Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Tracks possibly leading to Chester; see AP-9079-5, with many smokestacks on horizon.
Possibly photographed for a legal case involving a trolley accident. Farm buildings and dwellings in background, and large house behind telephone pole on left, and what seem to be many smokestacks in far distance.
Play or minstrel show in makeshift performance space, possibly the Media Minstrel Association headquarters. 19 Perge Modo” on banner above stage. Image out of focus. Two white men wearing dark makeup referred to as blackface, supposed to make them look like Black people. Performances like this one, sometimes called minstrel shows, often included racist songs and humor, and were performed by white people for white audiences. Ironically there is a bust of William Shakespeare on stage.
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed with the names of Chester's World War I dead, was removed a year later, according to another Chester Times article on November 12, 1919. Market Square was where Market Street (now Avenue of the States) crossed 3rd Street; this address no longer exists.
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed with the names of Chester's World War I dead, was removed a year later, according to another Chester Times article on November 12, 1919. Market Square was where Market Street (now Avenue of the States) crossed 3rd Street; this address no longer exists.
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed with the names of Chester's World War I dead, was removed a year later, according to another Chester Times article on November 12, 1919. Market Square was where Market Street (now Avenue of the States) crossed 3rd Street; this address no longer exists.
Four photographs, P-14003A through D. See Chester Times, November 9 and 11, 1918, for articles describing this event. Over 5,000 people crowded the square to witness the unveiling. The temporary shaft, erected by the Chester Rotary Club and inscribed with the names of Chester's World War I dead, was removed a year later, according to another Chester Times article on November 12, 1919. Market Square was where Market Street (now Avenue of the States) crossed 3rd Street; this address no longer exists.
