1876 Lithograph Centennial Fair Philadelphia Mississippi Building Log Cabin CXP1

"Mississippi Building" This is an original 1876 color lithograph of the Mississippi State Building at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. This building was described as "rudest in external appearance, homeliest in interior fitting up and furnishing, the building of the State of Mississippi challenges attention by the contrast which it presents with the gay and fanciful structures around it. [...] Mississippi displays no more of the builder's art than need be exercised by the emigrant who pitches upon a homestead in the shadows of the woods, and whose residence is a simple log cabin which he himself, although uninstructed in architectural mysteries, can fabricate." The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, was held at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Each lithograph in this collection is accompanied by an original one-page letterpress supplement with historical information (including