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The Fairmount hat

Description: Image of an aerial view of the United States Centennial Exhibition grounds and buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the city visible in the background; two small groups of people socializing are visible along the bluffs in the foreground; three straw hat styles are pictured at bottom center; decorative frame surrounds the scene.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1876
Call number: priJLC_FAIR_001750
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

Stock label: girl in straw hat with basket of oranges

Visual Materials

Image of a girl in a straw hat holding a bowl of oranges with leaves and moss.

ephJLC_CIT_000923

Centennial International Exhibition Fairmount Park Philadelphia 1776-1876

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Image of the five main buildings for the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876; each building is captioned, including the Memorial Hall Art Gallery (at center), Main Exhibition Building, the Machinery Hall, the Agricultural Hall, and the Horticultural Hall; pedestrians, people on horseback, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible in front of each building; American eagle atop the Union shield holds a banner that reads "E Pluribus Unum" at top center, decorative circular frames around building images in each corner; decorative border of stars and scrollwork.

priJLC_FAIR_001719

Crosman Bro’s. Rochester N.Y. Choice flower seeds

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Image of a man in work clothes and a straw hat wheeling a little girl in a wheelbarrow past a low stone wall through a flower garden in an advertisement for Crosman Brothers of Rochester, New York; girl holds a straw hat full of flowers in her lap; stately home with fountain, statute and trees in background.

priJLC_HORT_002426

American fashions, spring & summer 1863, by Genio C. Scott No 156 Broadway New-York

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Image of two vignettes featuring men, a woman, and children outdoors; fashion details include riding habit with full skirt and jacket bodice, men's day and evening wear, frock coats, jackets and tail coats worn with waistcoats, ties, cravats, and trousers for men and boys; military uniforms and sporting attire pictured including swords, cocked hats, basket, boots, riding crop, ball, bow and arrow; accessories include bowler, straw, and top hats, canes, gloves, and women's feathered hat; reference key for figures numbered 1-21 in margin.

priJLC_FASH_001562

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Atta Boy Brand

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Image of a boy wearing a straw hat and holding a baseball bat.

ephJLC_CIT_000038

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Huck Finn Brand

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Image of Huck Finn in a straw hat holding a rabbit and a rifle; fallen tree and woods in background.

ephJLC_CIT_000319

The Fairmount hat

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