J. & P. Coats’ Exhibit in Machinery Hall.
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Call Number |
priJLC_FAIR_001754 |
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Title |
J. & P. Coats’ Exhibit in Machinery Hall. |
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Date |
approximately 1876 |
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Date Searchable |
1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881 |
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Physical Description |
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 45.72 x 30.48 cm (18 x 12 in.) |
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Object Type |
Prints, advertising |
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Description |
Image of the J. & P. Coats exhibit in Machinery Hall at the United States Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876 on a leaflet advertising their "spool cotton and how it is made;" a display with spools of cotton is visible at front left; machinery for winding and ticketing spools of thread takes up the rest of the exhibit space. |
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Notes |
Date supplied by cataloger based on date of the United States Centennial Exhibition. "Of all the millions of women through whose deft fingers the smooth, glossy cotton thread passes, by hundreds of millions of yards, in its manifold uses, how few there are who know or even give a thought to the care taken, the skill shown, or the machinery employed in bringing the raw material to the perfect thread..."--text, bottom center of image. "Medal and Diploma awarded J. & P. Coats, at Centennial Exposition."--text, bottom center margin. |
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Local Subject Description |
J. & P. Coats |
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Subjects |
Advertising.
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Exhibitions -- Pictorial works.
Thread.
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Form/Genre |
Intaglio prints -- 1875-1900. (gmgpc) |
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Language |
English [eng] |
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Contributor 01 |
Last, Jay T. (donor) |
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Physical Collection |
Jay T. Last Collection |
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Physical Sub-Collection |
Fairs & Expositions |
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Physical Series |
Large Size |
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Physical Sub-Series |
United States Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Digital Collection |
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library |
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Department |
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Prints and Ephemera |
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Finding Aid/Guide to Collection |
For more information about this collection see: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8wd42p1/ |
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Digitization Specifications |
High resolution. |
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Restrictions |
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: http://www.huntington.org/WebAssets/Templates/content.aspx?id=588 . |
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Unique Digital Identifier |
407870 |
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