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; portraits of George Washington and his wife Martha Washington in oval frames and the signing of the Declaration of Independence on page 1; images of the exhibition buildings in Fairmount Park on page 5. "1732. February 22d., 1876. / The Birthday of George Washington, the Heroic Son, the Christian Statesman, the Father of our Country."--text, center headline on page 1. "G.G. Gifford"--text, handwritten in ink, page 8, top margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 letterpress : uncolored ; overall 50.17 x 71.76 cm (19 3/4 x 28 1/4 in.)
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)--Pictorial works Exhibition buildings--Pictorial works Founding Fathers of the United States--Pictorial works United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works Washington, George, 1732-1799--Pictorial works Washington, Martha, 1731-1802--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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