Veterans

Covers reunions of confederate veterans throughout the country. Depicts the Old Guard State Fencibles of Philadelphia, Pa. including training programs, meetings, and parades. Grand Army of the Republic parades and encampments across the country are also illustrated, including portraits of veterans a...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1929-1946
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Summary: Covers reunions of confederate veterans throughout the country. Depicts the Old Guard State Fencibles of Philadelphia, Pa. including training programs, meetings, and parades. Grand Army of the Republic parades and encampments across the country are also illustrated, including portraits of veterans and their families. The parade of Italian American war veterans in front of Independence Hall is covered. Includes a meeting of the Combined Veterans Committee of Philadelphia, now known as the United Veterans Council of Philadelphia. Includes portraits of veterans at the Philadelphia Naval Home. Highlights the men practicing a variety of hobbies, posed with navy relics, and with children at special events. Contains a group portrait taken at a meeting of the Municipal War Veterans Association. Shows veterans waiting to be interviewed at the Veterans Information and Advisory Center in Philadelphia. Includes images of veterans picketing and attending rallies in support of veterans housing. Shows officials inspecting lots in Philadelphia suitable for temporary housing construction. Illustrates families moving into Lehigh Homes. Contains architectural drawings of McCloskey Homes and the General Hospital in Wilmington.
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
Physical Description: 110 photoprints : silver gelatin