Birds Eye View of the International Exhibition Buildings, 1876. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

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• PUBLISHER: Published by Breuker & Kessler, Lith. Philadelphia.

• MEDIUM: Lithograph,

  DATE: 1875

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 1/8 x 20 3/8" (30.8 x 51.8 cm) Plus margins.

• DESCRIPTION: This lithograph from 1876 offers a bird’s-eye view of the International Exhibition Buildings in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, built for the Centennial Exposition. Held to mark the 100th anniversary of American independence, the event was the first official World’s Fair in the United States and a showcase of industry, technology, and culture from around the world. The sprawling fairgrounds were filled with grand exhibition halls, with the massive Main Exhibition Building and Machinery Hall standing out among them. Memorial Hall, one of the few surviving structures, housed an impressive art collection. Nearly 10 million people visited the fair, making it a defining moment in American history as the nation demonstrated its growing industrial and cultural influence. This print captures the scale and ambition of the exposition, preserving a glimpse of the excitement and spectacle that defined the event.

• ADDITIONAL INFO:

• CONDITION: Good condition save some spotting in lower left margin and some handling creases.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Town Views - United States , Pennsylvania