Philadelphia Centennial Exhibits

ID: 72-2383

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1876

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 26, Folder: 5

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Summary

Exhibits at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in the United States Government Building include a totem pole, minerals, paintings, and mineral technology exhibits. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition.

Subject

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Record Unit 285 has been re-housed, please check the Master Finding Aid for original photograph. Written at the top: "To accompany Professor Baird's Report on Smithsonian Institution Participation"

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 26, Folder: 5

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1876

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Artifacts
  • Art
  • Mineralogy
  • Specimens
  • Anthropology
  • Exhibitions
  • Totems
  • Mining Technology
  • Art objects
  • Eskimos
  • Expositions
  • Totem poles
  • Exhibitions--Philadelphia (Pa.)

Place

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

72-2383

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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