The Centennial Police - Their universal answer – Historic 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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Step back in time with The Centennial Police - Their universal answer, an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Centennial Police - Their universal answer
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A single stock reply is the joke in this wood engraving, "The Centennial Police – Their universal answer," which ran in Harper's Weekly on June 10, 1876. It appeared a few weeks after the Centennial International Exhibition opened in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park on May 10 to mark the nation's hundredth year. Crowds that summer were large, and illustrated weeklies often poked fun at visitors, the fair's bustle and the officials trying to keep order. The record does not name the artist, so the drawing itself is the best guide to the cartoon's target.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 June 10, p. 472. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons, U.S.--June 1876; Tourists; Exhibitions--1876; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,667 px · prints to 6 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131103 |
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