Details
Creator Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920.
Contributor Griffith & Griffith, distributor.
Title [Grand Army of the Republic procession, North Broad Street, Philadelphia, September 5-6, 1899] [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : William H. Rau, publisher ; Sold only by Griffith & Griffith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1899
Date [ca. 1899]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View showing a cavalry group in formation on North Broad Street during the Grand Army of the Republic's National Encampment held in Philadelphia September 5-6, 1899. White columns connecting American flags and other patriotic bunting line Broad Street and spectators crowd the sidewalks to view the procession. Includes partial views of buildings facing Broad Street near Arch Street including the spire surrounded by scaffolding of the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Gas Improvement Building constructed on the opposite side of the street ca. 1898. The Grand Army of the Republic, a society of Union veterans was organized in 1866 to promote fraternity, charity, and loyalty among its members, including camp fires, encampments, the establishment of veteran relief funds, and the preservation of civil war sites and financing of memorials. A National Encampment was held every year from 1866 to 1949.
Notes Additional places of publication printed on mount, including Chicago; London; Hamburg, Ger.; and Milan, Italy.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount.
Distributor's imprint printed on mount.
Buff curved mount with rounded corners.
Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Grand Army of the Republic. National Encampment
Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Military parades & ceremonies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 000 block.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Printer Griffith & Griffith, distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Processions [P.9260.72]
Accession number P.9260.72