Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial ExhibitionHeld in Philadelphia from May 10 through October 10, the 1876 Centennial Exhibition celebrated the 100th anniversary of American independence. Philadelphia hosted 37 nations in five main buildings and 250 additional structures on 285 acres of land. The celebration looked backward to commemorate the progress made over the 100-year period, and it announced to the world that American invention and innovation was on a par with that of our foreign counterparts. Patriotism abounded, as did messages of industrial and commercial prowess that promised a brighter future for all. Over nine million people attended this awesome consumer spectacle, an event that set the tone for a long series of world's fairs yet to come. |
Contents
Preface | 6 |
Main Exhibition Building | 29 |
Machinery Hall | 67 |
Agricultural Hall | 85 |
Memorial Hall and Art Annex | 101 |
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Philadelphia's 1876 Centennial Exhibition Linda P. Gross,Theresa R. Snyder No preview available - 2005 |
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1876 CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION acres Agricultural Hall American Brazil bronze building featured CARRIAGE Centennial Exhibition CENTENNIAL GROUNDS CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CHAPMAN VALVE company built Company exhibit company's CONNECTICUT constructed Corliss engine created Department Doulton ELKINGTON AND COMPANY England entrance exhibit featured exhibit included exhibitors exposition factory fairgoers fairgrounds Fairmount Park feet long feet wide foreign fountain Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi FURNACE furniture Germany Gillespie glass Government Building grounds Hagley Museum HAMILTON STEELED WHEEL Henry Pettit Horticultural Hall industrial iron JAMES MUSPRATT James Windrim JAPANESE DWELLING LAFAYETTE COLLEGE largest Leather Building Machinery Hall main buildings Main Exhibition Building MANUFACTURING COMPANY Massachusetts Memorial Hall nations ornamental PACIFIC GUANO patented Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia photographs pottery powder Public Comfort pumps Rail railway restaurants Sawyer Observatory sculpture Selma sewing machine Shoe and Leather showcase SINGER Smithsonian steam Street in Philadelphia structure SWEDEN SWITZERLAND U.S. CENTENNIAL COMMISSION visitors Women's Pavilion world's fair YORK