1876Philadelphia
Philadelphia, 1876 — chromatic view
Chromolithograph issued for the Centennial year.
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
1876·Philadelphia
Philadelphia, 1876 — chromatic view
Chromolithograph issued for the Centennial year.
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
What this plate shows
A colored bird’s-eye of Philadelphia in the Centennial year: rivers, the built grid, exhibition-year civic pride drawn as geography. Illustration of the whole city, not a photograph of it.
- Image type
- Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
- Source
- Library of Congress, LCCN 79695384; Wikimedia scan.
- License
- Public domain.