Introduction: Looking Forward from the Centennial
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Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, 1876
Corliss steam engine in Machinery Hall
Viewing the fair grounds from the Liberty Torch
Missouri River Bridge under construction, 1873
Visitors marvel at a tower of Leviathan Paper
Picnickers on the lawn outside the Main Building
Exposition guidebooks
Cartoonist Thomas Nast, “Panic on Wall Street,” 1876
William Beard, “Bulls and Bears in the Market,” 1879
San Francisco Labor Riot, 1877