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Title: State House
Description: Views showing a large gathering of people around a band in Independence Square at the rear of the State House. Also shows guards near the back entrance of the State House, barren trees, and an individual seated near a handcart in front of the rear gate of the square on Walnut Street., Title from photographer's label accompanying stereograph., Stereograph on yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Government buildings [(8)1322.F.9a-2], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Moran - I [(3)1322.F.9c], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - Moran [(8)1322.F.9e]

Title: [Peace Jubilee parade, marching band in front of Keneseth Israel Temple, 1717 North Broad Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts a marching band performing in front of a large crowd standing on the sidewalk and sitting in elevated viewing stands in front of Keneseth Israel Temple. The domes of Grace Baptist Church are visible in the distance. 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.9453.246]

Title: Elk's Convention, Phila. July 15-21, 1907. "Dutch Disturbers," Kansas City display
Description: View showing a float, a horse-drawn decorated wagon, carrying a band along Broad Street in a procession for the Elks Convention, the 21st annual reunion of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.), held in Philadelphia in 1907. A man sitting in the front holds a sign reading, "Kelly's original Dutch Disturbers, Kansas City". Signs on the side of the wagon include, "A Dam-Humbug and P.T. Nopaws consolidated air ship shows," "Winter Quarters, no. 26, B.P.O. Elks, Kansas City, Mo.," and "Greatest aggregation between earth and ski". The Court of Honor and parade spectators are visible in the background. Patriotic bunting covers buildings flanking Broad Street., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Distributor's imprint and logo stamped on mount., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., C.H. Graves published under the imprint "Universal Photo Art Co." between 1896 and 1904., See Darrah, The World of Stereographs, p. 52., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: c1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Processions [P.9047.39]

Title: [Peace Jubilee parade, square float in front of the Keneseth Israel Temple, 1717 North Broad Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts a square horse-drawn float decorated with flags and star banners. Two men lead the way on horses in the foreground. A marching band follows the float in the background. Includes a large crowd standing on the sidewalk and sitting in the viewing stands in front of Keneseth Israel Temple. 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.9453.259]

Title: [Peace Jubilee parade, Police Department Marching Band, in front of Keneseth Israel Temple, 1717 North Broad Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Depicts the marching band of the Police Department performing for a large crowd standing on the sidewalk and sitting in elevated viewing stands in front of Keneseth Israel Temple. Horses pull decorated floats in the background. 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.9453.244]

Title: Views of the House of Refuge, Philadelphia
Description: Views show the House of Refuge site that opened in 1850 between Parrish and Brown Streets between Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth Streets. Exterior views depict the front lawn of the White Boys Department, designed by John McArthur, Jr., facing west and south, showing men and women standing, sitting, and lying on the landscaped lawn near the ivy-covered building. Views includes dogs, flower beds and planters. Another view shows boys in uniform belonging to the drum and flute corps of the brass band standing on the entrance stairs to the five-bay, ivy-covered White Boys Department. Men and boys are visible in the windows on the first floor. Interior views of the White Boys Department depict rows of single beds in the dormitory, the stark wide hallway of the "B" division, the kitchen, and the dining room with long rows of tables covered with place settings in preparation for a meal., Photographer's imprint on versos in decorative font. Includes vignette of painting palette with brushes extending through the hole., Descriptions of images written in manuscript notes on versos., Yellow curved mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Chillman, P. E. (Philip Edward), 1841-1915
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Chillman - Prisons [P.9523.1-7]

Title: Testimonial banquet to Ms. Eugenia M. Neal. Daughter Ruler Keystone Temple, No. 448 I.B.P.O.E.W., Dec. 8, 1930. O. V. Catto Elks Home, Philadelphia
Description: Panoramic group portrait photograph depicting over one hundred African American men and women, of all ages, at a testimonial banquet of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World for Eugenia Neal (1873-1949). The attendees, attired in evening wear, sit at rows of tables and a few booths in the right of the room. Attendees wear suits, tuxedos, and evening and cocktail dresses. Most of the sitters do not smile and face the camera. Some are turned away or eating. Some of the men wear their I.B.P.O.E.W. fezzes. In the right background, one woman has an arch of flowers over her. The tables are covered in white tablecloths and lined with plates of food, serving platters, and silver pitchers. In the background, at the back of the room, a small band of men musicians is seated next to a woman at a piano. Streamers and a paper bell adorn the ceiling. The O.V. Catto Elks Lodge began in 1903 as a chapter of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World established in 1897 with a mission to "practice charity by providing and performing charitable services in our communities throughout the world and by promoting harmony, friendship, and unity among our esteemed members." By 1926, the Lodge had over 3000 members, and in 1929, it relocated to a new building that included a boxing ring, basketball court, and rooftop garden, at 16th and Fitzwater. Eugenia Neal, born Eugenia Brisby in Virginia, worked as a typesetter in Philadelphia by 1920. Married to Moses Neal in 1896, the couple resided in Atlantic City before relocating to Philadelphia by 1910. As a Daughter Ruler, Neal lead the Keystone Temple with her male counterpart, Exalted Ruler, and "under their leadership, all Elks shall show[ed] truth in activities and live[d] to help others, while promoting Brotherly and Sisterly Love to all.", Title and date from item.
Date: [1930]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department framed graphics [P.2023.5]

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