Centennial America – Antique Wall Art
(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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Centennial America
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Titled simply *Centennial America*, this print from around 1876 marks the nation's hundredth birthday, which Philadelphia celebrated that year with a large international exhibition in Fairmount Park. Printmakers of the period often turned the anniversary into allegory, presenting the country as a personified figure surrounded by symbols of progress and national pride. The catalog record lists a copyright deposit number and a possible publisher, Armstrong & Co., but that attribution is unverified, so the print's maker remains an open question for researchers.
| Created / published | c1876. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | G873 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Armstrong & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,278 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118446 |
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