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View of centennial buildings & grounds – Vintage Photo Print

View of centennial buildings & grounds, c1878. — historic print
View of centennial buildings & grounds, c1878.. Historic print from the World's Fairs 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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This rare historic print captures View of centennial buildings & grounds in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Taken about two years after the fair closed, this view shows the Centennial grounds in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with its buildings and walks still standing. The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 marked the hundredth anniversary of American independence and drew millions of visitors to a sprawling complex of exhibition halls, pavilions, and gardens. Many of those structures were built to be temporary, so photographs taken after the exhibition ended are among the best surviving records of how the site looked.

Created / publishedc1878.
Medium1 print.
NotesG7959 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bourquin, F.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,340 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-123477

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