Identifier: strangerspocketg00phil (find matches)
Title: The stranger's pocket-guide to Philadelphia and the Centennial exhibition
Year: 1876 (1870s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, The Central news co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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is of American manufacture. There is a beautiful garden surrounding this res-taurant, filled with choice flowers and shrubberies, in which there are fountains,statues, etc., and also a beer-: en in which there will be music. The German Restaurant ds between this building and Horticultural Hall. It was erected by P. J. Laube Ms city, the cost, fncluding the privilege, being $30,000. It has a front of 2i .t, and at each end is an ornamental pavilion, between which there is a beautiml arcade, 86 by 24 feet. In the centre is an openspace, 77 by 120 feet. It stands on a hill, surrounded by delightful scenery. Thedining-room is 84 by 24 feet, and has large seating capacity. Meals are served at ageneral table or may be ordered from the bill of fare. The wine-house contains thechoicest brands of foreign wines, in the rear of which is the ice-cream saloon.Musical entertainments for the amusement of visitors are held in the garden whichsurrounds the restaurant. AND THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 11
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HORTICULTURAL HALL. This building is located on Lansdowne Plateau, north of the Main Building, andcommands a splendid view of the Schuylkill River and part of the city. It is383 feet long and 193 feet wide, its height being 72 feet, and its total area U acres.It was built by J. Rice, at a cost of $251,937, the city of Philadelphia contributingliberally towards the expense of the building. It is in the Moresque style ofarchitecture, of the twelfth century, the materials used being principally iron andglass. Its location and beauty of design render it the most attractive of the group. The department represented here is,— VII HoRTicuLTURE.-Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers; Hot-houses, Con-servatories, Graperies; Garden Tools, Accessories of Gardening; Garden Designing,Construction, and Management. In this building is exhibited all the native trees and shrubs of this country.England, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Brazil, Cuba,and Mexico, have also sent sp

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