F 158 .5 Copy 1 ' ^ «t^3c;5^3C< 776. 1876 THE H PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO PH ILADELPHIA, AND THE 4 i» INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. K «3C%zff3C» Entered according to Act of Congress by People's Guide Publishing Co. Index to Advertisements. Page. Aquarium Tanks E. W. Taxis 26 Butcher's Tools Aug. Nittinger, Jr 13 Confectionery Step. F. Whitman & Son 1 Crackers .W. G. Wilson & Co 9 Cigars - Batchelor Bros IT Engineers and Architects Roney & Dupont 28 Flour ;.G-. V. Heeker & Co 23 Grain Drills Hoosier Drill Co 7 Harvesting Machines Champion Machine Co 24 Ice Creard Freezers O. W. Packer 17 Lawn Mowers Graham, Emlen & Passmore 17 Maccaroni and Vermicelli Lagomarsino & Cuneo 5 Mines Meat ' W. H. Slocomb & Bro 26 Starcli Oswego Starch Co 3 Seeds D. Landreth & Sons 19 Spices Weikel & Smith 11 Tobacco Frishmuth Bro. & Co .~ 13 Wagons Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Co .13 Guide Publishing Co ; 12 STREET NUMBERS North from Market Street. Arch 100 Race 200 Vine 300 Callowhill 400 Noble 438 Button wood 500 Spring Garden 620 Green ..600 Fairmount avenue 700 Brown 800 Poplar 900 Otter, or Beaver 1000 George 1100 Girard avenue 1200 Thompson 1300 Master ..1400 .Tefferson 1500 Oxford 1600 ColumbiH avenue 1700 Montgomery avenue. 1800 Berks 1900 Norrls 2000 Diamond 2100 Susquehannah ave.. .2200 Dauphin 2300 Yorl^ 2400 Cumberland 2500 Huntingdon 2o00 Lehigh avenue 2700 Somerset 2800 Cambria 2900 Indiana 3000 Clearfield 3100 .\lleghenv avenue.. .3200 Westmoreland 3300 Ontario 3400 Tioga 3500 Venango 3600 Erie.. 3700 Butler 3800 Pike... 3900 Luzerne 4000 Roxborough 4100 .Tuniata 4200 Bristol 4300 Cayuga 4400 Wingohocking 4500 (yourtland 4600 Wyalusing. .4700 Wyoming' 4800 Loudon ..4900 Rockland 6000 Ruscomb 6100 Lindle.v 5200 Wisteria 6300 Fischer 5400 Somerville 6500 C larkson 5600 Olney 5700 Chew 5800 Soutb from Market Street. Chestnut 100 Walnut .... 200 Locust 232 Spruce 300 Pine 400 Lombard 500 youth .■ 600 Bainbridge.... 700 Fitzwater. ..- 740 Catharine 800 Christian 900 Carpenter 1000 Washington avenue. 1100 Federal ..1200 Wharton 1300 Ro.-i! 1400 Dickinson .1-500 Tasker 160O Morris 1700 ivioore : 1800 Mifiain 1900 McKean 2000 Snyder 2100 Jackson 2200 Wolfe 2300 Ritner 2400 Porter 2500 Shunk 2600 Oregon avenue 2700 Johnston 2800 Bigler 2900 Pollock 3000 Packer 3100 Curtin 3200 Geary.. 3300 34th avenue 3400 35th avenue 3500 36th avenue 3600 37th avenue 3700 38th avenue 3800 39th avenue 3900 40th avenue 40U0 41st avenue 4100 42 I avenue 4200 43d avenue 4300 44th avenue 4400 45th avenue 4500 WHITMAN!! Stephen F. Whitman & Son, MAKERS OF THE Finest CoNFECTioisrs AND Chocolate and Cocoa IN THE UNITED STATES. THEIR SAVEET COCOA PASTE FOR MAKING i Cup of Chocoljite i\]l Seconds IS PERFECTLY SPLENDID. STEPHEN F. WHITMAN & SON, S. W. CORNER TWELFTH AND MARKET STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. (I) H b e^ In case of dispute, apply at the Mayor's offiee.=®& 13 STUDEBjlKER BI}OS. MjlNUF'G CO,. The Largest "Wagon Builders in the "World, "Will make a fine display at tlie Centennial. FACTORY AT SOUTHBEND, INDIANA. Five Spacious "Warerooms, 263 and 265 ^WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO. I FRISHMUTH, BRO. & CO., Tobacco Manufacturers, IsTO. 151 3SrOI?.TI3: TSCIZ^X) ST. AND Nos. 223 aiad 225 Quarry Street, AUQUST NIWNQER, Jr., Manufacturer of Butcher's Machinery, 826, 828 and 830 N. Fourth St., PHILADELPHIA. Everything in the Butcher's Line can be had at tliis establish- ment. The largest and most complete assortment in the world. Send for a Catalogue. We will have a fine display of our goods in Agricultural Building, International Exhibition, iNTEKNATIOiN AL EXHIBI Tl ON Philadelphia 1»76. hsy i'tfU'^u liih. i' Jo 6^-' St i'h.t.^a.y? i;ViPT(.