02952ckm a2200517 a 4500 000140944 20230712141049.0 khobo 000105s1949 paunnn kneng d (CPomAG)AFR-305 1 3 ppl PPL dcrmgr Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer. [American Legion parade, Broad Street, Philadelphia, August 30, 1949] [graphic] / The Photo-Illustrators, 1206 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. Commercial Photographers. [Philadelphia], August 30, 1949. 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10.25 in.) Title supplied by cataloger. Date from manuscript note written on verso: 1371 American Legion Parade Aug. 30 49 passing Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia. 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. Forms part of: The Photo-Illustrators Collection. 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. American Legion. 4979 Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.) African Americans Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Parades & processions Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Photographers Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Spectators Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Broad Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) South 200 block Gelatin silver prints 1940-1950. gmgpc Women. 82663 SP3 African American History SP10 Philadelphia artists. Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1949. Library Company of Philadelphia PRINT PRINT Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.3] P.8807.3 p-8807-3.jpg 2000/01/05 ep 2001/07/24 ja Pr Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.3] Pr P.8807.3 LCPD Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.3] (CPomAG)00145891 133967 133967 000140944 CONV 00 20051208 1945 000140944 20060120 1808 000140944 20060201 1534 000140944 JENNY 40 20061219 1514 000140944 JENNY 40 20070111 1553 000140944 20071018 1952 000140944 CONCETTA 40 20140331 1530 000140944 LINDA 40 20220422 1422 000140944 LINDA 40 20220422 1421 000140944 LINDA 40 20220422 1420 000140944 LINDA 40 20220425 0939 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1949. Imprint