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Sesquicentennial Exposition

155A01 S

  • esquicentennial Philadelphia, June 1st to December 1926 celebrating 150 Years of American Independence [Congress Hall surrounded by flags], JDC [EB] [TOB]
  • Sesquicentennial International Exposition Philadelphia, Pa celebrating 150 Years of American Independence [Liberty Bell surrounded by Flags and Eagle], TQV 125623 [EB] JDC, Official Publisher [EB unless otherwise noted]

155A02

  • --- Benjamin Franklin's print shop, the original home of the Saturday Evening Post <109845>
  • Connecticut State Building <110702>
  • Corner Entrance, Liberal Arts Palace

155A03

  • --- Destruction of a Battleship by Modern Bombing Plane <109847>
  • Fight Between "Monitor and Merrimac"... <109850>
  • The First Recognition of the American Flag by a Foreign Government <109905>
  • Fokker the Seventh "Timcotos" 1926, used in Commander Byrd's Flight over the North Pole <109909>

155A04

  • --- George Washington and His Generals <109853>
  • A Glimpse of the Palace of Liberal Arts <110703>
  • Governor Minuit purchasing Manhattan Island from the Indians with $16.00 worth of Beads, Ribbons and other Trifles <109906>
  • John Hanson...John Morton Memorial Building...<109714>

155A05

  • --- Looking towards the Main Gate <110704>
  • Main Entrance <106311>
  • The Main Entrance <110690>

155A06

  • --- The National Home Electric <110693>
  • New Jersey Building <110701>
  • Palace of Agriculture/Palace of Fine Arts [2 Views]<109841>

155A06

  • --- Palace of Varied Industries/Palace of Education and Social economy [2 Views] <109842]

155A07

  • --- Pennsylvania State Building <110696>
  • The Pylons and Band Shell <110695>

155A08

  • --- Reflections in Treasure Island <110698>
  • Replica of Sheppen House <110694>
  • Scene on the Grounds <110697>
  • Scene on the Lagoon, Gladway <106309>

155A09

  • --- The Soldier of 1776 <109851>
  • The Stadium <110691>
  • -Sulgrave Manor... <110700>
  • Y.W.C.A. Replica of Mount Vernon <110699>

155A10

  • 2- Associate Fraternal Memorial <24055>
  • 3- "Illumination Effects at the... <25273>
  • 4- Main Entrance to Palace of Liberal Arts <24057>

155A11

  • 8- Corner Entrance to Palace of Liberal Arts <24061>
  • 10- Liberal Arts Palace <24063>
  • 11- Stadium <24064>

155A12

  • 14- The Boathouse and Lookout with Reflections, League Island Park <26004>
  • 15- Entrance and Tower, Palace of Agriculture <26005>
  • 16- The Lookout, League Island Park <26006>

155A13

  • 19- Administration Building <26009>
  • 20- New $2,000,000 Concrete Stadium from the Lookout <26010>
  • 21- Sunset from the Lookout <26011>

155A14

  • 22- View of Pennsylvania State Building <26012>
  • 23- U.S.S. Constitution, affectionately called "old Iron Sides" never met Defeat <26013>
  • 24- U.S.S. Wyoming, League Island Navy Yard and the great 350-ton Crane <26014>

155A15

  • 32- Marine Barracks, League Island Navy Yard,<26022>
  • 33- Dogs of War at Rest, League Island Navy Yard,<26023>
  • 34- Y.M.C.A. Building, League Island Navy Yard <26024>
  • 35- Hospital Buildings, League Island Navy Yard, <26025>

155A16

  • 36- Taj Mahal, India's Palace <26026>
  • 37- Auditorium, Convention Hall seating 20,000, People <26027>
  • 39- The Great Stone Urns of the Lookout <26029>

155A17

  • 40- The Great Electric Liberty Bell consisting of 26,000 Electric Bulbs <26030>
  • 41- The Forum of Founders <26330>
  • 42- Main Parkway of Sesquicentennial Grounds near Main Entrance <26331>
  • 43- Pennsylvania State Building <26332>

155A18

  • 44- Scene on the Gladway, Battle of Gettysburg, Fire and Flame <26333>
  • 46- Taj Mahal, India's Palace <26336>
  • 47- Main Entrance and Towers of Liberal Arts Palace <26337>

155A19

  • 48- Mammoth Liberty Bell Covered with 26,000 Electric Bulbs <26335>
  • 49- Auditorium Convention Hall, Seating Capacity 20,000 <26338>
  • 50- High Street of 1776, now Market Street <26339>
  • 51- Tower of Light and Statue of Progress by Night <26340>

155A20

  • 54- Main Entrance and Towers of Palace of Agriculture
  • 55- Gondolas on the lagoon, Treasure Island <26344>

155A21

  • 57- Main entrance, Palace of Fine Arts <26346>
  • 58- Two million dollar concrete stadium <26347>

155A22

  • 112- Section of Palace of liberal Arts <109339>
  • 113- Palace of Agriculture <109596>

