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Centennial commemoration at Philadelphia [ticket]: Three millions of colonists on a strip by the sea. Now forty millions of freemen ruling from ocean to ocean

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Ticket to the "Grand Mass Demonstration in favor of the Centennial Commemoration of American Independence, February 22, 1873" at the Academy of Music containing scenes contrasting life in Philadelphia in 1776 with life in 1876. Scene of 1776 shows colonists, including one attired as a backwoodsman, in front of a log cabin and standing near a raggedly-attired male slave sitting on a pile of sticks. Scene of 1876 shows a soldier talking to an artisan near an African American male laborer seated next to an anvil and machinery gears. Cityscape is visible in the background. Also includes a an eagle holding a shield adorned with a portrait of Washington. Contains text printed on the verso soliciting subscriptions to make the Centennial a success as well as to make Pennsylvania the representative to the world of the "power of the Republic."

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. Academy Of Music (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  2. African American Men
  3. African Americans
  4. Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
  5. Colonists
  6. Color
  7. Laborers
  8. Pennsylvania
  9. Philadelphia
  10. Tickets
  11. Wood Engravings

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