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Memorial certificate. United States Centennial Exhibition

Description: Image of a certificate memorializing a visit to the United States Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image of four allegorical goddess figures reclining at center with symbols of American progress around and behind them, including a union shield, sheaves of grain, a plow and scythe, fruit, mechanical cogs, a caduceus, factories, and ships; images of the Main Building and Memorial Hall at top right and left corners; portraits of Presidents George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant flank the seal of the Centennial Certificate Bureau of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that depicts a bald eagle standing on a shield of stars and stripes; signatures of Pennsylvania governor John F. Hartranft, mayor of Philadelphia William S. Stokley, and President Ulysses S. Grant.
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Date: ©1876
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Centennial anniversary certificate. United States centennial celebration

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Image of a certificate memorializing a visit to the United States Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; image of four allegorical goddess figures reclining at center with symbols of American progress around and behind them, including a union shield, sheaves of grain, a plow and scythe, fruit, mechanical cogs, a caduceus, factories, and ships; images of the Agricultural Hall, Memorial Hall, Main Building, and Machinery Hall in each corner; portraits of Presidents George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant at left and right in decorative grapevine frame; seal of the Centennial Certificate Bureau of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that depicts a bald eagle standing on a shield of stars and stripes; signatures of Pennsylvania governor John F. Hartranft, mayor of Philadelphia William S. Stokley, and President Ulysses S. Grant.

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The United States Centennial International Exhibition

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Image of a United States Centennial Exhibition stock certificate with the goddess Columbia at top center surrounded by muses and women in ethnic costumes bearing gifts; an American eagle is flanked by bust sculptures of Presidents George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant at center; working men and Native American Indians portrayed at left to represent 1776; soldiers, and African American man reading, a man with a sewing machine, and a sailor holding a model sailboat at left to represent 1876; three historical vignettes along the bottom portraying a farming scene with machinery, a train, and a steamboat, the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a scene with a windmill and an American Indian man sitting on a log with smoking factories in the background; seal of the Centennial Board of Finance at lower center; certificate is signed by Centennial Board of Finance president John Welsh and treasurer Frederick Fraley.

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The United States Centennial International Exhibition

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Centennial Photographic Co. International Exhibition

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Image of a display of saws and files advertising the wares of E.M. Boynton at the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; a large log with a hand saw leaning against it for demonstrations sits outside of a cube-shaped booth hung with saw and cutting tools of many shapes and sizes; shield insignia with "1776 1876 Philadelphia" inscribed around it and "CPC" monogram in its center for Centennial Photographic Company in bottom center margin.

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United States centennial commission. International exhibition, 1876 Philadelphia

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Image of a single-fold text leaflet reporting a resolution forming a committee for the International Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876, issued by the United States Centennial Commission.

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Flags of the nations which participate in the centennial exhibition of the United States in 1876

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Image of a fabric flag with depictions of the flags of thirty-seven countries that participated in the United States Centennial Celebration of 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, surrounding a central image of an American eagle, shield, and banner that reads “E. Pluribus Unum”; each flag is captioned with the name of the country consisting of the United States, Brazil, Belgium, Great Britain, Japan, Hayti [Haiti], France, Persia, Tunis, Guatemala, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru, Egypt, China, Austria, US of Columbia, Sandwich Isls. [Sandwich Islands], Russia, Denmark, Portugal, Bolivia, Chili, Liberia, Ecuador, Switzerland, Argentine Rep. [Argentina], Honduras, Norway, Siam, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Germany, Netherlands, and Spain.

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Memorial certificate. United States Centennial Exhibition

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