![Centennial mirror, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/40/40d277ea5d0d-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
This rare historic print captures Centennial mirror in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A souvenir connected to the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, this print is titled "Centennial mirror," though the record does not describe its shape or design. The shelflist card associates it with the American Oleograph Company, a firm that produced color prints imitating oil paintings, a process that made decorative pictures affordable for American homes in the 1870s and 1880s. The card gives no date, and the attribution is unverified, so the print is best read as an example of the commercial color printing that accompanied the exhibition's celebration of the nation's first century.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: American Oleograph Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,567 × 1,313 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176132 |
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