Sepia Times / Universal Images Group / GettyPeople gather at an information booth beneath the colossal torch and part of the arm of the Statue of Liberty, on display at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Visitors could view plans for the completed statue and climb a ladder to the torch, and they were asked to donate to a fund to build a massive pedestal. The statue was eventually completed and dedicated 10 years later, in October 1886.Giovanni Battista Brusa / The J. Paul Getty MuseumLa Regatta, Venice, circa 1876Eadweard J. Muybridge / The J. Paul Getty MuseumOriginal caption: “Panama. Native Women, 1875–1876”W. & D. Downey / Hulton Archive / GettyQueen Victoria of Great Britain sits on an ivory throne presented to her by the raja of Travancore, 1876.Hulton-Deutsch Collection / Corbis / GettyA crew member of the HMS Alert poses beside a speared walrus in the Arctic Circle. He was part of Captain George Nares’s British Arctic Expedition of 1875–1876.Andreas Larsen Dahl / Wisconsin Historical Society / GettyThe University of Wisconsin class of 1876 poses on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall), in Madison, Wisconsin.John K. Hillers / Library of CongressPhotograph of the Grand Canyon, looking east from the Toroweap Overlook in Arizona Territory in 1876. Photograph taken by John K. Hillers during the Powell Survey.Otto Schoefft / The J. Paul Getty MuseumOriginal caption: “Pyramid, Sphinx and excavation site, 1876”Corbis / GettyLeft: Original caption: “Na-tu’-ka, Algonquian Family, Piegan tribe, Age 23.” Right: Original caption: “Mu-Nahxk-Wai-yo, at 38 the chief of the Great Plains Blackfoot tribe during the late nineteenth century.”Carleton E. Watkins / The Met Museum, Gift of Carole and Irwin Lainoff, Ruth P. Lasser and Joseph R. Lasser, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Marvin, Martin E. and Joan Messinger, Richard L. Yett and Sheri and Paul SiegelLos Angeles, 1876. Possibly a view looking south, down the street now known as Broadway, seen from near West First Street, in downtown Los Angeles.Joshua H. Beal / The New York Public LibraryA detail from a panoramic view of Manhattan, showing the Brooklyn Bridge under construction, in 1876. From the NYPL page: “Joshua H. Beal climbed to the tower of the Brooklyn Bridge while it was still under construction, where he exposed five negatives to create this composite panorama.”Fotosearch / GettyA view of Deadwood, South Dakota, in its heyday, photographed by F. J. Haynes, showing storefronts and groups of men, between 1876-77.James Bragge / Imago / Piemags / ReutersMembers of a band pose with their instruments in front of the Braggins Hotel in Masterton, New Zealand, circa 1876. The sign above the door reads “E. Braggins Licensed to sell spirituous liquors.”George Barker / Sepia Times / Universal Images Group / GettyOnlookers watch as Maria Spelterini, an Italian tightrope walker, walks above Niagara Whirlpool while wearing peach baskets on her feet in July 1876.Attributed to Tung Hing / The J. Paul Getty MuseumOriginal caption: “Costumes. Chinese women.” Circa 1876.William Hart / Imago / Piemags / ReutersOriginal title: “Wool Scourers, Shag Valley station, Otago.” New Zealand, between 1876-80.Andreas Larsen Dahl / Wisconsin Historical Society / GettyHerman Amberg Preus, his wife Caroline Keyser Preus and visitors, seated outside a house in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, in 1876John Milne / Science & Society Picture Library / GettyJohn Milne traveled to Japan in 1876 to study seismology and experienced an earthquake on the evening of his arrival. He and W. K. Burton were professors at the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo.Sepia Times / Universal Images Group / GettyA view of the Kremlin in Moscow, circa 1876Andreas Larsen Dahl / Wisconsin Historical Society / GettyIssued as a stereograph entitled “The Artist,” Madison, Wisconsin, 1876. This Wisconsin State Capitol building was erected in 1857 and replaced in 1913. The flag on the side of Andreas Larsen Dahl’s wagon is a souvenir of the Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition of 1876.Manuel Mayo / Imago / Piemags / ReutersA panoramic photo of buildings and ships in the port of Genoa, Italy. Part of a travel album with photos and drawings by Manuel Mayo, from 1876.Valentine Blanchard / The J. Paul Getty Museum, Gift of Weston J. and Mary M. NaefOriginal title: “St. Paul’s Cathedral. London, England, about 1862–1879.”Sepia Times / Universal Images Group / GettyExcavation of Butte des Moulins in Paris, France, circa 1876, part of a much larger renovation projectCarleton Watkins / The J. Paul Getty MuseumAn overview of visitors gathering near the Presidio of San Francisco, during Centennial celebrations. A mock military battle was staged in San Francisco Bay to celebrate the U.S. Centennial.
