Details
Creator Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920, photographer.
Title Founder's Week, Industrial Day Oct. 7th 1908. Philadelphia Brewing Co.'s float. By courtesy of Philadelphia liquor dealers journal [graphic] / William H. Rau.
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. The float with a financial theme contains white men costumed as "Uncle Sam" and a late 17th-century gentleman near a chest labeled "State Treasury" and stacks of money bags. Float also contains a banner inscribed with the annual amounts of local, state, and federal taxes paid by Philadelphia brewers. 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: 2953.
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.
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
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.9151.7]
Accession number P.9151.7