[Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Construction of Art Gallery and Memorial Hall, Sept. 1875] – Antique Print
![[Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Construction of Art Gallery and Memorial Hall, Sept. 1875], 1875 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ba/ba33a3555390-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Construction of Art Gallery and Memorial Hall, Sept. 1875]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876: Construction of Art Gallery and Memorial Hall, Sept. 1875]
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Construction of the Art Gallery in Fairmount Park, photographed in September 1875, shows the building that would later become Memorial Hall while the grounds for the Centennial Exhibition were still taking shape. The Centennial Photographic Company, which documented the fair's buildings and grounds, produced the sepia print. Memorial Hall, designed by architect Hermann J. Schwarzmann, was one of the few structures meant to outlast the 1876 exhibition, and it later housed a museum for children. The view records the work underway about eight months before the fair opened in May 1876.
| Created / published | 1875 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : sepia. |
| Subjects | Sepia photo by Centennial Photographic Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Exhibitions--1876; Construction; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,686 × 1,325 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132987 |
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