Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 281

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(HISTORY.) Emancipation Proclamation Pageant Civic and Industrial Parade. 4 pages, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, on one folding sheet; worn with separations at folds, tape repairs, and uneven toning, but complete with all text. Philadelphia, 1913
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A pamphlet issued to promote the Pennsylvania Emancipation Exposition, celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. It announces the planning meetings for a grand parade to take place on 15 September, featuring floats in honor of Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Union Army, followed by a procession of the boys and girls of the city, and its African-American civic organizations. A speech by Governor Tener and a track and field competition would follow. The same day, the "Emancipation Exposition Buildings" would open at the corner of Broad and Oregon--"the largest operation by colored mechanics ever seen in Pennsylvania." We are not aware of any other memorabilia from this major event on the auction market, nor do we find any other examples of this publication in OCLC.