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Main building, International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. : Presented by Boyd, White & Co. Carpetings, Philadelphia

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Title: Main building, International Exhibition. 1876. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. : Presented by Boyd, White & Co. Carpetings, Philadelphia
Creator: Aubrun, Louis, artist
Hunter, Thomas, publisher
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 an exterior view of the Main Exhibition Building of the United States Centennial Exhibition held in 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and trolleys including one labeled "Fairmount Park" in the foreground among shrubs.
"Copyrighted, 1874, by the Centennial Board of Finance."--text, lower left margin. "Louis Aubrun."--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right of image. "Published by Thos. Hunter, 716 Filbert. St. Phila."--text, lower right margin. "Ground Floor 872,320 sqr. ft. 20,02 acres. / Upper Floors 63,688 ' ' 1,45"--text, bottom left margin. "Length 1,880 ft. / Width 464 ' "--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 45.09 x 60.01 cm (17 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_FAIR_001761
407874
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3114
Subject: Advertising--House furnishings
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works
Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works
Local transit--Pictorial works
Boyd, White and Company
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
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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