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Title
Colossal hand and torch "Liberty"

Summary
Photograph shows the torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876
Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Information booth at base of arm and two persons seen at railing
below flame of torch.

Names
Centennial Photographic Co.

Created / Published
Philada. : Centennial Photographic Co., c1876.

Headings
-  Centennial Exhibition--(1876 :--Philadelphia, Pa.)
-  Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--1870-1880
-  Centennial celebrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880

Headings
Photographic prints--1870-1880.
Stereographs--1870-1880.

Genre
Stereographs--1870-1880
Photographic prints--1870-1880

Notes
-  G13878 U.S. Copyright Office.
-  Title from item.

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-  No. 2025.
-  Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the
Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
-  Published in: "Images of America" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of
Congress, 2013.

Medium
1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.

Call Number/Physical Location

LOT 7756 [item] [P&P]

Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov
/loc.pnp/pp.print

Digital Id
ppmsca 02957 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.02957
cph 3g05586 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05586
cph 3b05205 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b05205
cph 3a53267 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a53267

Library of Congress Control Number

97502738

Reproduction Number
LC-DIG-ppmsca-02957 (digital file from original) LC-USZC4-5586 (color film copy transparency) LC-
USZ62-57385 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-USZ62-14736 (b&w film copy neg. of left half stereo)

Rights Advisory
No known restrictions on publication.

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https://lccn.loc.gov/97502738

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Part of
Lot 7756 (413)

Stereograph Cards (51,325)

Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress) (1,051,786)

Prints and Photographs Division (1,063,430)

Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,484,293)

Format
Photo, Print, Drawing

Contributor
Centennial Photographic Co

Dates
1876

Location
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Language
English

Subject
Centennial Celebrations
Centennial Exhibition
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa.)
Photographic Prints
Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)
Stereographs

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