Details
Title [Return of 28th Division parade in Philadelphia, welcome home, passing Independence Hall May 15, 1919] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date May 15, 1919
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 20 x 25 cm (8 x 9.5 in.)
Description Photograph depicting soldiers of the 28th Division of the Army marching past Independence Hall at 520 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia at the homecoming parade on May 15, 1919. Shows the soldiers carrying rifles and marching in formation down the street. In the right, spectators sit in bleachers and watch the parade. A banner on the post of the bleachers reads, "Boureuilles." American and Allied flags, including a Japanese flag, decorate the buildings. Police officers stand flanking the parade route. A photographer takes photographs standing on a stone urn on the sidewalk in the left. The 28th Infantry Division represents the Pennsylvania National Guard and was also called the "Iron Division" and “Keystone Division.” The Division served in World War I, including at the Battle of Chateau-Thierry.
Notes Title and date from manuscript note written on verso.
See related: photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.44-50].
Subject United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.
United States. Army. Division, 28th.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bleachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flags -- American.
Flags -- Japan.
Homecomings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Military parades & ceremonies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Military uniforms -- American.
Police -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Military personnel -- American.
AAPI.
Geographic subject Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 520.
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.45]
Accession number 7066.Q.45