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Agricultural Hall: Grand United States Centennial Exhibition, 1876 – Vintage Print

Agricultural Hall: Grand United States Centennial Exhibition, 1876, [New York] : Currier & Ives, [between ca. 1876 and 1907] — antique lithograph
Agricultural Hall: Grand United States Centennial Exhibition, 1876, [New York] : Currier & Ives, [between ca. 1876 and 1907]. Antique lithograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(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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Agricultural Hall: Grand United States Centennial Exhibition, 1876

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Agricultural Hall was one of the largest buildings on the grounds of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and this bird's-eye view shows its sprawling plan from above. The fair marked the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and drew millions of visitors over its run. Currier & Ives, the New York firm known for popular lithographs, issued the print, and the hand coloring was added by workers on the line, so each copy varies slightly. Its high vantage point lets viewers see how the exhibition's large halls were arranged across the park.

Created / published[New York] : Currier & Ives, [between ca. 1876 and 1907]
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand-colored.
GenreBird's-eye view prints 1870-1910.Lithographs Hand-colored 1870-1910.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0075
SubjectsCentennial Exhibition--(1876 :--Philadelphia, Pa.)--Buildings. Exhibition buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,068 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-174054

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