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Field name	Value
Title	[Miscellaneous documents relating to the planning of the fair]
Date	1874-1875
Document Type	Official Record; Correspondence; Map
Description	Several items, including official opinions on the plans for the exhibition, circulars from various bureaus, information about the system of awards at the fair, opportunities for contractors to bid to sell photographs, soda water, and manufactured goods, a detailed overview of the system of classification, copies of regulations for various foreign exhibitors, correspondence regarding the transport of artworks to Philadelphia and concerning the space allotted to the Women's Work exhibit.
Visual Content	Includes an illustration of the Agricultural Building and a map of the fair site highlighting railway tracks for exhibitors transporting goods. View thumbnails
Fair	1876 Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia
Keywords	fair management, fair organization, fair administration, fair site, competition, award, concessionaire, industrial pavilions, exhibit classifications, regulations, national pavilions, women, transport, finance
Archive	Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Collection	Centennial Exhibition Collection 1544 - Series 2: Documentary Record of the Centennial
Copyright	Historical Society of Pennsylvania