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Title: Souvenir of the opening of the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition
Creator: Gilbert & Rivington, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1876
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of a broadside advertisement for A.B. Fleming & Co. presented as a souvenir of the opening of the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; the text advertises printing ink and vegetable machinery oil in over twenty different languages, including German, Italian, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Turkish.
"As a Souvenir of the International character of the Philadelphia Exhibition, Messrs. Fleming & Co. have, with the assistance of Messrs. Gilbert & Rivington (the eminent Oriental Printers), of 52, St. John's Square, and 28, Whitefriars Street, London, produced the above Polyglot Advertisement."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 76.52 x 55.88 cm (30 1/8 x 22 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_FAIR_001739
407825
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/3107
Subject: Advertising
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
A.B. Fleming & Co
Relief prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Broadsides. (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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