The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to Novemb
An illustration of opening day ceremonies at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia on May 10, 1876
The Great Sanitary Fair in 1864 was the model for the Centennial Exposition; it raised $1,046,859 for medicine and bandages during the American Civil War.
Joseph Roswell Hawley, president of the U.S. Centennial Commission
A stock certificate for five $10 shares issued by the Centennial Board of Finance
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United State
Centennial Exposition
…Kudzu erosion control plant species The right arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty (formally Liberty Enlightening the World) were showcased at the exposition. For a fee of 50 cents, visitors could climb the ladder to the balcony, and…
Leaf disc dedicated to Sol Invictus, sun god of the late Roman Empire. Sol Invictus, along with Libertas the Roman goddess and personification of Liberty, influenced the design of Liberty Enlightening the World.
Bartholdi's 1880 sculpture Lion of Belfort
Detail from a 1855–56 fresco by Constantino Brumidi in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., showing two early symbols of America: Columbia (left) and the Indian princess