A Record of the Metropolitan Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission, Held at New York, in April, 1864

People:

J. Gurney & Son (photographic studio)
M. Stadtfeld (photographer)

Title:

A Record of the Metropolitan Fair in Aid of the United States Sanitary Commission, Held at New York, in April, 1864

Date:

published 1867

Description:

- Contemporary binding consists of maroon cloth-covered boards and spine. There is a red leather label with a gold gilt inscription on the spine. Endpapers, pages and secondary supports are of light brownish white paper. The book is comprised of a title page, dedication page, prefatory note, list of photographs, 261 pages of text, including an appendix and index,
a plan of the fair buildings and 8 photographs.

Form:
books
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

book (closed): 24.5 x 18.5 x 3 cm (9 5/8 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.) comps. (approx.): 9.5 x 7.2 cm (3 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.) secondary supports (approx.): 24 x 17 cm (9 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.) pages (approx.): 24 x 17 cm (9 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Reference number:

PH1990:0330:001-008

Point of View:

interior views

Inscription:

inscribed

Location:

New York (City); New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture
portrait

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fair

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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