Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Unidentified building – Historic Photograph 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 Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Unidentified building, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Unidentified building
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A sepia print from 1875 shows an unidentified building caught mid-construction, an unusual view because the record does not say which structure it is. The fairground in Fairmount Park was being readied that year for the Centennial Exhibition, which opened in May 1876 to mark a century since the Declaration of Independence. Centennial Photo Co. documented the site's many halls and pavilions as they rose, and the image offers a glimpse of the labor behind an event that drew millions of visitors. The caption card's details are old and unverified, so the building's identity remains an open question.
| Created / published | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Sepia photo by Centennial Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Construction; Exhibitions--1876; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,364 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133027 |
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