The Grand Central Sanitary Fair, combined to represent the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, was opened officially in a ceremony at its 540 foot long temporary main structure built across Logan Square highlighting the more than a mile of building front in the city. The Fair ran till June 27, 1864 and collected more than one and a half million dollars to support the work of the Sanitary Commission. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Thomas Scharf and Thompson Wescott, History of Philadelphia 1609-1884, in three volumes (Philadelphia, PA: L.H. Everts & Co., 1884), I:815-816.
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