-cl nrcoroLin^ io ad. y/' Congress ni ike. yeaj-^ /S7o, y.v J'cecl- Bn«.o<^u-i^iv wi, the ifCfue Dftkelih-raj-iarv (^ Coiufre^i. at H/o-j/i-ift^ i6 DESCRIPTION OF PLATE. The annexed Lithograph shows in ground plan, the principal build- ings and numbers of minor ones erected within the Centennial Enclosure, which contains not less than 450 acres. On the opening day of the Exhibition, (MAY 10,) it is anticipated that, at least 250 buildings will have been erected on the grounds, thus presenting the appearance of a well-appointed city, cosmopolitan in character,in which the stranger from every clime may feel well provided for. A cursory glance at the plate shows prominently in the western por- tion, the grounds reserved for West Point Cadets, the various State structures, and British Government Building. Eastward are seen the Women's Pavilion, Buildings for Germany, Brazil, Japan and Sweden ; Phorograph Hall, Judge's Hall, Dairy Building, Carriage Factory, Res- taurant Sudreau, Photograph Gallery, Art Gallery and Extension, and lastly the Vienna Bakery. North of these are situated Horticultural Building, German and American Restaurants, Kansas Building, and most northward of all is Agricultural Building. South of the two principal buildings are located three hotels of large capacity for the accommodation of visitors. Depot for passengers, and grounds for Exhibition of Live Stock. The following table gives the area covered by each building : Acres. The Main Building covering , . . . . 31.47 Art Gallery (Memorial Hall) 1.50 Machinery Hall 14.00 Horticultural Hall 1.50 Agricultural Building 10.15 Making a total 48.6:2 Add to this, other structures, such as the Women's Pavilion, Gov- ernment, Leather, Carriage, and Photograph Buildings, special Agricultural displays, annex, and Engine House 15.00 And it will give, of actual flooring for Exhibition purposes, about. 63.62 Tills is exclusive of the space occupied by the buildings erected by foreign nations, the several States, and for general purposes connected with the Exhibition. GUIDE TO PLACES OF AMUSEMENT. American Centennial Exhibition — Lansdowne Plateau, Fairmount Park. Commences May 10, 1876, remaining open six months. Academy of Music — Broad and Locust streets. Academy of Fine Arts — Broad and Cherry streets. Arch Street Theatre — Arch, above Sixth. Arch Street Opera House — Tenth and Arch. Assembly Buildings — Tenth and Chestnut. Chestnut Street Theatre — Chestnut street above Twelfth. Concert Hall — Chestnut street above Twelfth. Eleventh Street Opera House — Eleventh street above Chestnut. Fox's American Theatre — Chestnut street above Tenth. Grand Central Theatre — Walnut street above Eighth. Horticultural Hall — Broad street below Locust. Walnut Street Theatre— Ninth and Walnut streets. Wood's Museum — Ninth and Arch streets. Zoological Garden— West Park, below Girard Avenue. 17 PHILADELPHIA LAWN MOWERS. We make eleven sizes and styles of tlaese celebrated Machines for hand use, and two sizes for horse power. They are much the lighest and easiest worked Lawn Mower made, and may be seen at Agricultural Hall, Centennial Building, Oolumn Li, Nos. 13 and 14, and at our IMPLEMENT AND SEED WAREHOUSE, No. 630 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA. BATCHELOR BROTHERS, E 808 MARKET STREET, branches: 837 Chestnut St., 23 N. Second Street, PHILADELPHIA. lee Cream Freezers. Cog-Wheel & Double-Action. Sizes— 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 25, 35 and 40 Quarts. 4®=" For sale by all dealers in Housefurnishing Groocls. Manufacturer, No. SO N. Fourth Street, FHILASELFHIA. i8 AGRICULTURAL BUILDING. Agricultural building is located on the north-east section of the Centennial enclosure, and most distant from the Main Building. It was commenced on October 15th, and will be finished by March 15th. Erected for the temporarj'' exhibition of six months, it is not of the same substantial character as some of the other buildings. The design of the structure comprehends a grand nave, formed ot a Howe truss arch, 826 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 70 feet high, and three transepts, each 540 feet long, and nearly of same width, the entire floor area of ten acres being open and unobstructed. The system of the location of goods exhibited will be objective, not geographical; the various groups, of which there are ten, run- ning lengthwise with the building. The area of available exhibi- tion space is 236,572 square feet, of which one-third