Held between May 10 and November 10 1876, this was the first official world's fair in the United States. Held to commemorate the centenary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Wikipedia gives all the info on this link.
Ostensibly the Centennial Photographic Co, formed by William Notman, W. Irving Adams, Edward L. Wilson and J.A. Fraser, held the sole rights for stereoviews. In practice, many other companies muscled in. We begin the page with the fine Notman views which are in cabinet card format. The titles of these are abysmally printed into the image and are difficult to read.
'1200. Main building from east
end'.
Condition. Ink stain at top
right.
Order #19501.
Price $15.
'1022. Fountain Ave. from Horti
Hall'. One of the few hand-tinted views.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19502.
Price $15.
'714. Fountain Avenue'.
Condition 7.
Order #19503.
Price $12.
'??Hall from Horti Hall'.
Condition 9.
Order #19504.
Price $18.
'1832. Fountain Avenue from
Catholic Fountain'.
Condition. Small surface spot
on right image.
Order #19505.
Price $12.
'829. Horti grounds from horti
building'.
Condition 9.
Order #19506.
Price $22.
'1712. Memorial Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19507.
Price $18.
'1017. Memorial Hall'. Good
view of locomotive.
Condition. Slight foxing,
slight loss of mount surface on left side.
Order #19508.
Price $15.
'356. Centennial Opening. The
Orators'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #19509.
Price $18.
'838. Horti Grounds from Horti
Hall'. Nice fully printed back of ads for Philadelphia businesses.
Condition 8 but slight crease
at top left.
Order #19510.
Price $15.
Title unclear.
Condition 7.
Order #19511.
Price $12.
'1018. Agri Hall from N.E.'.
Condition 8.
Order #19512.
Price $18.
'1015. Agri Hall, N. Front'.
Condition 8.
Order #19513.
Price $15.
No title visible. See following
view.
Condition 7.
Order #19514.
Price $12.
'546. Massachusetts State Building'.
Ex Treadwell Collection.
Condition 8.
Order #19515.
Price $15.
'1135. Rhode Island State Building'.
Condition. Slight stain and
damage at top.
Order #19516.
Price $18.
'Brazilian Building'.
Condition 8.
Order #19517.
Price $18.
'561. English Commissioner's
Building'. Ex Treadwell Collection.
Condition 8.
Order #19518.
Price $18.
'880. Republic Avenue from
Mach. Hall'.
Condition 9.
Order #19519.
Price $22.
Title unreadable.
Condition. Some foxing spots.
Order #19520.
Price $12.
No title visible.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19521.
Price $12.
'123. Machinery Hall. March
7'.
Condition. Surface staining
in sky.
Order #19522.
Price $15.
'Machinery Hall. East Front
of Centre'.
Condition 7.
Order #19523.
Price $15.
'804. Portico. Horti Hall'.
Condition 7 (slight loss at
bottom right).
Order #19524.
Price $12.
'1945. Gen. Washington's Carriage'.
Condition 8.
Order #19525.
Price $22.
'2203. The Minute Man of 1776'.
Condition. Stain on right
image.
Order #19526.
Price $12.
'960. Machinery N. Avenue from
End'.
Condition 8.
Order #19527.
Price $18.
No title visible.
Condition 8/9.
Order #19528.
Price $18.
'752. Horticultural Hall ??'.
Condition 9.
Order #19529.
Price $15.
'1400. M.B. From Grand Stand
looking N.W.'. 'M.B.' is 'Main Building'.
Condition 9 but processing
white spots.
Order #19530.
Price $18.
'1401. M.B. From S.E. Tower
looking N.E.'.
Condition. Light stains to
mount and one on right image.
Order #19531.
Price $15.
'819. Machinery Hall. S. Avenue
looking east'.
Condition 7.
Order #19533.
Price $15.
'Main Building. Transept from
North Gallery'.
Condition 9.
Order #19535.
Price $15.
'1867. Horti Hall. Interior
from N. Gallery'.
Condition 8.
Order #19536.
Price $15.
'803. West End Stairway, Horti
Hall'. Ex Treadwell Collection.
Condition. Mount has been
pinned on all four sides.
Order #19537.
Price $15.
'Brazilian Section in Main
Building'.
Condition. Ink stain and light
water stain on mount'.
Order #19538.
Price $18.
'2123. Egyptian Furniture'.
Nice all-over advertising on the back for Philadelphia businesses.
Condition 8.
Order #19539.
Price $15.
'593. M.B. from Nave looking
S.W.'. Ex Treadwell Collection.
Condition. Couple of very
light surface scratches and dents.
