Details
Creator Schreiber & Sons, photographer.
Title [German Peace Jubilee procession at the 600 block of Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., May 15, 1871] [graphic] / Schreiber & Son, photographers, 818 Arch St.
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1871
Date 1871
Physical Description 1 photographic print: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.)
Description View showing the German Peace Jubilee procession in celebration of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. Procession includes several horse-drawn carriages carrying parade dignitaries and a float labeled "Peace" transporting a band. Spectators crowd the sidewalks and the balcony of the office building Jayne's Hall (625-631 Chestnut). Bunting, as well as signage advertising a dry goods store and W.G. Spencer & Co., notions, is visible on the building. Also shows a partial view of Joseph Monier's bookbinding establishment at Seventh and Chestnut.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Photographer's blindstamp on mount.
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Jayne's Hall.
W.G. Spencer & Co.
German Americans -- Social life -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dry goods stores -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- Peace -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Chestnut Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 600 block -- North side.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Schreiber & Son - Processions [P.9840.1]
Accession number P.9840.1