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The Centennial Fireworks [Philadelphia] – Antique Print

The Centennial Fireworks [Philadelphia], 1876 — antique engraving
The Centennial Fireworks [Philadelphia], 1876. Antique engraving 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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A window into the past: The Centennial Fireworks [Philadelphia], preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Fireworks over Philadelphia during the 1876 Centennial are the subject here, tying the scene to the city's year of commemorating the nation's hundredth birthday. The Centennial International Exhibition opened in Fairmount Park that spring and drew large crowds to the city, with Independence Day festivities among the high points. Wood engravings like this were the standard way weekly magazines such as *Harper's Weekly* reproduced scenes for readers, and this one was published in its October 14, 1876 issue. The catalog details come from an older caption card, so the exact attribution is worth checking against the magazine itself.

Created / published1876
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
SubjectsIllus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 Oct. 14, p. 833. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions--1876; Fireworks; Holidays--July 4; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,223 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-130145

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