Title |
Flags. |
Date |
ca. 1918 |
Physical Description |
Approximate: Britain-34 x 23 ¼; France-36 ½ x 22 ; Belgium- 39 ½ x 23 ; Italy-32 ½ x 25; American (2 flags)-35 x 24 ½ inches. |
Notes |
Set of six flags: French, Belgium, Italian, Union Jack, and two 48-star American flags. These flags decorated Mabel Brice’s
home at 1320 Locust Street when she hosted the Queen of Belgium for tea. Mabel Brice Wheeler (1873-1965) volunteered in the
Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania’s Belgium Relief Committee during the First World War. The Belgian Royal family toured the United
States between September 23 and November 1919 to thank the American people for all of their help. King Albert and Queen Elisabeth
of Belgium, along with their son Leopold, the Duke of Brabant, traveled to Philadelphia on October 27, 1919. They went to
Independence Hall and the headquarters of the Belgian Relief Committee. The Queen had tea at the home of Mabel Brice while
the King and Duke explored the shipyard at Hog Island. Ephraim and Mary Brice (Mabel’s parents) purchased the house in 1900,
and Mabel lived there the rest of her life. The Library Company bought the residence in 1967.
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Found in the collection-from the Cassatt House. |
Subject |
Wheeler, Mabel Brice. |
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Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1875-1934. |
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Elisabeth, Queen, consort of Albert I, King of the Belgians, 1876-1965. |
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Léopold III, King of the Belgians, 1901-1983. |
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Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania. |
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World War, 1914-1918. |
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Flags -- United States. |
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Flags -- Great Britain. |
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Flags -- France |
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Flags -- Italy |
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Flags -- Belgium. |
Geographic subject |
Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Genre |
Flag. |
Location |
OBJ 900 |
Accession number |
OBJ 900 |