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Title: [Peace Jubilee parade, Knights of Templar, in front of Keneseth Israel Temple, 1717 North Broad Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts the Knights of Templar marching in uniform in front of a large crowd standing on the sidewalk and sitting in elevated viewing stands in front of Keneseth Israel Temple. The Knights of Templar was formed as a monastic military group at the end of the First Crusade. Military and naval parades were held during the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War of 1898., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering., Keneseth Israel congregation was founded in 1847. The cornerstone of the temple at North Broad Street and Columbia Avenue was laid on October 19, 1891. Built after designs by Oscar Frotscher and Louis Caron Hickman.
Creator: Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date: October 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.245]

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with green ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 129, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 2005e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 2005e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with green ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 132, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 1108e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during military acts of an ambush and onthe march and acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains a vignette with and details of emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with blue ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 131, Library of Congress: LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC/PP-1997:105 Queen prints and drawings (C size) - 55 prints Knights of Pythias

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 133, Library of Congress: PGA - Hunter, T.--Knights of... (D size) [P&P]
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Hunter, T.--Knights of... (D size) [P&P]

Title: Knights of Pythias [membership certificate]
Description: Membership certificate containing vignettes of scenes representing the tenets of the order (i.e., friendship, benevolence, and charity) composed within a border designed as a monument. Scenes include figures attired in Roman costume during acts of intervention from persecution and imprisonment. Also contains bust-length portraits of Roman soldiers, allegorical female figures, and emblems of the order, including a sword laid on an open Bible; crossed swords; a sprig of myrtle; and spikes. Knight of Pythias was an international, non sectarian, fraternal order established in 1864 on the principles of "toleration in religion, obedience to law, and loyalty to government.", Text printed with blue ink., Not in Wainwright., Copyrighted by S.S. Davis Supreme Chancellor., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 130, Library of Congress: PAGA 7, no. 2006e (E size) Knights of Pythias
Date: c1873
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PAGA 7, no. 2006e (E size) Knights of Pythias

Title: At the direction of [Alice] we have entered your name upon our list for a year’s subscription to Ladies’ Home Journal We trust that the copies we shall have the pleasure of sending will prove to be pleasant reminders of the friend who sends to you this holiday remembrance, the Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia
Description: Subscription certificate for the Ladies’ Home Journal containing images of a stained glass work depicting knights (recto) and a medieval royal court scene with white figures (verso). Stained glass illustration shows white men knights, attired in armor and holding a sword and a lance, flanking a shield containing the text of the certificate. Royal court scene after artist John R. Peirce depicts a king, queen, and other guests seated and dining at a long dining table. A woman walks behind the table while carrying a steaming plate of food. In the right, a lutist and a harpist, slouching on a chair, play music near two dogs standing on all fours. In the left, a princess, holding hands with a knight seated behind her, sits on a wooden bench and watches the musicians. In the background is a Christmas tree., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Name of publisher from copyright statement: c. by C.P. Co., Gift of David Doret., Pennsylvania artist John R. Peirce (1900-1970) was a commercial illustrator and also painted landscapes and portraits. He graduated from the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art.
Date: [ca. 1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2019.64.19]

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