Image of the specialty newspaper Crotzer's Centennial, which contains coverage of the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; contrasting vignettes of Revolutionary War soldiers in 1776 and a peaceful and prosperous landscape in 1876 at top center on page 1; images of the exhibition buildings in Fairmount Park throughout the newspaper; "fac simile of U.S. Centennial medals" on page 8. "1876. The Centennial Year. 1876. / Where We Begun and How We Are Progressing in One Hundred Years."--text, center headline on page 1. "G.G. Gifford"--text, handwritten in ink, page 8 bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 50.48 x 70.49 cm (19 7/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works Medals--Pictorial works United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works Crotzer, H.W Relief prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Newspapers. (gmgpc)
Place
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fairs & Expositions Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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