Depicts people sitting and standing underneath of the wooden viewing stands erected along Broad Street for the Peace Jubilee, a celebration of the end of the Spanish American War held in 1898. Included a military parade that passed through a Court of Honor and Triumphal Arch, along with other festivities that lasted several days in October. The word "Victory" is painted on the sides of a wooden tower that rises from the section of the stands in front of the Mercantile Club, built on North Broad Street in 1892 after designs by Baker & Dallett. Patriotic bunting and American flags decorate the stands and surrounding buildings., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
October 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.242]
View showing Grand Army of the Republic members marching in front of a reviewing stand where President McKinley is seated under a canopy observing the spectacle during the National Encampment held in Philadelphia September 5-6, 1899. The stands, situated in front of City Hall, are adorned in patriotic bunting. Two large decorative "welcome" columns flank the president's box and contain the names of various armies. The Grand Army of the Republic, a society of Union veterans was organized in 1866 to promote fraternity, charity, and loyalty among its members, including camp fires, encampments, the establishment of veteran relief funds, and the preservation of civil war sites and financing of memorials. A National Encampment was held every year from 1866 to 1949., Copyrighted by B.L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date
c1899
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Events [P.9047.37]
