Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Unidentified building – Antique Photo Print
(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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A window into the past: Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Unidentified building, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Unidentified building
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The record does not identify this building, but it is a view of a structure under construction, dated 1875, the year before the Centennial Exhibition opened in Fairmount Park. The caption card links it to Thailand, a tracing the record itself marks as unverified, so that attribution should be treated cautiously. The 1876 fair marked the nation's hundredth year and drew roughly 10 million visitors, with many foreign nations putting up their own pavilions. The sepia print comes from the Centennial Photographic Company, which sold views of the grounds to visitors and others.
| Created / published | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Sepia photo by Centennial Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Thailand; Construction; Exhibitions--1876; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,386 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133028 |
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