1876 PHILADELPHIA CENTENNIAL EMBROIDEREDAMERICANA QUILT Felted wool, velvet, silk, cotton, and appliqué. Textile depicts every important event in the USA up until 1887. Made for and exhibited in the Centennial...
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WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, THE JESTER, ETCHING,1879 After William Merritt Chase (American/New York, 1849-1916). "Keying Up - The Jester" -1879, etching. Signed in plate. Note: After Chase's painting of the same subject...
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The Philadelphia, PA "Centennial balloonView of the Grounds" drawn and engraved expressly for Harper's Weekly, copyright 1876 by Harper & Brothers.
21.5" x 31" ss / 29.5" x 39" oa
Condition: Creases, not examined...
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ENTERPRISE INDEPENDENCE HALL TOWER BANKLate 19th c. Cast Iron Mechanical "Centennial Bank" by Enterprise Mfg. Co. (Philadelphia, PA), "Patd. Sept. 21, '75", made as a souvenir of the 1876 Centennial Exposition,...
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INDEPENDENCE HALL CAST IRON STILL BANKLate 19th c. Three-in-One Architectural Bank, by Enterprise Mfg. Co. (Philadelphia, PA), depicting Independence Hall, with gold painted surface, base marked "Pat. Oct. 19,...
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Set of nine Centennial mahogany chairslate 19th century Including two arm and five side Chippendale chairs with pierced and carved splats with acanthus carved knees ending in claw and ball feet together with...
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Fine glass presentation goblet etchedwith the Philadelphia Waterworks at Fairmont buildings and "Fairmont Water Works Phila. PA" possibly made for the Centennial. 6"h. 3"dia....
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Set of three Centennial Chippendalestyle mahogany chairs from the New Century Trust Building Philadelphia PA. 40.5"h.x29"w.x18"d. seat 18"h....
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2 vols. The Masterpieces of The CentennialInternational Exhibition Illustrated: Volume I. Strahan, Edward. Fine Art. Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, (1876). With engraved vignette title & 45 steel-engraved plates,...
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7 vols. Chester County: Daily LocalNews, pub. West Chester... Past and Present. Centennial Souvenir with Celebration Proceedings. - cover title. [West Chester?]: Daily Local News, [1899]. 1st ed. Lg. 8vo, orig....
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12 vols. Pennsylvania & Related Genealogy:Haines, John W. Richard Haines and His Descendants: A Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey, Since 1682. (Boyce, Va.), (1961). 2 vols. 8vo, orig. cloth; vol. 1 slightly...
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9 vols. (2 wrappers) Genealogy & C:Proceedings of The Sesqui-Centennial... Descendants of Isaac and Ann Jackson... Harmony Grace, Chester, Co, Pa... 1875...with The Family Genealogy. Philadelphia, 1878. 8vo,...
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