has been appro- priated to foreign countries — Great Britain, France, Germany, Aus- tria, Norway and Sweden, Russia, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Italy, China, Japan, Siam, Sandwich Islands, Chili, Brazil, Mexico and Canada. The remaining area is for the exhibition of American products, the requisitions for which exceed double that area. The display of Agricultural Machinery, both in motion and at rest, will cover nearly three-eighths of the entire building. In addi- tion to machinery there will be exhibited in this building, Products of the Soil, Food Products, Forestry and Forest Culture, Pomology, Farm Administration, Cotton and Wool, Veterinary Surgery and Fish, including the varied apparatus and appliances for their cul- ture and capture. Agricultural Building not being sufficient to accommodate all ex- hibitors, another of smaller size will be provided adjacent to the same, and including exhibits of a similar character. Live Stock, under the administration of this department, will be exhibited on grounds in close proximity to the enclosure for a season of ten weeks. This exhibition will be of a highly meritorious character, and will embrace the most finely bred animals of this and foreign countries. During the months of June and July will be held trials of Har- vesting Machinery on lands situated at Schenck's Station on the Philadelphia & New York Railroad, thirty minutes ride from the Centennial Grounds. There will also be practical tests of tillage implements, during September and October, on the same lands, as shown in lithographed plate , 19 IS, 2U 23 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, Near the State House, IP h: I !_. j^ ID E L i^ s: I j^ . This spacious Building, erected expressly for the Proprietors' Trade, is stored with articles of general interest to Farmers, Gar- deners, and Planters, and especially with E i liill Will!, The produce of Blootn.sd.ale and other Seed Farms of the Firm, the whole forming a Stock unsurpassed in the United States. DAVID LANDRETH & SONS. "We would call attention to the above cuts of Inverted Sample Bottles SPECIALLY FOE EXHIBITING PURPOSES. They are the most approved forms for Exhibiting in Glass, and are made of CLEAR FLINT <}L ASS, FREE FROM COLOR. We also manufacture GLASS JARS, in Great Variety. Price Lists and Illustrated Sheets furnished upon application to the manufacturers. GILLINDER & SONS, CORNER OXFORD AND HOWARD STREETS, HORTICULTURAL BUILDING. Horticultural Building Is located on Lansdowne Terrace, a sliort distance north of Main Building and Art Gallery, ottering a fine view of the Schuylkill Kiver and Northwestern Philadelphia. It presents an extremely handsome appearance, and beinfic constructed of iron and glass will remain as a permanent ornament to Fairmount Park. It is 383 feet long, 193 feet wide, and 72 feet high. The main floor is occupied by a central conservatory. Running entirely around these at the height of 20 feet is a gallery 5 feet wide. Four forcing houses are provided for the propagation of growing plants. Surrounding this building thirty-flve acres of ground devoted to Horticultural purposes have been suitably planted. PLACES OF INTEREST. Academy of Fine Arts, Broad Street above Arch. Admission, 25 cents. Academy of Natural Science, Broad street below Chestnut Open Tuesdays and Fridays, p. M, Admission 10 cents. New Hall S. W. cor. Nineteenth and Race sts. Blind Asylum, Twentieth and Race streets. Concerts, Wednesday p. M. Admission, 15 cents. Blockley Almshouse, West Philadelphia. Take Walnut street cars. Tickets pro- cured at 42 North Seventh street. Carpenters' Hall, built in 1770, Chestnut street below Fourth, rear of bank building. Christ Church, built in 17S3, Second street above Market. County Prison, Eleventh street and Passyunk avenue. Tickets procured at the Ledger Office. Custom-House, Chestnut street below Fifth. