[225th aniversary of Germantown parade, Germantown, Pa.]
Morris, Marriott Canby
1863-1948
photographer
still image
Graphic
Film negatives
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PA. Philadelphia
October 6, 1908
1908
monographic
eng
1 photograph: film negative; 7 x 12 cm (2.75 x 4.75 in).
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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript note on original envelope: 10-6-1908. Historical parade, being 225th aniv of Germantown Friends Meeting. On Germantown Ave.
Forms part of Marriott C. Morris Collection.
Costumes
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Parades & processions
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Spectators
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
P.2017.38.7
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