Item Info
Item No: pdcr00034
Title: Mummers Parade #4
Media Type:
Photographic Negatives
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Photo illustrates Mummers Parade participants wearing blackface - a racist practice that was banned in 1964 by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Mummers Parade on New Year's Day. South Broad Street, South Philadelphia, PA. Below Washington Avenue.
William Rapp Collection. Donated by Frank and Ditta Hoeber. 2011.
Creation Year: ca. 1950
Creator Name: Rapp, William Henry, Jr. - Photographer