155A23A

  • 115- "A bit of Cairo", through the Orient concessions <109337>
  • 116- Colonnade entrance, Liberal Arts Palace <109336>

155A23B

  • 117- The Taj Mahal Palace of India <109334>
  • 118- Vista of Palace of Education <109333>
  • 119- Palace of Fine Arts <109332>

155A23C

  • 121- Auditorium Convention Hall, Seating Capacity 20,000 <1093?0>
  • 122- High Street, Old Philadelphia, PA, 1776, Created by the Womens Board <109329>
  • 123- Treasure Island, One of the Most Interesting Concessions <109328>

155A24

  • 126- Sunset on the lake, League Island Park <109325>
  • 128- The Outlook, League Island Park,... <109323>
  • 131- League Island Navy Yard <109476>

155A25

  • 132- Entrance to Palace of Agriculture <109477>
  • 134- Great cranes in League Island Navy Yard <109479>
  • 136- Facsimile of the Declaration of Independence the most treasured document of American history <109481> [UB]
  • 137- City Hall Tower by Night <109635>

155A26

  • 142- A glance up Broad Street, League Island Navy Yard <109640>

155A27

  • 144- Aerial view of League Island Navy Yard <109642>
  • 146- Main building, U.S. Naval Home, League Island Navy Yard <109644>
  • 152- U.S. destroyer Davis sinking a submarine <109650>

155A28

  • 2165-The towers and main entrance to Palace of Agriculture <110680> TQV [EB] [TOB]

155A29 ---

  • [Introductory card with William Penn Statue] Even William Penn gives us the glad hand at the Sesqui-Centennial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to celebrate 150 years of American independence

    ...[Introductory card with Carpenters' Hall] 125626 Here fifty-four delegates from twelve colonies...125625

    ...[Introductory card with Independence Hall] Here was debated and signed... 125619

155A30 ---

  • Administration building 125590

    ...Auditorium 125578

    ...Florida Building 125579

    ... Forum of founders 125589

155A31 ---

  • Liberty Bell, main entrance 125595

    ...Light effect, double aurora 125588

    ...New municipal stadium 125594

    ...One of the lighting effects 125584

155A32A ---

  • Palace of Liberal Arts 125577

    ...Tower of light 125583

    ...Treasure Island 125593

    ...A vestibule at Sesqui-Centennial 125576

  • 155A32B

    • --- Oklahoma Building 125592

      ...One of the Thirteen State Columns 125575

      ...View of Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition Grounds, Taken from Airplane 125591

    155A33

    • <High Street of 1776>, JDC [HC] [TOB]

      ...Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge [La France Ad and Text on Front], [UB]

    155A34

    • $50,000 Gladioli Beds, Louis Mark's Model Shoe Factory, JDC A-33 [HC] [TOB]

    155A35

    • Lincoln Statue, Illinois State Buiding, JDC A-44 [HC] [TOB]
    • Founders Pylons and the Mammoth Luminous Liberty Bell, JDC A-47 [HC] [TOB]

    155B01

    • Persia Building, <215> [RP] [USB] [TOB]

      ...Night View Pennsylvania Building, <154?> [RP] [USB]

      ...Tower Entrance, Transportation Building, JDC <B-46> [TOB]

      ...Little Wooden House-Headquarters-American War Mothers [Sketch by A.M. Gallagher], [USB]

    155B02

    • The Mammoth Illuminated Liberty Bell, JDC B-15 [TOB]

      ...The Power behind Philadelphia's Future Electric Homes, JDC [TOB]

      ...High Street, <2> [RP] [USB]

    • EDGS [EB] [TOB]

    155B03

    • Bartlett Glacier, Alaska <U.S. Deppartment of the Interior, the Alaska Railroads
    • Elephant Butte Dam, Rio Grande Project, N. Mex.-Tex <U.S. Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Reclamation>
    • An Eskimo School Girl of Nome, Alaska <U.S. Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Education>
    • Geologist taking Notes on Rock Formation and Mineral Deposits <U.S. Department of the Interior, the Geological Survey>

    155B04

    • Primitive Indias abouth Their Tepees <U.S. Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs>
    • Public Camping Grounds in the Yosemite National Park <U.S. Department of the Interior, the National Park Service>
    • Ten Pension Checks being signed at once on One of the Labor-saving Devices of the Pension Bureau <U.S.Department of the Interior, the Pension Bureau>

    155B05

    • University of Pennsylvania at the Sesquicentennial International Exposition, Birds Eye View of Campus in 1926..., GCC [EB]

      ...Worlds Championship Rodeo [Men standing on Donkey and Cow]: Red Sublette, Joe Hetzer, Fred Beebe, Director, [RP] [EB]

    155B06

    • World Championship Rodeo [Gaucho Lassoes Another Gaucho, Both on Horse], <48> [RP] [USB]

      ...[Horse with Rider, Rearing], <57> [RP]

      ...Lonnie Rooney, World's Championship Rodeo [Bull Riding], <55> [RP]


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