The Centennial - Bits from our artist's sketch-book. Photographing a deadhead"" – 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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The Centennial - Bits from our artist's sketch-book. Photographing a deadhead""
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Here the joke is aimed at a "deadhead," slang for someone admitted free of charge, who finds himself the subject of a camera. Charles Stanley Reinhart drew the scene as one of several "bits" from his sketch-book for *Harper's Weekly*, where it appeared on page 452 of the June 3, 1876, issue. That spring the Centennial Exhibition had opened in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park to mark the nation's hundredth birthday, and illustrated weeklies like *Harper's* offered readers a lively, behind-the-scenes look at its crowds and everyday mishaps.
| Created / published | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Sketches by C.S. Reinhart. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 June 3, p. 452. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions--1876; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,313 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-131107 |
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