Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
Resolution of the Park Commission relative to the relocation of the Centennial Model from City Hall to a site in the vicinity of Memorial Hall, 1891 December 5
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:
1891 December 5
Resolution of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia requesting that the Fairmount Park Commission to embrace in their estimate for the year 1896, the sum of $20,000 for the purpose of erecting a permanent building on the site of the main exhibition building in West Park especially adapted to the showing of the Centennial Model and its preservation to future generations, 1895 September 19
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:
1895 September 19
Resolution selecting the plots of ground for the use of the Centennial Exhibition, 1873 April 26
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:
1873 April 26
Souvenir handkerchief depicting the Main Exhibition Building of the 1876 Centennial, c. 1876
Item — Shelf Above Drawer 6-1, Box: 1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection contains a wide range of items in terms of both content and format. The strongest series contains lithographs, etchings and engravings of various Fairmount Park locations and features- particularly views of and from Historic Houses, park features and the Fairmount Water Works. The bulk of this collection is from the mid to late 19th Century. Eight original carborundum and charcoal prints created by prominent local artists for the Works Progress Administration's...
Dates:
c. 1876
Specification of Labor and Materials to be employed and used in the erection and finishing of a Bakery and Coffee House in the Centennial Exhibition Grounds in accordance with drawings finished by H.J. Schwarzmann, Engineer and Architect, c. 1875
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:
c. 1875
Topographic plan. Horticultural Department plan no. 1.
Digital Image
Identifier: DO_005
Dates:
c. 1876