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

Description
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.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1876
Call number
priJLC_FAIR_001760
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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