02005ckm a22003731i 4500 000221384 20230712160242.0 kjoco 050907s1859 paunnn kneng u (CPomAG) 10 McA-1413 ppl PPL gihc F. Moras & J.H. Camp. 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. Philadelphia: Drawn & printd by F. Moras & J.H. Camp, 609 Chestn. St., [1859] 1 print: chromolithograph; 16 x 19 cm.(6.25 x 7.25 in.) 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. 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 Sons of Malta. Independent Order. Academy of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.) 63570 Balls (Parties) Pennsylvania Philadelphia lctgm Fraternal organizations Pennsylvania Philadelphia. lctgm Aesthetics, Medieval. Chromolithographs 1850-1860. gmgpc SP10 Philadelphia artists. Provenance McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector. Imprint PA. Philadelphia. 1859. Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. BW - Associations - I [(1)1322.F.104] (1)1322.F.104 211437 211437 000221384 MASTER 40 20060505 1257 000221384 MASTER 40 20060505 1257 000221384 MASTER 40 20060508 0913 000221384 20071018 1959 000221384 ERIKA 40 20090227 1221 000221384 ERIKA 40 20091101 2038 000221384 ERIKA 40 20100319 1524 000221384 ERIKA 40 20100702 0836 ppl PA. Philadelphia. 1859. Imprint McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.