Details
Contributor Furness, Evans & Co., architect.
McKim, Mead & White, architect.
Title [Street decorations for Liberty Loan during the World War, Phila., Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date [ca. 1919]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 20 x 25 cm (8 x 9.5 in.)
Description Photograph depicting buildings decorated and the Statue of Victory in front of City Hall, Philadelphia to promote the Victory Liberty loan. In front of City Hall is the Statue of Victory, which was unveiled on April 21, 1919 at the start of the Victory Loan drive. Drapes of fabric decorate City Hall. American flags and several flags from allies, including Great Britain and Japan, decorate the buildings on Broad Street, including the Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank built in 1905 to 1907 after the designs of Furness, Evans & Co. with detailing by McKim, Mead and White. Pedestrians crowd the sidewalks and street. A bicylist stands in the left. Automobiles and a horse-drawn wagon travel down the street. Several artillery guns are along the the street. The United States Treasury in conjunction with the Federal Reserve issued Liberty Loans, also known as Liberty Bonds, to finance the cost of America’s participation in the war. Four Liberty Loans were issued on April 24, 1917, October 1, 1917, April 5, 1918, and September 28, 1918 raising a total of 17 billion dollars. A fifth bond called the Victory Liberty Loan was issued on April 21, 1919.
Notes Title from manuscript note written on verso.
Date inferred from content.
See related: photos - unidentified - events - World War I - [P.7066.Q.29]
Subject City Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank.
Automobiles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Carts & wagons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flags -- American.
Flags -- Japan.
Liberty bonds.
Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
War bonds & funds.
War relief.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work.
AAPI.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 100 block.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
United States -- History -- 1913-1921.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.28]
Accession number 7066.Q.28