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, corner of Broad and Pine streets. Tickets procured at Ledger Office. Franklin Institute, Seventh street above Chestnut. Admission free. Franklin's Grave, S. E. corner P'ifth and Arch streets. Fairmount Park, 2991 acres, on the banks of the Schuylkill and Wissahickon. From the central parts of the city take cars going north or west. Girard College, Ridge Avenue above Nineteenth street. Take Ridge avenue cars or yellow cars on Eighth street. Tickets at Ledger Office. House of Refuge, Twenty-third and Brown streets. Independence Hall, Chestnut street below Sixth. Open rom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets or admission to the steeple furnished by the Superintendent. Laurel Hill Cemetery, Ridge avenue. Take Ridge avenue cars on Arch street, or steamboat at Fairmount. Mercantile Library, Tenth street above Chestnut. National Museum, Independence Hall. Open from 9 a.m. to 3P.M. Free. Navy Yard, Front street below Washington Avenue. Take cars on Seventh or Second streets. New Navy Yard, League Island, mouth of the Schuylkill river. Old Swedes' Church, oldest Church in Philadelphia, built in 1700, taking the place of Second Swedes' Church, built in 1677, Swanson street below Christian. Take Second street cars to Christian. Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth and Spruce streets. Penn's Cottage, Letitia street near Market. Letitla street is between Front and Second. Penn Treaty Monument, Beach and Hanover streets. Take Richmond cars on Third street. Penitentiary (Eastern), Fairmount avenue and Twenty-first street. Tickets procured at the Ledger Office. Philadelphia Library (founded by Benjamin Franklin), Fifth street below Chestnut. Pennsylvania Historical Society, 820 Spruce street. United States Mint, Chestnut street above Thirteenth. Open rom 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Free. University of Pennsylvania, Thirty-sixth and Woodland avenue. West Philadelphia. Zoological Gardens, Fairmount Park. Take cars on Walnut, Market, Arch and Vine streets, and Girard Avenue. 23 GEO. V. HECKER & CO., CROTON FLOUR MILLS, 199, 201 & 203 CHERRY STREET, Becker's superlative Flours received tlie First Premium at tlie World's Fair, London ; and the World's Fair, New York. They are very popular with those desiring the finest bread or biscuit that can be produced. HECKER'S SELF-RAISIUG PLOUE, FOR MAKING BREAD, BISCUIT, PUDDING, CAKES, &c., BY THE ADDITION ONLY OF COLD WATER OE MILK. This valuable improvement was introduced to the public in 1850, by Messrs. Hecker & Brother, and there is perhaps no other arti- cle that has become so extensively used or so fully appreciated. It has been awarded the only Premiums ever given for Self-Raising Flour. Heckefs Griddle Cake Self-Raismg Flour. For making Griddle Cakes, Muffins, Fritters, Waffles, Doughnuts, Puddings, &c., or for any use where a batter is required, will be found decidedly the cheapest and best Flour for such purposes, and can be used with much economy of time and trouble. is a delicate and appropriate food for all seasons, and one of the most economical, nutritious and wholesome preparations ever offered to the public. HECKER'S WHEATEN GRITS is a highly nutritious, palatable and healthful preparation of Wheat Grain, invaluable for dyspeptics and persons of sedentary habits. 24 HARYESTINQ MACHINES. The only reliable Reaper and Mower made. Champion Self-Raker. The Most Complete Machine in the World. Farmers don't leave the Oeptennial Grounds until you have seen the " Champions" in Agricultural Hall. Send us your Address and receive our Champion Newspaper. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, 26 PRACTICAL AQUARIUM TANK • MANUFACTURER, 60 NORTH SIXTH STREET (below Arch), PHILADELPHIA. Aquaria of any dimensions, made to order and shipped- to any part of the United States. Also, Dealer in Fish Globes, Gold Fish, etc. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. SLOCOIMIB'S Delaware Cou:t^TY Ice Ceeam The largest in the country ; and the Finest Cream in Philadelphia. Made from pure Cream, finely flavored. Wholesale and Retail. SILOOOIMIB'S Home - Made MmcE Meat. Warranted much nicer than any other brand, and perfectly clean. Wholesale and Retail. W. H. SLOCOMB & BRO., Fifth St. Market, and Farmer's Market, PHILADELPHIA. C. Henry Roney, O. E. Victor DuPont, Jr., M. E. RONEY & DU PONT, ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, 715 SANSOM ST , PHILADELPHIA, PA. Desigrns, Plans, Profiles and Estimates furnished for Special Structures, Bridges, Railways, etc. Surveys made, work measured, mineral lands examined and professional in- formation given. Special attention given to designs for the Centennial International Exhibition. 