Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Centennial Exhibition: The Philadelphia Centennial: Mirror of America, 1964
Item — Shelf 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains technical reports, studies, and project documentation related to Fairmount Park system properties and Philadelphia recreation facilities. Materials include historic structure reports, cultural landscape inventories, archaeological investigations, preservation and conservation evaluations, building condition assessments, master plans, environmental site assessments, engineering reports, project manuals and specifications, feasibility studies, maintenance and operation...
Dates:
1964
Centennial Exhibits, n.d.
File — Drawer 7.5
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
undated
Centennial Exposition, 1875
Series
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains approximately 200 postcards from 1875 and 2001, though most of the postcards are from 1885 and 1915. A majority of the postcards depict Fairmount Park sites, although two Virginia and one New Hampshire postcard are included in the collection.
Of particular note are the postcards in Series I: Centennial Exposition. The postcards in this series were created in 1875 and each depicts a building from the Centennial Exposition of 1876.
Dates:
1875
Centennial: Guide to the Centennial Exposition presented by John C. Hurst & Sons, wholesale druggists, c. 1876
Item — Shelf Above Drawer 6-1, Box: 1
Dates:
c. 1876
Centennial Model, n.d.
File — Drawer 7.5
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
undated
Centennial State Buildings, n.d.
File — Drawer 7.5
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains photographs of the Fairmount Park system and Philadelphia recreation facilities created between 1855 and 2012, primarily photographic prints with some slides, negatives, contact sheets, and transparencies. The collection consists largely of 8 x 10 inch prints documenting park features such as historic houses, guard boxes, landscapes, construction, and demolition, as well as recreation centers, playgrounds, pools, and recreational programming, though sizes and...
Dates:
undated
Estimates of cost of strengthening Agricultural Building and of supplying 200 horsepower of steam engines for running Machinery in the Agricultural Building, 1875 August 31
Item — Drawer 8.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1875 August 31
Executive Committee report to the Fairmount Park Commission regarding the International Exhibition Company's license for a permanent exhibition following the Centennial, 1880 January 10
Item — Drawer 8.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The History Files collection contains research materials documenting parks, sites, structures, organizations, events, and individuals associated with the Fairmount Park System and Philadelphia Parks and Recreation. This collection compiles materials from diverse sources over time rather than representing the records of a single office or individual. Typical materials include correspondence, deeds, leases, newspaper clippings, photocopies of published articles and book excerpts, research...
Dates:
1880 January 10
Fairmount Park Commission Administrative History
Collection
Identifier: FP.2010.001.002
Abstract
Administrative records of the Fairmount Park Commission including early correspondence, engineering and committee reports, property management files, planning and financial records, publications, and exhibition materials. The collection is particularly strong in documenting early park development (1860s-1930s) and late 20th-century property management and planning activities.
Dates:
1848-2011
Fairmount Park System, Centennial Exposition: Building restoration - Centennial Comfort Stations, 1979, 1999, 2006, 2010-2012
File — Drawer 8.2
Scope and Contents
Includes 2006 report Exterior Envelope Assessments by S. Harris & Co.
Dates:
1979; 1999; 2006; 2010-2012