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House of Color Mummers Parade photographs
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Held at: Mummers Museum [Contact Us]1100 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19147
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Mummers Museum. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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Frank Talley (1934-2003) was a firefighter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He also operated a small photographic studio at 1442 South 9th Street in South Philadelphia called House of Color. Talley served as the official Mummers Parade photographer.
The Mummers Parade is an annual New Year's Day event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Local clubs devise elaborate costumes, scenery, and routines for a march through the city streets that some consider the oldest folk festival in America.
Bibliography:
Pray, Rusty. "Frank Talley, 69, retired firefighter." Philadelphia Inquirer, February 20, 2003. Accessed March 2, 2012. http://articles.philly.com/2003-02-20/news/25450840_1_villanova-football-firefighter-granddaughter
This collection is comprised primarily of photographic negatives, with several binders of contact sheets and a few larger prints. The collection is partially arranged by year, and partially by division. There are a number of unarranged negatives and photographs. The negatives and photographs in this collection all document the Mummers Parade and were taken by the House of Color as the official photographer of the Mummers Parade.
Gift of House of Color, circa 1985.
People
Organization
- House of Color.
- Philadelphia Mummers (Organization).
- Philadelphia New Year Shooters and Mummers Association.
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Mummers Museum
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories
- Sponsor
- This preliminary finding aid was created as part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories. The HCI-PSAR project was made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access Restrictions
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