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Veterans march on a Philadelphia street and place wreath in cemetery to honor Haym Solomon who helped finance Continental Army

City of Philadelphia hails patriot Haym Salomon who helped finance the Continental Army in the American Revolution against Britain. People march on a street with the American flag. Officials place wreath at plaque honoring Haym Salomon in Mikveh Israel Cemetery. They then salute. One elderly Civil War veteran is among them. A man reads from a piece of paper in hand. Inscription on the plaque honoring Haym Salomon is shown up close.

Date: 1939, January 9
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063632
Employees of the Aricraft Hosiery Mill strike in Philadelphia

Employees of the Aricraft Hosiery mill on strike in Philadelphia. Employees of the plant clash with the police. Police arrest several employees. Police take the arrested employees in a Police van away from the labor dispute.

Date: 1937, April 22
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025730
Locomotive engine shipped for Chilean Railways from Eddystone.

Cargo ship docked at harbor in Eddystone.Workers and officials assist in lifting a locomotive engine with use of special cranes. The logo Christen Smith clearly visible on cranes. Engine gets docked on special ship carrying cargo of locomotives for the Chilean Railways.1934.

Date: 1934
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028716
Track and Field events at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Athletes take part in various track and field events at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. A hurdle race takes place in the background while an athlete pole vaults. Athletes running in a 400 meters event. Close up of athlete Grover Klemmer after he breaks 400 meter world record. 1941.

Date: 1941, June 29
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028733
Mummers celebrate New Year's Day in Philadelphia Gala Parade.

Thousands of mummers parade the streets of Philadelphia on New Year's day. Revelers dressed in amusingly elaborate costumes exhibit a sparkling show. Various decorative displays and movable scenery can also be seen. People gather in number across streets and witness the colorful event. Some men dressed as women (in drag). A costumed pair are announced with a banner that reads 'Marie Antoinette...Louis XVI' while another vignette in which crude dentistry is mimed is identified by a sign on a car that reads, 'Duke and Duchess of Winsores Arrive for Big Yank' Many performers are seen in blackface.

Date: 1941, January 1
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028760
Bulldog Bright Beauty's thirteen pups pampered by neighborhood kids in Philadelphia.

Bulldog Bright Beauty gives birth to a record litter of thirteen puppies in Philadelphia. The neighborhood kids help bathe the pups then hang them on the clothesline to dry while Bright Beauty supervises. April 1938.

Date: 1938, April
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028779