Reception of the Japanese Embassy by the Mayor of Philadelphia on the Arrival of the Train from Baltimore

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Reception of the Japanese Embassy by the Mayor of Philadelphia on the Arrival of the Train from Baltimore

Item Info

Item No: pdcc00162
Title: Reception of the Japanese Embassy by the Mayor of Philadelphia on the Arrival of the Train from Baltimore
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Illustration shows the Japanese visitors being received by Philadelphia  Mayor Henry Alexander and Council members at the depot of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad at Broad Street and Washington Avenue. The occasion marked one stop on a nationwide tour by the first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States.

Clipping taken from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of June 23, 1860


Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.3
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Henry, Alexander, 1823-1883