1880 U.S. Centennial Commission: International Expo of 1876 INCOMPLETE SET

Description: United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition, 1876. Reports and Awards. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1880. INCOMPLETE AS A SET, LACKING VOLUME II. Uniform brown cloth binding measuring 9.25 x 6.25”, 8vos. Report of the Director General, Including the Reports of the Bureaus of Administration. LACKINGReports & Awards, Groups 1 and 2. Reports & Awards, Groups 3 to 7. Reports & Awards, Groups 8 to 14. Reports & Awards, Groups 15 to 20. Reports & Awards, Groups 21 to 27.Reports & Awards, Groups 28 to 36, and Collective Exhibits. In fair condition. Brown cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of spines bumped. Gilt lettering on spines & front boards overall bright and clean. Light soiling to edges of text-blocks, mostly top edges. Front gutters of Vols. I & VII are split with cording exposed. Fold-outs in Vol. I are intact & overall attractive; some fold-outs are beginning to tear or tone at creases. Top corner of Vol. V’s front end-page lacking. Light toning throughout text-blocks, some light instances of finger-soiling or age-staining. Bindings remain intact, some front gutters fragile. Please see photos. The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876. It was the first official world's fair to be held in the United States and coincided with the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence's adoption in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. It was held in Fairmount Park along the Schuylkill River on fairgrounds designed by Herman J. Schwarzmann. Nearly 10 million visitors attended the exposition, and 37 countries participated in it. Francis Amasa Walker (1840 – 1897) was an American economist, statistician, journalist, educator, academic administrator, and an officer in the Union Army. Walker's rise to prominence was accelerated by his appointment by Charles Francis Adams Jr. as the chief of the Bureau of Awards at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Previous world expositions in Europe were fraught with national factionalism and a superabundance of awards. Walker imposed a much leaner operation replacing juries with judges and being more selective in awarding prizes. Walker won formal international recognition when he was named a "Knight Commander" by Sweden and Norway and a "Comendador" by Spain. He was also invited to serve as Assistant Commissioner General for the 1878 Paris Exposition. The Centennial Exposition affected Walker's later career by greatly increasing his interest in technical education as well as introducing him to MIT President John D. Runkle and Treasurer John C. Cummings. INCOMPLETE AS A SET: Vol. II: Report of the Officers of the Centennial Commission. FORN-SHELF-0558-BB-2409-HK2083

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