Centennial Scenes Caption Title Original Art Work Celebrating The 1876 Centennial

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NP: nd 1876? . Original pen & ink drawing, 14 x 18 1/2 in., mounted, glazed and framed. The unnamed artist has placed a sketch of a domed building, likely Memorial Hall, designed by Herman Schwarzmann as the art gallery for the exhibition, at the top of the drawing. Uncle Sam and a visitor in a short coat shake hands across the dome. The remainder of the sketch consists of caricatures of other visitors, along with a few short captions. In the upper left corner, a group of musicians is

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