Betsy Ross House

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Betsy Ross House (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Flag Day.

Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Ross, Betsy 1752-1836--Houses & haunts.

Ross, Betsy 1752-1836--Tomb.

Local Subjects:

Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Ross, Betsy 1752-1836--Houses & haunts.

Ross, Betsy 1752-1836--Tomb.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

38 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1915-1944

Summary:

Images portray the Betsy Ross House at 2nd and Arch Streets in Philadelphia, known as the birthplace of the flag. Shows interior and exterior views, including renovations supported by A. Atwater Kent. Includes Flag Day and Navy Day ceremonies and celebrations at the house with people dressed in period costumes. Also illustrates the Betsy Ross gravesite at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

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.