Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 212

Price Realized: $ 1,152
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(PENNSYLVANIA.) Photographs of construction at Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. 27 albumen photographs, various sizes up to 9 x 12 inches, mounted on 8 large scrapbook leaves; moderate wear and soiling. Philadelphia, 1872-75
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These photographs depict the construction of the Centennial Exposition's two most iconic buildings, the Main Building and Machinery Hall. The earliest shot, by R. Newell & Sons, is titled "Centennial Grounds 1872 from George's Hill," and shows an vast empty field. Most of the other shots are from 1875, and show the buildings in various phases of construction. A.H. Hemple is credited as the photographer for several of the larger prints. An interesting look at the making of America's first World's Fair.