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Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition buildings: Fairmount park Philadelphia – Historic Map Reproduction

Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition buildings: Fairmount park Philadelphia, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1875. — antique lithograph
Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition buildings: Fairmount park Philadelphia, [New York] : Currier & Ives, 1875.. Antique lithograph 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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Step back in time with Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition buildings: Fairmount park Philadelphia, an antique lithograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Birds eye view of the Centennial Exhibition buildings: Fairmount park Philadelphia

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Seen from a high vantage point over Fairmount Park, this hand-colored lithograph lays out the main buildings of the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia as one sweeping panorama. The fair marked the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and opened in 1876, with showpieces such as the enormous Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall displaying American industry. New York publisher Currier & Ives issued the print in 1875, a year before the gates opened, so it reflects the fair's plans and promotion more than the crowds who later filled the grounds.

Created / published[New York] : Currier & Ives, 1875.
Medium1 print : lithograph, hand col.
GenreLithographs Hand colored 1870-1880.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0593.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,247 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-111795

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