Selected art related photographs from the Philadelphia City Archives

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Selected art related photographs from the Philadelphia City Archives

1875-1930

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Subjects include Persian miniatures and receipts for paintings exhibited at the Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial, the facade of the now demolished Art Club of Philadelphia, the construction of the Memorial Hall art gallery for the Centennial Exhibition and the finished galleries containing sculptures, the Smith Memorial, and sculptures in Fairmount Park, including works by Henry Baerer, Donato Barcaglia, G. B. Bashanellifusi, Francesco Barzaghi, Cyrus Edwin Dallin, Daniel Chester French, Mabel Saxe Gould, Idusch & Son, Herman Kirn, Heinrich Manger, Edward Stauch, Carl Johann Steinhauser, and Ugo Zannoni.

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Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Idusch & Son.

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Manger, Heinrich, b. 1833.

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Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Gould, Mabel Saxe.

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Philadelphia (Pa.). Archives.

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Steinhäuser, Carl Johann 1813-1879

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Memorial Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Kirn, Herman.

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Dallin, Cyrus E. (Cyrus Edwin), 1861-1944

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American sculptor. From the description of Letter, 1929 May 11, Arlington Heights, Mass., to Perry Walton, Boston. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184907322 Sculptor; Arlington Heights, Massachusetts. From the description of Cyrus Edwin Dallin papers, 1883-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647980 Cyrus E. Dallin (1861-1944) was an American sculptor and teacher. He was an important figure an American sculpture and taught for more than forty ...

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931

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Sculptor and artist. From the description of Daniel Chester French papers, circa 1848-1968 (bulk 1911-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450719 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. and Glendale, Mass. From the description of Daniel Chester French letters, 1908-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648173 Biographical Note 1850, Apr. 20 Born, Exeter, N.H....

Barzaghi, Francesco 1839-1892

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Zannoni, Ugo, b. 1836.

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Art Club of Philadelphia

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Art club; Philadelphia, Pa. Incorporated 1887 to encourage interest in the fine arts among the general public. Sponsored exhibitions and award competitions. From the description of Art Club of Philadelphia records, 1888-1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333436 ...

Baerer, Henry, 1837-1908.

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Bashanellifusi, G. B.

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Stauch, Edward, approximately 1830-

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Barcaglia, Donato 1849-1930

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