Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897: Illinois Building – Vintage 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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This rare historic photograph captures Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897: Illinois Building in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Tennessee Centennial, Nashville, Tenn., 1897: Illinois Building
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Few views of the 1897 Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition show a state pavilion as directly as this stereograph does, with the Illinois Building as its subject. The exposition marked the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's admission to the Union in 1796, and it drew states and organizations to build their own exhibition halls on the fairgrounds in Nashville. Keystone View Company's stereo cards, like this one, were sold as souvenirs and viewed through a stereoscope, which gave visitors and armchair viewers a sense of depth in architecture like this.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 6089. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Tenn.--Nashville; Tenn.--Hist--1897; Illinois--Hist--1897; Centennials; Exh.--1897. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,543 × 1,686 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142055 |
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