Pararde float

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Pararde float

Entry/Object ID

2018.6.148

Description

Dated 20 November 1916. William Francis Jacobs and Mildred King pictured on a float designed and made by Joseph Warren Jacobs. The float is parked in front of the Jacobs home at the east corner of First and Washington Streets in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Handwritten inscription on back of photograph reads: "Float representing the American Emblem, Uncle Sam and Columbia. Designed and made by J. Warren Jacobs for the Democratic Election Demonstration, at Waynesburg, Pa., Nov. 20, 1916. The Eagle - a specimen killed near Rices Landing about the year 1897, and mounted by J. Warren Jacobs. The Boy (Uncle Sam) William Francis Jacobs, age 14, son of J. Warren Jacobs. The Girl (Columbia) Mildred King, age 13, daughter of Charles King, Attorney, Waynesburg, Pa. See the big one-half man on the left edge. That's Ben Jacobs, age 16, height 104 in. weighs 190 lbs. Picture taken on south-east corner First and Washington St., Waynesburg, Pa. Jacobs residence in background." Original, professional photograph from Babbitt, Waynesburg, Pa.

Collection

Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Babbitt, John Henry [1876-1938] (Studio)

Date made

Nov 20, 1916

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Flag--United States, Jacobs family, King family, Parades, Pastimes, Politics, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--First Street, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Washington Street

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: JACB_AN001_0149

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jacobs, William Francis (Sr.) [1902-]

Person or Organization

King, Mildred Letitia

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Jacobs-Kent Series - Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection

Notes

The Jacobs-Kent Series probably began with Eleanor Ann (Kent) Jacobs [1832-1902], wife of Henry Moore Jacobs, and daughter of David Kent & Elizabeth Barnes. Eleanor's photographs were passed to her son Joseph Warren Jacobs [1868-1947] to his daughter Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner [1922-1999] to her daughter Anna (Fonner) Blystone who with her husband, George Blystone, owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2005. Source Citation: Pararde float, item no. JACB_AN001_0149, Helen Mae (Jacobs) Fonner Collection, shared by George and Anna (Fonner) Blystone, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).