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Creator Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer.
Title [American Legion parade, Broad Street, Philadelphia, August 30, 1949] [graphic] / The Photo-Illustrators, 1206 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. Commercial Photographers.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1949
Date August 30, 1949
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10.25 in.)
Description Scene from the parade showing a float of the battleship "Post 654, Waterman ILL" passing a large crowd in front of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, opposite the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, near Walnut Street. Men, women, and children spectators, including African Americans, sit and stand along the street and look on from windows and balconies. A photographer on a ladder records the event in the street. American flag bunting and a sign that reads, "Welcome Delegates" decorate the awning of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The American Legion, chartered in 1919, is a patriotic veterans mutual aid society.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from manuscript note written on verso: 1371 American Legion Parade Aug. 30 49 passing Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia.
Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject American Legion.
Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Parades & processions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Photographers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Spectators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- South -- 200 block
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1940-1950.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.3]
Accession number P.8807.3