Image / Machinery Hall, Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia

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Title: Machinery Hall, Centennial International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Hunter, Thomas, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1874
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 the exterior of the Art Gallery building for the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; pedestrians visible in front of the hall in a park-like setting.
"Published by Thos. Hunter, Lithographer, 716 Filbert St. Phila."--text, bottom right margin. "L. Aubrun."-text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image. "Copyrighted, 1874, by the Centennial Board of Finance."--text, bottom left margin. "Length... 1,402 ft. / Width... 360 " / Ground Floor 12,82 acres / Upper floors 1,12 " "--text, bottom left margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 53.66 x 68.9 cm (21 1/8 x 27 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_FAIR_001730
476123
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3122
Subject: Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works
Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Views. (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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