Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia. 1876 – Antique Map 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia. 1876. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Bird's eye view, Centennial buildings, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia. 1876
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A color lithograph from the Centennial Exhibition year lays out the exhibition grounds in Fairmont Park as seen from above, with its large halls and pavilions spread across the landscape. The Centennial marked 100 years since the Declaration of Independence, and it drew millions of visitors to Philadelphia over its run from May to November 1876. Bird's-eye views like this one were popular at the time because they let viewers grasp the scale of the sprawling site all at once. The print was issued by H.J. Toudy & Co. of Philadelphia, which put out several such views around the fair.
| Created / published | Philadelphia, Pa. : Published by H.J. Toudy & Co., c1875 & 1876. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Bird's-eye view prints 1870-1880.Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Subjects | Centennial Exhibition--(1876 :--Philadelphia, Pa.) Exhibition buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,422 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216667 |
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