Spectators at Chinatown Parade photograph, 1937
Permanent ID:
14420
Call number:
V7:2351
Date:
October 10 1937
Image Description:
Two spectators standing on a balcony watching a parade in Chinatown. Both male spectators are looking toward the camera. The man to the left is wearing a light-colored linen suit jacket with a dark-colored bow-tie. His hair is parted in the middle and slicked and he is holding a sign that reads, "Shanghai Garden." The man behind, to the right, is wearing a matching light-colored linen suit jacket and a fedora and is holding two strings of one-dollar-bills tied like bows over the balcony railing.
Inscription:
10/10/37 Phila / Parade in Chinatown to commemorate 26th anniversary of Chinese Republic + raise money for war sufferers / Chinese dropping bells for war suffers
(On verso)
Address:
Philadelphia
Format:
Photographs
