First official World's Fair in the United States, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War Army of the Cumberland train carriage: the kitchen car: a model. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: Hospital of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army, Philadelphia: front view. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: (Mower or McClellan ?) Hospital, Philadelphia: a model. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: model train carriages and steamboats in glass display cases. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: U.S. military hospital barrack ward: a model. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War medicine wagon produced by T. Morris Perot and Company. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War freight car: a model. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: models of hospitals in glass display cases. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: McClellan Hospital, Philadelphia: a model. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: Hicks Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland: model. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: Hospital of the Medical Department of the U.S. Army: rear view showing a hospital tent. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: the hospital steamboat J.K. Barnes: a model showing the interior in cross-section. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: a Russian ambulance carriage prototype. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: U.S. military hospital barrack ward: a model with the roof raised. Photograph, 1876.

Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: American Civil War Army of the Potomac train carriage: the hospital car: a model. Photograph, 1876.

The U.S.A between 1776 and 1876. Engraving by G.W. Casilear for the Centennial International Exhibition, ca. 1876.

The medical staff of the United States Army, and its scientific work / by J.J. Woodward.

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Centennial Exposition

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Images about Centennial Exposition

Works from the collections

The U.S.A between 1776 and 1876. Engraving by G.W. Casilear for the Centennial International Exhibition, ca. 1876.

The medical staff of the United States Army, and its scientific work / by J.J. Woodward.

Centennial Exposition

Images from the collections

Images about Centennial Exposition

Works from the collections

The U.S.A between 1776 and 1876. Engraving by G.W. Casilear for the Centennial International Exhibition, ca. 1876.

The medical staff of the United States Army, and its scientific work / by J.J. Woodward.

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