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Title: Birds eye view of the International Exhibition buildings, 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Creator: Breuker & Kessler Co., publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1875
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of an aerial view of the buildings and the surrounding landscape for the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; river and rowboats visible in the foreground; captions below image indicate the Office, Judges Hall, U.S. Government Building (500 ft. x 360 ft.), Ladies Pavilion, Machinery Hall (1360 ft. x 360 ft.), Main Building (1880 ft. x 464 ft.), Memorial Hall (365 ft. x 210 ft.), Horticultural Hall (383 ft. x 193 ft.) and Agricultural Hall (820 ft. x 540 ft.).
"Published by Breuker & Kessler, Lith. Philada."--text, bottom center margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875 by Breuker & Kessler, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Wash. D.C."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.66 x 68.26 cm (21 1/8 x 26 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_FAIR_001731
407813
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3123
Subject: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works
Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Place: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Fairs & Expositions
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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