Ho all ye quick runners, fast walkers & fun lovers : A grand pic-nic will take place at Strawberry Mansion! on Monday, Sept. 28, '63, for which occasion the following it the programme: 1st---Sack race, ... 2d---Bell race, ... 3d---400 yard race, ... 4th---Short races, (for persons not less than 200 pounds weight.) To conclude with the champion walking match between the champion walker and three others, the champion giving 20 seconds start in 2 miles. The whole to be plentifully seasoned with dancing & other good things of life A fine band of music will be in attendance N.B.--Cars leave 2d & Arch Sts. for the place every 5 minutes. / The whole under the direction of David Jarvis, who, having escaped the draft, will at all times be pleased to see his friends and the public at No. 131 North Fourth Street. Tickets, 25 cents | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Creator	Jarvis, David, hotel-keeper.
Contributor	Strawberry Mansion (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Title	Ho all ye quick runners, fast walkers & fun lovers : A grand pic-nic will take place at Strawberry Mansion! on Monday, Sept. 28, '63, for which occasion the following it the programme: 1st---Sack race, ... 2d---Bell race, ... 3d---400 yard race, ... 4th---Short races, (for persons not less than 200 pounds weight.) To conclude with the champion walking match between the champion walker and three others, the champion giving 20 seconds start in 2 miles. The whole to be plentifully seasoned with dancing & other good things of life A fine band of music will be in attendance N.B.--Cars leave 2d & Arch Sts. for the place every 5 minutes. / The whole under the direction of David Jarvis, who, having escaped the draft, will at all times be pleased to see his friends and the public at No. 131 North Fourth Street. Tickets, 25 cents
Title	Grand pic-nic will take place at Strawberry Mansion! on Monday, Sept. 28, '63
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : U.S. Steam-power Job Printing Establishment, S.W. corner of Third and Chestnut Streets, Philada
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date	[1863]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 79 x 54 cm.
Notes	David Jarvis, hotel, 131 N. Fourth Street, is listed in Philadelphia directories from 1862 to 1865.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Picnicking -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
	Running races.
	Sack racing.
	Walking (Sports)
Genre	Broadsides.
Printer	United States Book and Job Printing Office (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| 2# Am 1863 Jarvis (1)1322.F.280 (McAllister)
Accession number	(1)1322.F.280 (McAllister)