Details
Title [Marshal Joffre coming down steps at Independence Hall. Phila., Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date 1917
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 20 x 25 cm (8 x 9.5 in.)
Description Photograph depicting Marshal Joseph Joffre walking down the steps at Independence Hall during the French High Commission visit to Philadelphia on May 9, 1917. Shows Joffre, attired in uniform, holding his right hand up in a salute as he walks out of the doorway from Independence Hall and down the steps. A group of men walk in front of and behind Joffre, including several men attired in military caps. A police officer stands beside the doorway. In the left, an African American man, attired in a cap, a coat with buttons down the front, and pants, sits on the frame in the open window with his hands on his laps and looks on. Joseph Joffre was a French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French forces from the start of World War I until the end of 1916. He accompanied the French High Commission's trip to the United States in 1917 and visited Washington D.C., Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Illinois, and Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, they went to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Franklin's grave, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Notes Title based on manuscript note written on verso.
Date inferred from event date.
See related: photo - unidentified - events - World War I [7066.Q.2-3; 7066.5-16].
Subject Joffre, Joseph Jacques Césaire, 1852-1931.
Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Police -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Saluting.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
World War, 1914-1918.
African American history.
Geographic subject 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.4]
Accession number 7066.Q.4