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[Philadelphia] Queen, James Buildings of the Great Central Fair, in Aid of the U.S. Sanitary Commission Logan Square, Philadelphia, June, 1864 Chromolithograph. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, (1864). Title below image augmented by hand in ink. With a manuscript presentation on browned contemporary paper strip, "Presented to Wm. Stavely, Esq. in testimony of my appreciation of his valuable services as Chairman of the Bucks Co Pa. Committee on Agriculture, Great Central Fair. Alfred L. Kennedy, Chairman General Committee on Agriculture, Philadelphia July 1, 1864." "This view from the northwest corner of the square shows the extent of the fair's buildings... In the left background is the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul. This elaborate fair to raise money to help the sick and wounded of the Army and Navy opened on June 7, 1864, and ran for three weeks. President Lincoln and his wife visited it on June 16." Wainwright, Philadelphia in the Romantic Age of Lithography, 35.