Centennial Celebration 1876

By Bill Lenox
Published on November 1, 1975
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Opening day at Centennial - taken from Harper's Magazine 1876. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022
Opening day at Centennial - taken from Harper's Magazine 1876. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022
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Taken from Harper's Magazine 1876. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022
Taken from Harper's Magazine 1876. Courtesy of Bill Lenox, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022

On May 10, 1876 in Philadelphia, the President of the United
States and the Emperor of Brazil mounted the platform of the giant
Corliss Engine. Each turned a valve lever, setting in motion the
great International Centennial Exhibition as miles of shafting and
hundreds of machines began to operate.

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