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Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Collection
This collection contains printed
material distributed at the Centennial Exhibition held in
Philadelphia in
1876. At this celebration of the founding of the nation,
manufacturers of
all types of machinery and equipment from around the country and
abroad
displayed their wares and distributed advertisements, many of which
are
illustrated. In a sense this collection is a "snapshot" of
the
technological development of the nation in 1876. It was this level
of technological
development that made the industrialization of the United States
feasible.
Products for household consumption also were on display.
Most of these ephemeral documents are illustrated with crisp,
carefully
delineated and engraved vignettes. These illustrations provide
information
visually that should be of interest to many students and
scholars. The
text on each document makes claims about each piece of equipment
and provides
information about where it was manufactured, its utility, and
importance.
There are about 616 items in the collection, ranging from 1 to 8
pages
in length.
- Terri Tremblay, Assistant Curator Graphic Arts
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This collection was described in a database by Michael Cohen and
reproduced in a digital format by Derek Lundquist in the summer of 2002
through a grant from the Research Libraries Group.
For current information on the cataloging status of this and
other AAS collections, choose "Collection Access" below.
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