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Easter

Documents Easter traditions. Includes painting eggs, Easter eggs and candy, the Easter bunny, the uppering game, and the Italian custom of having a lamb. Shows Easter promenades to the New Jersey shore and to Logan Square. Depicts amateur photographer taking portrait of friends at Logan Square. Al...

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Corporate Author: Philadelphia Record
Language:English
Published: 1904-1946
Subjects and Genres:
Temple University > Stadium (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Municipal Auditorium (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Children & animals
Sheep
Games
Easter eggs
Manners & customs
Religious services > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Italian Americans > Social life
Photography > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Boardwalks > New Jersey > Atlantic City
Easter.
Candy
Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Reyburn Plaza (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Franklin Field (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Summary: Documents Easter traditions. Includes painting eggs, Easter eggs and candy, the Easter bunny, the uppering game, and the Italian custom of having a lamb. Shows Easter promenades to the New Jersey shore and to Logan Square. Depicts amateur photographer taking portrait of friends at Logan Square. Also contains images of sunrise services throughout Philadelphia, particularly at Franklin Field, the Convention Hall, Reyburn Plaza, Temple University Stadium, and the plaza at Broad Street and Roosevelt Boulevard. Emphasizes the tradition of promenading along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, both on foot and in rolling chairs. Shows Easter Sunday fashions, and includes many women posed with soldiers and/or dogs.
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
Item Description: Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.
Physical Description: 202 photoprints : silver gelatin; 5 photoprints 11"x 17" or smaller

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