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Depicts all aspects of mumming in Philadelphia including string bands, comics, floats and spectators at parades. Many parade views taken near City Hall on New Year's Day, as well as at the Democratic and Republican National Convention and the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial. Shows preparat...
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1928-1943
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Depicts all aspects of mumming in Philadelphia including string bands, comics, floats and spectators at parades. Many parade views taken near City Hall on New Year's Day, as well as at the Democratic and Republican National Convention and the U.S. Constitution Sesquicentennial. Shows preparations for parades like costume sewing, float building, and other club events. Many themes relate to World War II. Of note are images of spectators standing on baskets to see the mummers. Also documents the mummers at the 1939 World's Fair in New York. Includes views of Quaker City String Band costumes ruined by fire. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and |
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Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Morgue Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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241 photoprints : silver gelatin; 11 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller |