Image of a large exhibition hall building for the Grand Foreign Exhibition in Boston, Massachusetts, with the city of Boston visible in the background; central image shows "Mechanics Hall," a large exhibition space built and owned by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, where the foreign exhibition was held, located on Huntington Avenue and West Newton Street; people visible outside the building, arriving on foot, in horse-drawn vehicles, and on bicycle or tricycle; horse-drawn carts labeled "Emerson Piano Co" carrying large wood crates at left; center image is surrounded by 19 advertisements for various products and services, including biscuits, musical instruments, oil, and machinery. "Heliotype Printing Co. Boston"--text, bottom right margin. "Copyright 1883 Eugene Smith."--text, bottom left margin. "President N.J. Bradlee. / Treas., F.W. Lincoln. Sec., C.B. Norton."--text, top center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.52 x 102.24 cm (30 1/8 x 40 1/4 in.)
Advertising Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works Exhibitions--Pictorial works Foreign Exhibition (1883 : Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Place
Boston (Mass.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fairs & Expositions Large Size General Fairs and Expositions The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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