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[CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION -- BIRDS-EYE VIEW]. TOUDY, H[enry] J (Engraver).Biblio.com

Birds eye view Centennial buildings. Fairmount Park Philadelphia. . . lithograph landscape view of the buildings and grounds of the Centennial Exhibition one of the earliest International World’s Fairs held in the United States.

1875Best.-Nr. 60874Philadelphia PA: H.J. Toudy 621 & 623 Commerce Street 1875. One oblong atlas folio hand-coloured lithograph sized 25 x 20.5 in. still retaining fairly wide borders printing below centered image colour-tinted border to image some very minor age toning dustsoiling still an excellent copy preserved in the original quarter-sawn oak wood frame 33.5 x 25.5 in. retaining the original glass newly backed in archival foam core framed w/ archival matting. First edition of this impressive first edition birds-eye view of the buildings and sites Centennial International Exhibition with the fairgrounds set above the Schuykill River. This view depicts the Exposition before it was completed and the Halls featured include the Main Building Machinery Hall Memorial Hall Horticultural Hall and Agricultural Hall. Once the construction was complete Toudy issued another version with fuller buildings as well as some changes to the foreground and center of the image. Toudy fl. 1865-1878 first established with William Toudy his lithography firm at 503-505 Chestnut and later merged with Geroge Wl. Ward & Co. in 1872 lasting less than 2 years. Henry became the sole owner by 1875 and were well known for their atlases maps and city views and he worked on several Stone & Stewart County Atlases from 1866-1877 as well as many of the Mid-Atlantic general surveys. They also managed to outlast a lawsuit over a print based on the drawing by Hermann Schwarzmann architect of the Centennial grounds entitled “Bird’s Eye View” after copyrighting this image in 1875. Firm was destroyed by fire in 1878. Worldcat locates 2 copies AAS DLC another version located at Library Company of Philadelphia. H.J. Toudy, 621 & 623 Commerce Street, unknown

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[CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION -- ALBUMEN STEREOVIEW PHOTOS ARCHIVE].Biblio.com

Small archive of 26 albumen stereoviews marketing the wonders of America’s first International World’s Fair showcasing the United States’s industrial achievements on the 100th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence together with 11 postcards of Fairmount Park and clippings.

1876Best.-Nr. 60903Philadelphia: Centennial Views New Excelsior American Views Peoples Series Underwood & Underwood George Barker H.L. Roberts & Co. American Scenery et al 1876-ca. 1926. Twenty-six albumen stereoview photographs 1 coloured sized 5.75 x 3 in. mounted on assorted stereograph boards sized 7 x 3.5 in. many w/ captions faintly w/in negative at lower fore-edge some w/ photographer’s imprint lower fore-edge of board many w/ decorative borders some w/ ink or pencil MS on verso occasional dustsoiling minor edgewear just a couple slightly over-exposed otherwise a good collection from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. The Centennial Board of Commissioners awarded the sole license for photography at the exposition just prior to the exhibition to Edward L. Wilson editor of The Philadelphia Photographer who partnered with his good friend William Notman a Scottish-Canadian Photographer as well as Adams of New York and John Fraser. The views included here include the Agricultural Building; Board of Finance Buildings; Machinery Hall interior with the Corliss Engine operating ni the distance; Horticultural Hall along with the Main Entrance and the Exposition grounds. One of the most interesting of the series shows the vast Main Building pavilion under construction with drainage pipes strewn around in the fore-ground while the immense trusses and structural elements slowly march towards the viewer. Most of these images were originally shot by the Centennial Photographic Co. who had proved to be quite successful during the Centennial and the photographers were in great demand through and after the Exhibition which featured over 10 million visitors. Released in a slightly reduced format and licensed out to Underwood & Underwood later Keystone and many others these offered visitors a cut-rate viewing experience. Barker 1844-1894 gained renown originally working for one of Ontario Canada’s leading photographers and later became well-known for his majestic photos of Niagara Falls before a Feb. 1870 destroyed his photo studio although the 800 stereoview negatives were preserved. He later began traveling to shoot views around the United States and released Exposition related images. See: Centennial Photographic Co. Free Library of Philadelphia Digital Collections 2022; James Cremer Woodmere Art Museum 2023; John L. Puckett Centennial Exposition of 1876: An Evolving Cultural Landscape 2023. Centennial Views, New Excelsior, American Views, Peoples Series, Underwood & Underwood, George Barker, H.L. Roberts & Co., Ameri hardcover

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