28 WOMEN'S PAVILION. West of the Horticultural Hall, facing Belmont Avenue, stands tlie "Women's Pavilion, which has been built at a cost of $35,000, by the Women's Centennial Executive Committee, and is to accommo- date an international exhibition of women's work. It covers an area of 30,000 square feet, and is formed by two naves intersecting each other, each 64 feet wide by 192 feet long, having at the end a porch 8 by 32 feet; the corners formed by the two naves are filled out by four pavilions, each 48 feet square. The whole structure is in mod- ern wood architecture, roofed over by segmental trusses. The centre is raised 25 feet higher than the rest of the building, and is sur- mounted by a lantern, with a cupola 90 feet high. PROPOSED RAILROAD RATES. At the meetins; of the Committee on Centennial Rates to the General Ticket and Passenger Agent's Association, the following was proposed as the basis of rates for the Centennial Exhibition : First. — Round-trip tickets to New York, good for thirty days, may be sold from Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Crestline, Columbus, Cincinnati, and points west thereof, in the territory east of Omaha, and at competi- tive points south of the Ohio river, at a reduction of tweutv-five per cent, from Convention rates. Second. — Round-trip tickets to Philadelphia, good for thirty days, may be sold from Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Crestline, Columbus, Cincinnati, and points west thereof, in the territory east of Omaha, and at competi- tive points south of the Ohio river, at one dollar less than the round-trip rates to New York. Third. — Round-trip tickets to Philadelphia, via New York, good for thirty days, may be sold from Detroit, Toledo, Clevelaud, Crestline, Col- umbus, Cincinnati, and points west thereof, in the territory east of Omaha, and at competitive points south of the Ohio river, at one dollar more than the round-trip rates to New York. Fourth. — From the territory east of Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Crest- line, Columbus and Cincinnati, the basis of reduced rates and the limit for round-trip tickets shall be fixed by the trunk lines, and from competi- tive points between the trunk lines, in said territory, the rates to Philadel- phia, via New York, shall be two dollars more than the rates to Philadel- phia by the direct or short line. OIPFIGIBiaS U. S. Centennial Gommission, EIHIBITM ffiOUNDS & Is. 903 & 904 WALBDT ST. President : Director-Oeneral : JOSEPH R. HAWLEY. ALFRED T. GOSHORN. Secretary : JOHN L. CAMPBELL. Assistant Secretaries : MYER ASCH. DORSEY GARDNER. Counsellor and Solicitor : JOHN L. SHOEMAKER. CHIEFS OF DEPARTMENTS. FOREiaN:— Direction of the Foreiga representation, A. T. GOSHORN, MYEK ASCH. INST ALTiATION :— Classification of applications for apace — allotment of space in Main Building— supervision of special structures, HENKY PETTIT TRANSPORTATION:— Foreign transportation for goods and visitors — transportation for ^oods and visitors in the United States— local transportation- warehousing and customs regulations, DOLPHUS TORREY. MACHINERY— Superintendence of the Machinery Department and Building, in- cluding allotment of space to Exhibitors, JOHNS. ALBERT. AGRICULTURE:— Superintendence of the Agricultural Department, Building and Grounds, including allotment of space to Exhibitors, BURNET LANDRETH. HORTIOULTUR A-Li :— Superintendence of HorticuUural Department, Conservatory and Grounds, including allotment of space to Exhibitors, CHARLES H. MILLER. FINE ARTS :— Superintendence of the Fine Art Department and Building, includ- ing allotment of space to Exhibitors, JOHN SARTAIN. ;v}f tq LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 009 564 051 5 4