The Philadelphia Building at the Charleston Exposition, 1902

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The City of Philadelphia was one of the exhibitors which constructed a building at the Exposition. On January 9, 1902, the Liberty Bell arrived in Charleston and was put on display inside the Philadelphia Building until the end of the exhibition. (Griffith & Griffith.)

As featured in Images of America - South Carolina's Lowcountry.

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