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Discuss the ways in which the history of the U.S. was presented in the stock certificate for the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia by F. O. C. Darley and S. J. Ferris. Compare it with the overall narrative of nationhood contained in the early 19th century relief sculptures above the doorways in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D. C. Be sure to comment on the ways in which these images would have been influenced by the locations in which they were viewed.