Our centennial--President Grant and Dom Pedro starting the Corliss engine / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis. – Vintage 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 Our centennial--President Grant and Dom Pedro starting the Corliss engine / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis., an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Our centennial--President Grant and Dom Pedro starting the Corliss engine / from a sketch by Theo. R. Davis.
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Two heads of state stand at the controls of the Corliss steam engine in this wood engraving, President Ulysses S. Grant and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil, shown launching the machinery at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The engine, built by George Corliss, drove the belts and shafts that powered Machinery Hall, and its opening was one of the fair's most public moments. Theodore R. Davis sketched the scene, and Harper's Weekly printed the engraving in its May 27, 1876, issue, showing how widely the event was followed.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 May 27, p. 421. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 228. |
| Subjects | Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson),--1822-1885--Public appearances. Pedro--II,--Emperor of Brazil,--1825-1891--Public appearances. Centennial Exhibition--(1876 :--Philadelphia, Pa.) Corliss steam-engine--1870-1880. Engines--1870-1880. Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167100 |
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