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Title 49th social assembly and fancy dress party of the Mercantile Reading Association. Musical Fund Hall, Thursday March 22, 1866 [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]: Stein & Jones, lith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1866
Date [1866]
Physical Description 1 print: lithograph, tinted with two stones; 8 x 12 cm. (3.25 x 4.5 in.)
Description Ticket for the Phildelphia Jewish social club event containing vignettes and filigree. Vignettes show couples attired in medieval and peasant costumes. Also shows one of the costumed men holding a banner marked "MRA." The Mercantile Reading Association, originally the Mercantile Club, was established in 1853.
Notes Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
See also the proofs before tint stones [P.9349.140e&154e].
Subject Mercantile Reading Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jews -- Societies, etc.
Masquerades -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Costumes.
Genre Lithographs -- 1860-1870.
Tickets -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153m]
Accession number P.9349.153m