William Penn and the Philadelphia Bi-Centenary

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William Penn and the Philadelphia Bi-Centenary

Item Info

Item No: pdcc00150
Title: William Penn and the Philadelphia Bi-Centenary
Additional Title: A Scene on Chestnut Street in 1782
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Engraving on wood depicting a group of well-dressed bystanders watching a parade of uniformed soldiers on horseback. A carriage pulled by a team of two horses is shown upper left. Three children, one of them an African American carrying a heavy basket, appear to be selling their wares.

Caption reads: William Penn and the Philadelphia Bi-Centenary, - A Scene on Chestnut Street in 1782. - see page 23.

Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.


Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.3
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler