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Image of "Ye Great Centennial,” a four-page special edition newspaper published by the "Centennial Art Journal," for the United States Centennial Exhibition held in 1876 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an engraving in the masthead of an image of Uncle Sam standing before Independence Hall with the United States Capitol Building in the distance, and surrounded by historic scenes of the American Revolutionary War including ships in Boston Harbor, General George Washington crossing the Delaware River with troops in a boat, and soldiers in battle, with the years "1776" and 1876" at the top left and right; the newspaper’s text includes advertisements for companies, articles about American history and the origins of American symbols and traditions, and historic images of "William Penn's Seal & Signature to the Pennsylvania Charter with the Witnesses" (page 1); an image of a cream pot and a handwritten facsimile of an “Epitaph written 1827” by Benjamin Franklin captioned “Cream Pot Presented to Henry Hill by Dr. Franklin” (page 2); a handwritten facsimile of “The Star-spangled banner, in the hand writing of the Author” (page 3); head-and-shoulder portraits of British King George III and British Revolutionary War General Thomas Gage (on page 3); a facsimile of the masthead of the October 31, 1765, issue of the “Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser” (page 4); and the exteriors of “The House in Which Benj. Franklin was born Milk Street House, Boston” (page 4), and the “Burial Place of Benj. Franklin S.E. Cor. Of 5th & Arch St. Philada” (page 4).
Type
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Date
©1876
Call number
priJLC_FAIR_001765
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people
Ackermann, Emil F., (1840-)
Ames, Daniel T. (1826-1909.)
Aubrun, Louis. (1808-)
Benecke, Theodore. (1823-1898.)
Bentzen, B. M. (approximately 1828-approximately 1894.)
Bien, Julius, (1821 or 1822-1883.)
Bourquin, F. (1824-approximately 1877.)
Chapin, Will E. (1813-1873.)
Church (1813 or 1814-1882.)
Curran, M. E.
Davis, Theodore R.
Haddock, John A.,
Hunter, Thomas,
Remacle, A.
Krebs, Otto.
Meyer, Gustav
Miller, James,
Murphy, John L.
Olsen, Alex A.
Queen, Jas.
Schile, H.
Telbin, William,
Thornton, Chester.
Walker, Edmund,
Weingartner, A.
Wheaton, W. F.
Associated organizations
A. Brown & Co.
American Bank Note Company.
Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.)
Banks & Co.
Breuker & Kessler Co.
Centennial Photographic Co.
Colby Poster Printing Co.
Cosack & Co.
Crosscup & West.
Currier & Ives.
Day & Son.
Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Ed. W. Welcke & Bro.
Ehrgott & Krebs.
Fair Pub. House.
George Stinson & Co.
Gilbert & Rivington.
Gillin & Nagle.
Goupil & Cie.
Harper & Brothers.
Heliotype Printing Co.
Julius Bien & Co.
Kurz & Allison.
Leighton Bros. (London, England)
Lloyd Brothers & Co.
Los Angeles Times (Firm)
Majestic Poster Press.
Major & Knapp Engraving, Manufacturing & Lithographic Co.
Matthews-Northrup Company.
Nagel & Weingärtner.
National Publishing Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
New England Lithographic Co.
Ohio.
Orcutt Litho Co.
P.S. Duval & Son.
R. Hoe & Company.
Rand McNally and Company.
Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
Riverside Printing Company.
Russell & Morgan Printing Company.
Schmidt Litho. Co.
Southern Lith. Co.
Tappan & Bradford.
United States.
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