Details
Title [Exterior view of the Formosa Tea House] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Date 1926
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (3.5 x 5.25 in.)
Description Exterior view of the Formosa Tea House at the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia held from May to November, 1926. Shows the front facade of the Japanese-style building. An American and a Japanese flag flank the front door and side entrance in the right. Paper lanterns and an additional Japanese flag hang from the open windows of the porch in the right. Women attendees walk around the Tea House. The Formosa Tea House was one of three buildings in the Japanese Garden. The Sesquicentennial Exposition, situated near the Navy Yard, celebrated the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence through attractions and entertainment in the form of pageants, exhibitions, and sporting events. Japan annexed Formosa (ie. the island of Taiwan) in 1895 and remained in control until 1945.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from event date.
Series no. written on negative: 113.
See related: Sesquicentennial [P.8609.3].
Subject Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Architecture, Japanese.
Exhibition buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Exhibitions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Flags -- American.
Flags -- Japan.
Japanese.
Paper lanterns.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Teahouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Taiwanese.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
AAPI.
Women.
Geographic subject South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Sesquicentennial [P.8609.127]
Accession number P.8609.3