Grand United States centennial exhibition 1876: main building, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia – Vintage Wall Art
![Grand United States centennial exhibition 1876: main building, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/89/89d8e64b3797-L.webp)
(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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Grand United States centennial exhibition 1876: main building, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Grand United States centennial exhibition 1876: main building, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
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The Main Building of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition was the largest structure on the grounds in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and this hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives shows its long facades and central sweep as the fair's visitors would have seen them. The exhibition marked the 100th anniversary of American independence, and the Main Building housed a broad survey of manufactured goods, machinery and industrial design from the United States and abroad. Currier & Ives, the New York firm best known for inexpensive popular prints, issued many views of the fair that brought the event to people who could not travel to Philadelphia. The print's date is given only as a range, so it was likely produced around the time of the exhibition or in the years that followed.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, [between 1856 and 1907] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Lithographs Hand-colored 1850-1910. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2766 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,236 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174612 |
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