RARE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL 1876 WORLDS CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION PUZZLE - EXPOSITION FAIR

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RARE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL 1876 WORLDS CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION PUZZLE - EXPOSITION FAIR:
$489.95

For your consideration is this original and very rare 141year-old puzzle game set entitled “The Great American CENTENNIAL EXHIBITIONPUZZLE BLOCKS, In Sectional Parts”. This beautiful and antique puzzle set wasmanufactured by George H. Chinnock in 1875 for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.This wonderful and scarce puzzle set is comprised ofsectional building blocks, printed in oil colors, of the five principal buildingsof the Exhibition, copied from the original drawings issued by theCommissioners. To add to the beauty of the puzzle, the five views of thebuildings are each printed in different styles, as follows:1. Art Gallery, in morning view; 2. Machinery Hall, at sunset view; 3. Horticultural Hall, night scene - illuminated; 4. Agricultural Hall, in storm view; 5. The Main Building, day scene - Grand Opening.The puzzles come in a solid wooden box with a blue papercover and a color chromolithograph of the first building, the Art Gallery. The box measuresapprox. 3” x 12” x 22”. There is wear to the box, commensurate with it being a141 year-old antique, such as scratches and chips to the blue paper coveringand litho. The box top also reads:\"Registered in the Patent Office at Washington D.C. in the year1875.\" \"Patent pending 1875.\" \"Brett Litho Co. 116, FultonSt. N.Y.\"Each of the five blocks of buildings, when assembled andstacked, depict one giant puzzle similar to the lithograph poster issued by theCentennial Board of Finance to advertise the Centennial InternationalExhibition. The entire puzzle with all five Exhibition buildings stacked inorder measures a large 27 inches by 21 inches and contains 167 oil-coloredlithograph-on-wood puzzle pieces. The five blocks of buildings, while of thesame length, are different in height, as originally depicted in the originaldrawings for the exhibition buildings. The Art Gallery measures 21” x 7” andcontains 34 pieces; The Machinery Hall measures 21” x 4” and contains 33pieces; The Horticultural Hall measures 21” x 6.25” and contains 34 pieces; TheAgricultural Hall measures 21” x 5.75” and contains 33 pieces; and The MainBuilding measures 21” x 4” and contains 33 pieces. Each of the fiveoil-colored chromolithographblocks of puzzles show the five prominent buildings at the CentennialExhibition of 1876 during different times of the day and weather conditions, aslisted above. The views also include heavy pedestrian traffic, visitorstraveling the grounds by carriage, fountains, statuary, and variant skyscapes.The Main Building view also shows a troop of marching soldiers and severalstreet cars, including a \"Fairmount Park\" vehicle. This souvenirpuzzle may have gone along with the introduction/display of at least two new & improved versions of the scrollsaw in the Machinery Hall.This is a very scarce puzzle to come by, especially onewith no missing or broken pieces. I already packaged it so the cost you see isactual price based on box size and weight.Will ship worldwide!Please ask if you have any additional questions. Below is some historical facts regarding the greatCentennial International Exhbition of 1876.

History

The Centennial Exhibition of 1876, the first exposition of its kind inthe United States, celebrated100 years of American independence and the nation\'s emergence as aninternational industrial power. The celebration took place inPhiladelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight millionvisitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park andconsisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan andrun the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the CentennialBoard of Finance. It was established that the exhibition would featuremanufacturing, agricultural, and cultural arts from around the world. HermannJ. Scwarzmann, a German immigrant, was chosen to design the layout of theexhibition.More importantly, it was to serve as a showcase ofAmerica\'s resources and inventiveness, as well as the technologicaladvancements achieved in its short history. The major buildings were MemorialHall, Machinery Hall, theMainBuilding, Horticultural Hall, andAgricultural Hall.Everything displayed at the Centennial wasclassified into one of eight departments: Mining and Metallurgy, Manufactures,Education, Science, Art, Machinery, Agriculture, and Horticulture.More than ten million visitors visitedthe works of 30,000 exhibitors during its six-month run, encounteringmind-boggling wonders like telephones, typewriters, and a gigantic Corlisssteam engine. This souvenir puzzle may have gone along with the introduction/displayof at least two new & improved versions of the scroll saw in the MachineryHall.Although the Centennial lost money, it provided ample evidence ofAmerican progress in education, industry, and the arts that would have alasting impact on foreign trade.