Details
Creator Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer.
Title [Procession of Poor Richard Club members down Locust Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / The Photo-Illustrators Phila.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1925
Date [ca. 1925]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 25 x 33 cm (9.75 x 12.75 in.)
Description Procession of the advertising and publishing club established in 1906 in honor of Benjamin Franklin past the Poor Richard Club and the nightclub, "Club Madrid," on the 1300 block of Locust Street. Depicts the members being led by a Franklin impersonator and a man, wearing makeup and a curly, white wig and attired in an embellished long-sleeved shirt with a cap, shorts, and white stockings, on horseback. They are followed by costumed and uncostumed members. All the costumed "young Franklins," except for a few who hold flags and a club banner, carry loaves of bread simulating Franklin's arrival to Philadelphia. Spectators watch from the sidewalk and the street, including an African American chauffeur leaning on a parked car. Parade may commemorate the relocation of the club to 1319 Locust Street from 239 Camac Street on November 30, 1925.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographer's blind stamp on recto.
Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2023.
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 Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Portrayals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Poor Richard Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Automobiles -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Chauffeurs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Crossdressing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gender-nonconforming people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gender non-conforming people -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Queer history.
Geographic subject Locust Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1300 block.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Photo-Illustrators-11x14 [P.8876.3]
Accession number P.8876.3