02478nkm a2200385 a 4500 000321160 20230712175529.0 kg bz 150715s1908 paunnn kneng d 10 ppl PPL gihc Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer. 57796 [225th aniversary of Germantown parade, Germantown, Pa.] [graphic]. October 6, 1908. 1 photograph: film negative; 7 x 12 cm (2.75 x 4.75 in). Title supplied by cataloger. Manuscript note on original envelope: 10-6-1908. Historical parade, being 225th aniv of Germantown Friends Meeting. On Germantown Ave. Film negative showing a group of men dressed as Revolutionary-era soldiers marching down Germantown Avenue in the parade for the 225th anniversary of the founding of Germantown. The men carry rifles over their shoulders. Spectators line both sides of the road. Patriotic bunting hangs from a building in the background. The original Bicentennial anniversary parade celebrated the first German immigrants to America and the first thirteen Quaker families who founded Germantown. A smaller annual holiday, German Day, began to be held in subsequent years in German-American communities. Forms part of Marriott C. Morris Collection. Gift of David M. Morris. Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris. Edited. Costumes. lctgm Fashion. lctgm 72012 Parades & processions Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Spectators Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) 13534 Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) Film negatives. gmgpc Philadelphia artists. PA. Philadelphia. 1908. Imprint Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2017.38.7] P.2017.38.7 mcm-p-2017.38.7.jpg P.2017.38.7 303502 303502 000321160 EMMA 40 20171017 0934 000321160 EMMA 40 20171018 0911 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1908. Imprint