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Creator Rea & Sharp engraver.
Contributor Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Archibald), 1822-1896, collector, former owner.
Printer: King & Baird, printer.
Title "The boys in blue," returning the state flags to the governor of Pennsylvania, Independence Square, Philadelphia July 4th, 1866. [graphic] / Rea & Sharp, engravers.
Publisher Philadelphia: King & Baird, printers,
Date [1866]
Extent 1 print: wood engraving, color; 39 x 29 cm.(15.5 x 11.5 in.)
Description Shows a large crowd of spectators surrounding a platform of dignitaries in Independence Square for the July 4th celebration commemorating the return of colors to the state by the Pennsylvania regiments. American flags and banners adorn the rear of Independence Hall. Several military personnel, flags, and a banner advertising King & Baird, book & job printers, are visible in the foreground. Veterans from over one-hundred regiments and the orphan children of soldiers and sailors killed during the Civil War attended the ceremony officiated by Mayor General George G. Meade and Governor Andrew G. Curtin.
Notes Copyright secured.
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited
Genre Wood engravings Color 1860-1870.
Subject Independence Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Flags--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Military parades & ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Fourth of July celebrations.
Spatial coverage Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Commemoration.
Independence Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Is part of Civil War Miscellany
Has format TMP.objres.4171.jpg
Call number Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *Ph Pr - Gov't Buildings - I [5779.7]
Accession number 5779.7

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