View of the ground and buildings, International Exhibition, 1876, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia – Antique 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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View of the ground and buildings, International Exhibition, 1876, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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View of the ground and buildings, International Exhibition, 1876, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
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Few views of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition look down on its grounds from so high above, and this color lithograph lays out the fairgrounds in Fairmount Park as a single panorama. A.L. Weise printed it in Philadelphia, and it was copyrighted in 1876 by Lineaweaver & Wallace. Bird's-eye pictures like this were popular because they let people who had not made the trip grasp the scale of the enterprise, which marked the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and drew millions of visitors to its halls and pavilions along the Schuylkill River. Study the layout closely to see how the separate buildings were arranged across the park.
| Created / published | Phila. : A.L. Weise lith., c1876. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color ; 52.5 x 70.2 cm (sheet) |
| Genre | Bird's-eye views 1870-1880.Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | G4596 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyrighted by Lineaweaver & Wallace, 1876. Library has two impressions. DLC Second impression 52.2 x 68.6 cm (sheet). |
| Subjects | Centennial Exhibition--(1876 :--Philadelphia, Pa.)--Facilities. Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,449 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218405 |
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