Centennial Exposition Poster: In remembrance of the one hundredth anniversary of the independence of the United States
date: label: date made
content: 1876
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Adams, John
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content: Jefferson, Thomas
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content: Madison, James
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content: Monroe, James
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content: Adams, John Quincy
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content: Jackson, Andrew
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content: Van Buren, Martin
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content: Harrison, William Henry
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content: Tyler, John
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content: Polk, James K.
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content: Taylor, Zachary
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content: Fillmore, Millard
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content: Pierce, Franklin
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content: Buchanan, James
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content: Lincoln, Abraham
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content: Johnson, Andrew
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content: Grant, Ulysses S.
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content: Washington, George
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content: Putnam, Israel
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content: Gates, Horatio
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content: Greene, Nathanael
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content: Lincoln, Benjamin
label: publisher
content: George Stinson & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This patriotic lithograph poster of Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876 was supposedly commissioned by the United States Congress for the official celebration of the US Centennial. Depicted is a classically dressed female Liberty/Columbia figure in center, full length seated holding wreath of laurel leaves and wearing a phygian cap, surrounded by flags and stars, and at her feet is a large eagle holding a shield in its claws. The figure is surrounded by border of 18 oval bust portraits of presidents of the United States from Washington to Grant. Below the eagle in the center bottom of the image are oval bust portraits of the following six Revolutionary War heroes: Israel Putnam, Philip Schuyler, Horatio Gates, Nathaniel Greene, Benjamin Lincoln, and John Sullivan Above is birds-eye view of the exposition grounds and small oval vigettes of Independence Hall, Philadelphia (top left) , Bunker Hill Monument, Boston (top center) and Faneuil Hall, Boston (top right) . Below the center image is text and in the lower left below the date 1776, is a scene of a Revolutionary War battle labeled "The Struggle For Liberty." Below the 1876 date in the lower right is are side by side farm and city scenes labeled "Peace And Prosperity."
label: Description
content: The Black and gray-green tint on tan-white lithograph was produced by George Stinson & Co. Publishers from Portland, Maine. The print was also issued in color.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Portland
label: depicted
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Independence Hall
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content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Bunker Hill
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: depicted
content: Columbia
label: depicted
content: Liberty
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content: Eagles
label: depicted
content: Flags
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content: Stars
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content: Revolutionary War
label: depicted
content: Presidents
label: depicted
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: Centennial Exposition
label: related event
content: American Revolution
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles E. Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.65.1264
label: catalog number
content: 65.1264
label: accession number
content: 259581
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
label: Other Terms
content: print; Pictures; Lithography
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 3/4 in x 28 1/2 in; 55.245 cm x 72.39 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/4 in x 21 1/2 in; 71.755 cm x 54.61 cm