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[Procession of Poor Richard Club members down Locust Street, Philadelphia] [graphic] / The Photo-Illustrators Phila.

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Photo Illustrators (Firm) [photographer.]

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PicturePublication details: [Philadelphia], [ca. 1925]; PA. Philadelphia. Description: 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 25 x 33 cm (9.75 x 12.75 in.)Notes: Title supplied by cataloger;
Photographer's blind stamp on recto.Local Notes: Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982;
Description revised 2022;
Access points revised 2023;
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.Imprint: PA. Philadelphia. 1925.Subject(s):

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Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.

Summary: Procession of the advertising and publishing club established in 1906 in honor of Benjamin Franklin past the Poor Richard Club and the nightclub, "Club Madrid," on the 1300 block of Locust Street. Depicts the members being led by a Franklin impersonator and a man, wearing makeup and a curly, white wig and attired in an embellished long-sleeved shirt with a cap, shorts, and white stockings, on horseback. They are followed by costumed and uncostumed members. All the costumed "young Franklins," except for a few who hold flags and a club banner, carry loaves of bread simulating Franklin's arrival to Philadelphia. Spectators watch from the sidewalk and the street, including an African American chauffeur leaning on a parked car. Parade may commemorate the relocation of the club to 1319 Locust Street from 239 Camac Street on November 30, 1925.

List(s) this item appears in: Queer history

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Visual Material	Library Company of Philadelphia Graphic Arts Department	Graphic Arts - Queer History Collection	Photo-Illustrators-11x14 [P.8876.3]	Available		133869

Total holds: 0

Title supplied by cataloger.

Photographer's blind stamp on recto.

Procession of the advertising and publishing club established in 1906 in honor of Benjamin Franklin past the Poor Richard Club and the nightclub, "Club Madrid," on the 1300 block of Locust Street. Depicts the members being led by a Franklin impersonator and a man, wearing makeup and a curly, white wig and attired in an embellished long-sleeved shirt with a cap, shorts, and white stockings, on horseback. They are followed by costumed and uncostumed members. All the costumed "young Franklins," except for a few who hold flags and a club banner, carry loaves of bread simulating Franklin's arrival to Philadelphia. Spectators watch from the sidewalk and the street, including an African American chauffeur leaning on a parked car. Parade may commemorate the relocation of the club to 1319 Locust Street from 239 Camac Street on November 30, 1925.

Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982.

Description revised 2022.

Access points revised 2023.

Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.