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Founder's Week, Industrial Day, Oct. 7th 1908. Phila. Brewing Co.'s float. By courtesy of Philadelphia liquor dealers journal [graphic] / William H. Rau, Phila.
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Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer.
Title
Founder's Week, Industrial Day, Oct. 7th 1908. Phila. Brewing Co.'s float. By courtesy of Philadelphia liquor dealers journal [graphic] / William H. Rau, Phila.
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1908
Date
October 7, 1908
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver mounted on cardboard ; mount 28 x 35 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Description
View showing a horse-drawn Philadelphia Brewing Company float on the 300 block of South Broad Street during the Founder's Week parade. Four white men, attired in white suits and hats, lead the horses pulling the float. The float contains two white men near displays of crates of bottles and is adorned with a hand-painted banner depicting a freight train near factories and a vignette portrait of a horse. Also shows a large crowd of spectators, including African American men, women, and children, seated in viewing stands decorated with bunting and standing along the street. A white man police officer stands in front of the crowd. Partial view of Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyterian Church (321 S. Broad) is visible in the background. Founder’s Week celebrated the 225th anniversary of the founding of Philadelphia, October 4-10, 1908. There were numerous parades and activities with each day having a special designation, including Religious, Military, Municipal, Industrial, Children’s and Naval, Historical, and Athletic and Knights Templar Day.
Notes
Title and photographer's imprint inscribed in negative.
Inscribed in negative: 2955.
Purchase 1986.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Philadelphia Brewing Co.
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Brewing industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Floats (Parades) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Founders' Day commemorations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Police -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 300 block -- East side.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Rau. [P.9151.6]
Accession number
P.9151.6
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African American History Photographs
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