The Great Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia
A detailed bird’s eye view of the Centennial Exhibition grounds in Fairmount Park Philadelphia listing Main Building dimensions towered by four corners 75 feet high and a central roof feature. It describes the Art Gallery Memorial Hall Horticultural and Agricultural Halls with plans and facilities including a vast 8,000 person center hall and machinery and agricultural pavilions.
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Elm Avenue
Memorial Hall
Art Gallery
State of Pennsylvania
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Columbia
Belmont and
Elm Avenues
Schuylkill River
Delaware River
Schuylkill
Girard Avenue
Munich
England
State of
Pennsylvania
South Kensington Museum
London
United States
Boston
Centennial lodging options in Philadelphia and exhibition halls
The article outlines hotel practices for visitors at the Centennial Exhibition, contrasting American and European plans, rates, and amenities. It describes Philadelphia lodging networks, coupon systems, and concierge services, plus Memorial Hall and associated pavilions with vast display space, architecture, and future expansion ideas. It also mentions a Boston scholar’s suggestion for affordable group housing near exhibition sites and a practical camping style plan.
Exhibition Building Dimensions and Space at Vienna and Philadelphia
The text details a large exhibition hall layout with 360 feet total width and a central transept 90 feet wide, plus 15 to 25 foot promenades and 10 foot walks. It notes Vienna 1873 inclosure covering 260 acres for horses and cattle, about 2,000,000 square feet ground surface, and Philadelphia originally 50 acres with 2,107,000 square feet, but space requests required enlargements.
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Nnpocenian
Vienna
Philadelphia
The Flag's Founding and Early Variants in American History
A resolution from June 13 1777 defined the new flag with thirteen red and white stripes and a blue field bearing thirteen white stars. The article traces earlier banners, including Union flags, pinetree emblems, rattlesnake motifs, and early use of different quartering, noting Washington arms and evolving star count as states joined.
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American Congress
United States
Washington
New York
George Rex
the Liberties of America
Israel Putnam
Prospect Hill
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
United Colonies
Congress
Lodging Shortage in Philadelphia for 1876 Centennial
Visitors to Philadelphia face hotel capacity shortfalls despite rapid growth of new and expanded hotels. The Centennial lodging house agency, an association of railway men, organizes spare rooms in private dwellings to house strangers, securing daily accommodations for nearly forty thousand persons.
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Centennial Lodging House’ Agency (Limited
Philadelphia
Centennial Lodging House Agency
Centennial curiosity shop exhibition promises historic curiosities
The article promotes a Centennial curiosity shop exhibition with items linked to George Washington. It mentions an original hatchet used to cut the cherry tree and a chair tied to Washington, plus a birth related artifact.
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Washington
Delaware River
Israel Putnam
Judge Jones
Philadelphia Hotels Expand to Welcome 25 000 Visitors
Investment by capitalists and speculators has boosted hotel capacity in Philadelphia. New edifices join established hotels, creating space for 25 000 visitors with rates from 2 to 5 dollars daily. Lodging costs run about 6 dollars per week and meals around 1.25 dollars per day. A weekly budget for a economy traveler totals about 24.50 dollars including lodging meals admissions car fare amusements and sundries.
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Philadelphia
Resorts Near Philadelphia and Cape May Travel Rates
The notice lists travel to Atlantic City and Cape May from Philadelphia including round trip fares from 2.00 to 2.50, and hotel prices ranging from 1.75 to 25.00 per day or 10.00 to 25.00 per week. It notes sixty-five hotels near Atlantic City and forty-six near Cape May.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Philadelphia
Cape May
Seaside Holiday Prices and Resorts Near Philadelphia
The guide lists lodging from 200 to 450 dollars daily or 12 to 25 dollars weekly with trips from Philadelphia by Pennsylvania railroad. Nearby resorts include Squaw Beach Sea Grit Barnegat Brigantine Ocean Grove Sea Grove and Seaside areas, mainly busy in July and August with bathing hours and rental options described.
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Long Branch
N. J
Philadelpia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Squaw Beach
Sea Grit
N. J. Barnegat
Brigantine Beach
Atlantic City
Ocean Grove
Methodist
Sea Grove
Presbyterian
Cape May
Centennial Exposition Aids and Social Highlights Spotted
The piece notes rolling chairs to ease visiting the Centennial and tallies exhibits and time needs. It mentions President Grant staying in Philadelphia, George W. Childs hosting a grand reception, and various portraits and awards planned by the Centennial commission.
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Paris
Vienna
Grant
Philadelphia
George W. Childs
Jotary Fish
Mrs. Fish
Atlantic
Advertising Rates in The Glermont Courier
The Glermont Courier advertises legal and transient notices at 1.00 per square for the first insertion with 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year with generous yearly reductions for advertisers.
Greatest Men Of The Continent Listed In The Card
The display names America with Franklin and Washington Asia with Confucius and Mohaumed Europe with Charlemagne and Shakspeare Africa with Sesostrus and Rameses.
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America
Franklin
Washington
Asia
Confucius
Manuscripts Published From Washington Address Autograph
The Massachusetts Historical Society, long the custodian of Washingtons address to the officers at Newburgh and related letters, has published these manuscripts to mark the Centennial year.
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Boston Advertiser
Massachusetts Historical Society
Washington
Newburgh
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ings
Agricultural Hall
Horticultural
Newspaper
Philadelphia Hotel Customs
Canada
Europe
Australia
Austria
Queensland
Gympie
the Art Gallery
New England
Harvard College
HALL
Viraintra
William Wirt Henry
Patrick Henry
The
Historical Society
Pocahontas
Lafayette
Percy
John Smith
State Library
Lady Spotswood
Cornwallis
Topfield
Mass
Gosling
Coast Survey Service
System of Awards
United States Centennial Commission
London Times
Temperance League
British Isles
Times
Africa
Curiaco Times
Daniel Drew
Vanderbilt
Iowa
Anamosa Penitentiary
United States Building
Glermont
Washington’s
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