Order #19540.
Price $18.
'999. Mrs Maxwell's Rocky Mountain
Museum Series, Colorado Building'. Fascinating story behind this view.
Click HERE.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19541.
Price $25.
'1487. Belgian Furniture, M.B.'.
Condition. Some stains on
the mount.
Order #19542.
Price $15.
Title unreadable but see next
view.
Condition 9.
Order #19543.
Price $18.
'829. Horti Hall from W. End'.
One of the very few hand-tinted views.
Condition. Light stain on
right image.
Order #19544.
Price $18.
'913. Horti Hall from W. End'.
Condition 8.
Order #19545.
Price $18.
'Floral Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19546.
Price $18.
'912. Horti Hall from W. End'.
Condition 8.
Order #19547.
Price $15.
'910. Horti Hall from East
End'.
Condition 8.
Order #19548.
Price $18.
'910. Horti Hall from East
End'.
Condition 9.
Order #19549.
Price $18.
'289. Floral Hall'.
Condition. Some small surface
deposits at center of right image.
Order #19550.
Price $15.
'Floral Hall'.
Condition. Light processing
creases at bottom of right image.
Order #19551.
Price $15.
'868. Operti's Tropical Garden'.
Condition 9.
Order #19552.
Price $15.
'Latonia Barbonica. Floral
Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19553.
Price $12.
'Banana. Floral Hall'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19554.
Price $12.
'Doemonorono??? Hystrix'.
Condition. Loss of surface
to mount and image at top left.
Order #19555.
Price $8.
'Foley's Marble Fountain. Horti
Hall'.
Condition 9.
Order #19556.
Price $22.
'1457'. No title but this is
'Group. The United States directing the onward course of America'.
Condition 8.
Order #19557.
Price $15.
'1748. Art Annex. Italian Sec.'.
Condition. Damage to top corners
of mount.
Order #19558.
Price $12.
'1746. Art Annex. Italian Sec.'.
Condition 8.
Order #19559.
Price $15.
'1892. Art Annex. Italian Section'.
Condition 7.
Order #19560.
Price $12.
'1121. Flying Time'.
Condition 8.
Order #19561.
Price $15.
'1490. Rejected'.
Condition 8.
Order #19562.
Price $12.
'1149. Cold'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19563.
Price $12.
'1213. The Butterfly'.
Condition 7.
Order #19564.
Price $8.
'1120. First Sensation of Cold
Water'.
Condition. Surface scratches.
Order #19565.
Price $8.
'1269. Beggar Boy'.
Condition 7.
Order #19566.
Price $8.
'1417. The Water Babies'.
Condition 8.
Order #19568.
Price $12.
'1526. Bryant Vase - Tiffany
& Co., N.Y.'.
Condition 8.
Order #19569.
Price $15.
'1527. Bryant Vase - Tiffany
& Co., N.Y.'.
Condition 8.
Order #19570.
Price $15.
Other Publishers
James Cremer. 'Centennial Exhibition,
Philadelphia - 1876'.
Condition 8.
Order #19572.
Price $15.
James Cremer. 'Bird's Eye View
from Observatory, George's Hill, Ft Park'.
Condition. A few fly poos
on left image. Don't blame me - keep your views away from flies!
Order #19573.
Price $15.
James Cremer. 'Bird's Eye View
from Observatory, George's Hill, Ft Park'.
Condition. A long but light
surface scratch along bottom quarter of both images.
Order #19574.
Price $15.
James Cremer. 'Bird's Eye View
from Observatory, George's Hill, Ft Park'.
Condition 8.
Order #19575.
Price $18.
James Cremer. 'Bird's Eye View
from Observatory, George's Hill, Ft Park'.
Condition 8.
Order #19576.
Price $18.
James Cremer. 'Centennial Exhibition,
Philadelphia - 1876'.
Condition 8.
Order #19577.
Price $18.
James Cremer. 'Centennial Exhibition,
Philadelphia - 1876'. Slight variant.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19578.
Price $15.
James Cremer. 'Centennial Exhibition,
Philadelphia - 1876'.
Condition 8.
Order #19579.
Price $15.
James Cremer. 'Centennial Exhibition,
Philadelphia - 1876'.
Condition. Light surface scratch
on right image.
Order #19580.
Price $18.
'Main Exhibition Building,
East End'.
Condition. Surface scratches,
some heavy.
Order #19581.
Price $12.
Thomas Lewis, Cambridgeport,
Mass. Handwritten on back '1876'.
Condition 8.
Order #19582.
Price $18.
Published by L. Black &
Co., Opticians, 732 Arch Street, Philadelphia and 77 Woodward Avenue, Detroit.
