Balls (Parties)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charity Ball (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Charity Ball.

Debutantes.

Balls (Parties)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Radio broadcasting--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Fortune telling--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Ballroom dancing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Socialites.

Local Subjects:

Debutantes.

Balls (Parties)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Radio broadcasting--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Fortune telling--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Ballroom dancing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Socialites.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

1 stat

116 photoprints : silver gelatin; 9 photoprints 11"x 17"or smaller

Place of Publication:

1929-1946

Summary:

Photographs of debutantes and socialites in attendance at the annual Charity Ball in Philadelphia, Pa. Includes portraits of pageant entertainers, and some rehearsals. Also portrays social register members dancing for the Pennsylvania Cruise Ball from WCAU. Includes a view of a palm reading "swami" broadcasting from WFIL. Depicts the Assembly Ball at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel as well as reproductions of printed ephemera from balls. Other events represented include the Junior Bachelor's Ball, the Knights of Rhythm Dance, the Liberation Dinner Dance, the Lullaby Ball, the Marine Ball, the Officers Ball, the Pall Mall Dance, the Pennywise Ball, the Uniform Ball, and the Victory Ball.

These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and

Notes:

Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.