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Sailors from North Atlantic Squadron. G.A.R. Encampment Phila'da. [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A100239
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Title
Sailors from North Atlantic Squadron. G.A.R. Encampment Phila'da. [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1899
Date
[ca. 1899]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : gelatin silver on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View looking northeast along Filbert Street, showing sailors marching in uniform with rifles slung over their shoulders during the Grand Army of the Republic's National Encampment held in Philadelphia September 5-6, 1899. A man, possibly a police officer or parade participant, stands in the foreground looking at the marchers. View includes the south flank of Masonic Temple, spectators gathered on the north sidewalk, and brick row houses on the north side of Filbert Street. 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.
Is part of
Unidentified series 351-3821
Notes
Title printed on mount below image.
Publisher's imprint printed on mount.
Decorative printed floral pattern flanks image.
Buff curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Subject
Grand Army of the Republic. National Encampment
Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Military parades & ceremonies -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sailors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Masonic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Filbert Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1300 block.
Genre
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Gelatin silver prints -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - unidentified - Processions [P.9047.126]
Accession number
P.9047.126
In Collections
Printed and Graphic Ephemera
Stereograph Collection
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