Image of a 4-page folded advertisement for the official catalogue of the United States Centennial Exhibition held from "May 10th to November 10th 1876" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; six images of exhibition building exteriors, including the Main Exhibition Building, Horticultural Hall, Agricultural Hall, Art Gallery, Machinery Hall, and Women's Pavilion; two medallions on first page with the goddess Columbia in representations from 1776 and 1876. "As will be seen by the documents published upon another page, signed by the President of the Centennial Board of Finance, and the Director-General of the United States Centennial Commission the Centennial Catalogue Company has acquired the sole and exclusive right to publish and sell the Official Catalogue of the Exhibition of 1876 and no other Catalogue of the Exhibition will be permitted to be sold within the Exhibition grounds. The Official Catalogue will be published in four parts, of uniform size (about 5 inches by 8), and estimated to contain about 300 pages each. ..."--text, page [1] of leaflet.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 29.69 x 47.94 cm (11 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) Columbia (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works John R. Nagle and Company Intaglio prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fairs & Expositions Large Size United States Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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