Published References

• Thomas, George E. and Michael J. Lewis and Jeffrey A. Cohen. Frank Furness: The Complete Works. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991., p. 196, cat. 80
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  Client/Project Name: Brazilian Pavilion, Main Building, Centennial Exhibition
   
• O'Gorman, James F., and Jeffrey A. Cohen, George E. Thomas, G. Holmes Perkins. Drawing Toward Building, Philadelphia Architectural Graphics, 1732-1986. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986., p. 140-142, cat. 61, plate 6
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  Client/Project Name: (untitled)
   
• Cooledge, Harold N. Jr. Samuel Sloan: Architect of Philadelphia 1815-1884. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986)., p. 230
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  Client/Project Name: Committee on Plans and Architecture of the Centennial Commission / Centennial Exhibition Buildings
  Architect Referenced: Sloan, Samuel (1815-1884)
   
• The Centennial Exposition Guide. (1876), p. 2
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  Client/Project Name: The Main Exhibition Building
  Architect Referenced: Dobbins, Richard J.
   
• Lewis, Michael J., Frank Furness: Architecture and the Violent Mind, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2001, p. 124, 137-138
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  Client/Project Name: Brazilian Pavilion, Main Building, Centennial Exhibition
   
• White, Theo B., ed., Philadelphia Architecture in the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1953., p. 31, plate 61
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  Client/Project Name: Main Building, Centennial Exhibition
  Architects Referenced: Pettit, Henry (1842 - 1921); Wilson, Joseph Miller (1838-1902)
   

Drawings, Photos, Papers, etc.

• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Linfoot Collection
  Holding Name: Elm Avenue Approach to Centennial Exhibition, and Eastern Front of Main Exhibition Building
  Quantity: 1 sheet, Call Number: 70-PR-004
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Linfoot Collection
  Holding Name: Centennial International Exhibition, Main Building
  Quantity: 1 sheet, Call Number: 70-PR-005
   
• Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Linfoot Collection
  Holding Name: Main Building, Centennial International Exhibition
  Quantity: 1 sheet, Call Number: 70-PR-030
   
• Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Jane Campbell Scrapbooks
  Holding Name: Centennial Exhibition Brazilian Court
  Quantity: 1 item, Call Number: v.10, 31
   

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