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Title: All together! Enlist in the Navy
Description: World War One recruitment poster for the United States Navy and depicting a white man American sailor standing among five other men sailors from allied countries. Flags are underneath each sailor to denote their nationality (left to right): Japan, France, United States, White Ensign of the Royal Navy used for the British Commonwealth, Russia, and Italy. In the left, the Japanese sailor, depicted with a dark-colored skin tone and attired in a blue uniform, holds his cap in his right hand. Next to him, the brown-haired, white French sailor with a mustache, attired in a blue shirt with two medals, a black utility belt, white pants, and black shoes, carries a rifle and bayonet in his left hand. He holds his cap up in the air with his right hand. The blond-haired American sailor, attired in a white cap and a blue uniform, stands in the center with his left arm around a sailor of the British Commonwealth. The British Commonwealth sailor, depicted with a light-brown color skin tone, is attired in a brimmed, straw sennet hat and a white sailor’s uniform (possibly to be portrayed from the Caribbean). He holds a telescope under his left arm and smiles at the American. The Russian sailor beside him with a mustache and attired in a white cap, a white shirt, and black pants, puts his arm on his back and on the back of the Italian sailor. In the right, the black-haired Italian sailor with a mustache and his face depicted with dark tones, is attired in a white cap, a blue shirt, and white pants. He stands and holds a rifle and bayonet over his right shoulder. In the background, battleships with Allied flags on the masts are visible on the water., Title from item., Publication information inferred from the content., Date from the artist's signature on recto: H. Reuterdahl, U.S.N.R.F. ’17., Accessioned 1980., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Henry Reuterdahl was a Swedish-born painter and illustrator who was well-known for his paintings of ships and nautical scenes. He served as artist-correspondent during the Spanish-American War and went on to develop a close association with the United States Navy.
Creator: Reuterdahl, Henry, 1871-1925, artist
Date: [ca. 1917]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department WWI Posters Drawer 2 Folder 12 [P.2284.191-204]

Title: [Naval Parade on the Delaware River during the Peace Jubilee]
Description: Photographs of ten views of the Naval Parade on the Delaware River during the Peace Jubilee on October 25, 1898. The ships depicted are the Tug Philadelphia; Japanese cruiser Kasagi; Texas; Topeka; Columbia; Mayflower; Marblehead; New Orleans; Gloucester; and the Transports Panther and Olivette. The Japanese cruiser Kasagi is depicted with two engine stacks, lines of nautical and national flags, and Japanese flags flying on the masts. Crew men are visible walking and standing on the deck and on the staircase on the side of the ship. Philadelphia honored the end of the Spanish-American War with the Peace Jubilee celebration from October 25-28, 1898. In addition to war ships, the naval procession included yachts, steamers, tugs, barges, and rowboats. The last warship in the line was the Kasagi, recently built at William Cramp & Sons’ shipyard in Philadelphia. Captain Kashiwabara, with the Japanese officers and crew, lined the deck in full dress., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note on verso., Gift of Ann L. Wood.
Creator: Butler, Walter L., photographer
Date: October 25, 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.2016.32.13-22]

Title: [View of the Centennial Machinery Hall with people from all nations]
Description: Block-printed wallpaper depicting an exterior view of Machinery Hall designed by Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson for the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Horse-drawn carriages bring visitors to and from the Hall. A large crowd of spectators walk on the grounds. In the foreground, people from various nationalities and ethnicities are represented including Native Americans attired in feather headdresses; two men, including a Black man, attired in fez hats; two Chinese men, one carrying a fan, attired in conical hats and robes; two Arab men in white headdresses and robes; and a Scottish man attired in a kilt. Other spectators include a man attired in a sailor’s uniform, men and women couples, and young boys., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Gift of David Doret., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1876]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ***Doret and Mitchell Collection – Prints [P.2022.62.3.49]

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