These views have a printed list of 66 titles printed on the back with the
view title underlined. This is '62. Avenue of the Republic, from Georges
Hill'.
Condition. Some surface marks,
especially on right image.
Order #19584.
Price $15.
'Centennial Opening, The Choristers'.
Condition. Slight loss of
bottom right corner of mount. Ex collection of Helen D. Moseley, National
Stereoscopic Association.
Order #19586.
Price $15.
'1945. Gen. Washington's Carriage'.
Condition 8.
Order #19588.
Price $18.
'?Main Buildg'.
Condition. Stain on right
image.
Order #19589.
Price $8.
'New Jersey State Building'.
Condition. Split in right
image at center left, stain on right image.
Order #19590.
Price $8.
'Machinery Hall from Finance
Building'.
Condition. Surface scratch
on right image, some foxing.
Order #19591.
Price $8.
'Corliss Engine'.
Condition 8.
Order #19593.
Price $22.
No visible title.
Condition. Slight split at
bottom of right image.
Order #19594.
Price $8.
'Memorial Hall ????'.
Condition. Slight stains,
one small scratch.
Order #19595.
Price $12.
'956. Pennsylvania Day'.
Condition 8.
Order #19596.
Price $18.
'Board of Finance Office'.
Condition 8.
Order #19597.
Price $15.
That
is the end of the cabinet size views. From here they are all normal 3.5
by 7 inches.
New Excelsior Series
'Fountain Avenue'.
Condition. Light surface marks
in sky.
Order #19598.
Price $12.
'Pennsylvania State Building'.
Condition. One tiny black
mark on left image. Left image slightly unglued at top.
Order #19599.
Price $12.
'Belmont Avenue looking north'.
Condition. Mount split thru
center, glue creep.
Order #19600.
Price $2.
'Vermont State Building'.
Condition 7.
Order #19602.
Price $8.
'Swedish School House'.
Condition. Ink marks on right
image, one dent on left image.
Order #19603.
Price $10.
'Rail Road Depot - Centennial
Grounds'.
Condition. Slight marks.
Order #19604.
Price $12.
'Arkansas State Building'.
Condition 8.
Order #19605.
Price $10.
'Soap Balls, Art Annex, Italian
Section'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19606.
Price $10.
'Interior of Main Building'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #19607.
Price $12.
'Main Building. Transept from
North Gallery'.
Condition 9.
Order #19608.
Price $15.
'U.S. Government Building -
Transept looking south'.
Condition 9.
Order #19609.
Price $15.
'Agricultural Hall - Nave looking
north'.
Condition. Slight dents.
Order #19610.
Price $12.
'Agricultural Hall - Interior
looking west'.
Condition 8.
Order #19611.
Price $12.
'Spanish Section - Agricultural
Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19612.
Price $12.
'Machinery Hall - Pump Annex'.
Condition. Couple of surface
spots on left image.
Order #19613.
Price $12.
'Art Gallery. West Gallery'.
Condition. Slight damage to
right image at bottom right corner.
Order #19614.
Price $10.
'Group America, Art Gallery'.
Condition 9.
Order #19615.
Price $12.
'Group America, Art Gallery'.
Condition. Slight damage to
bottom left corner of mount.
Order #19616.
Price $12.
'Blind Man's Buff - Memorial
Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19617.
Price $10.
'Century Vase'.
Condition 8.
Order #19618.
Price $10.
'Floral Hall from South Entrance'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #19619.
Price $12.
'Floral Hall'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #19620.
Price $12.
'Floral Hall Conservatory'.
Condition. Very slight damage
at bottom of images.
Order #19621.
Price $10.
'Cereus Monstrosa Opuntia Peruvianus
- Floral Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19622.
Price $10.
'Banana - Floral Hall'.
Condition 9.
Order #19623.
Price $10.
Other
Publishers and Photographers
This series has a long list of titles printed on the back with the view title underlined. Some different views carry the same title - for example there are 12 'Main Building' views in the series.
'Art Annex - Italian Department'.
Condition 8.
Order #19624.
Price $12.
'Republic Avenue from Machinery
Hall'.
Condition. Light surface marks.
Order #19625.
Price $10.
'Horticultural Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19626.
Price $12.
'Agricultural Hall'.
Condition 7.
Order #19627.
Price $8.
'New Jersey State Building'.
Condition 8.
Order #19628.
Price $12.
'Brazilian Empire Building'.
Condition 7 with some slight
blue paint spots.
Order #19629.
Price $8.
'Washington's Carriage'.
