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Creator F. Moras & J.H. Camp.
Title Charity ball of the Sons of Malta at the American Academy of Music Philadelphia March 4th 1859. [graphic] : Minnehaha Lodge & Supreme Grand Council of the I.O.S.M of East Pennsyla.
Publisher Philadelphia: Drawn & printd by F. Moras & J.H. Camp, 609 Chestn. St
Date [1859]
Physical Description 1 print: chromolithograph; 16 x 19 cm.(6.25 x 7.25 in.)
Description Fraternal organization invitation incorporating a medieval theme. Includes a knight, a woman in medieval attire shielding her children with her cloak, a globe wrapped in the American flag, the eye of god, and an ivy border. The Sons of Malta Minnehaha Lodge was organized in 1857 and dissolved in 1903. It was the last lodge of the social club.
Notes Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
Clipping dated March 5, 1859 describing the ball included in Poulson's scrapbooks, Illustrations of Philadelphia, vol. 1, p. 45.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 24
Subject Sons of Malta. Independent Order.
Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Balls (Parties) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Aesthetics, Medieval.
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1850-1860.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| BW - Associations - I [(1)1322.F.104]
Accession number (1)1322.F.104