Condition 7 with very
slight loss of left image at top left corner.
Order #19631.
Price $10.
'Log Cabin in ye Olden Time'.
Condition. Slight marks in
sky.
Order #19632.
Price $12.
'U.S. Government Building -
interior'.
Condition 8.
Order #19634.
Price $12.
'Machinery Hall - Interior'.
Condition. Some age staining.
Order #19635.
Price $12.
'U.S. Government Building -
Interior'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19636.
Price $12.
'Main Building - Interior'.
Condition. Split down thru
right image - probably shrinkage as it is only a slight mark on the back.
Order #19637.
Price $8.
'Main building - Interior'.
Stand of James Green & Nephew, still in business.
Condition 7.p.
Order #19638.
Price $10.
'Carved Pulpit'.
Condition 7.
Order #19639.
Price $10.
'Machinery Hall - Interior'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19640.
Price $15.
'Marble Fountain - Horticultural
Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19641.
Price $12.
'Brazilian Section - Main Building'.
Condition. Slight stain on
left image.
Order #19642.
Price $12.
'Horticultural Hall - Interior'.
Condition. Surface loss to
mount and stain on image, top left.
Order #19643.
Price $8.
'Horticultural Hall - Interior'.
Condition 8 but staining and
deposits on the back.
Order #19644.
Price $10.
No lists on the back from here.
'General View'.
Condition 8.
Order #19645.
Price $12.
'The Art Gallery'.
Condition 7.
Order #19646.
Price $8.
'The Art Gallery'.
Condition 7.
Order #19647.
Price $8.
'Washington's Carriage'.
Condition. Slight scratch
on left image
Order #19648.
Price $12.
Untitled.
Condition. Foxing in sky.
Order #19650.
Price $8.
Untitled.
Condition 8.
Order #19651.
Price $12.
Untitled. (Page Belting Co.)'.
Condition 8.
Order #19653.
Price $12.
Untitled.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19654.
Price $10.
'603. Agricultural Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19655.
Price $12.
Title unreadable but this is
Mrs Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum Series, Colorado Building.
Condition 6.
Order #19658.
Price $8.
'1728. Main Building ????'.
Condition. Stains and a surface
scratch.
Order #19659.
Price $6.
'496. Corliss Engine'.
Condition 6/7.
Order #19660.
Price $8.
'Main Building, Main Ave.,
East End'.
Condition 8.
Order #19661.
Price $12.
'Main Building, South Ave.,
from East End'.
Condition 7.
Order #19662.
Price $10.
'Bryant Vase, Tiffany &
Co., N.Y.'.
Condition. Surface scratch
and marks.
Order #19663.
Price $6.
Kilburn Brothers. '2356. Centennial
Machinery Hall'.
Condition. Foxing.
Order #19665.
Price $8.
'Main Building Interior'. Pirated.
Condition 8.
Order #19666.
Price $8.
'Agricultural Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19667.
Price $10.
'Agri. Hall. Main Ave.'.
Condition 9.
Order #19668.
Price $12.
'Horticultural Hall'.
Condition 8.
Order #19670.
Price $10.
'Pennsylvania State Building'.
Condition. Small stains.
Order #19671.
Price $10.
Title unreadable.
Condition 8.
Order #19672.
Price $12.
'Mach. Hall from Finance Building'.
Condition. Two corners of
mount missing, stain on left image.
Order #19673.
Price $6.
'Ino and Infant Bacchus'.
Condition. Slight mount damage.
Small dents in images.
Order #19674.
Price $5.
Untitled.
Condition. Light surface marks.
Order #19675.
Price $5.
'Main building interior'.
Condition. Images good, stains
on mount.
Order #19676.
Price $12.
Title unreadable.
Condition 8.
Order #19677.
Price $6.
'Main Exhibition Building'.
Condition. Split in right
image.
Order #19678.
Price $8.
'Horticultural Hall'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19679.
Price $10.
'Main Building, S. Front'.
Condition. Slight marks in
sky.
Order #19680.
Price $12.
'Opeing. The Choristers'. This
is a Notman view of high quality.
Condition. Slight marks.
Order #19681.
Price $15.
'Main Building. Royal Prussian
Porcelain Co.'.
Condition. Dents to edges
of mount.
Order #19682.
Price $10.
Untitled.
Condition 7/8.
Order #19683.
Price $12.
Title unreadable.
Condition 8/9.
Order #19684.
Price $12.
'Egyptian Musical Instruments'.
Condition 9.
Order #19685.
Price $15.
'Women's Pavilion'. This is an engraving.
Condition. Some foxing.
Order #19686.
Price $8.