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World War I memorial tabletsEntry/Object ID
2013.13.1.45Description
Clippings and memorabilia from World War I scrapbook compiled by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, page 43
A single 1925 newspaper clipping with the headline "Campaign Opens to Raise Fund for Germantown's World War Memorial" is glued to page 43. A photograph of one of the tablets lists the casualties of the war, with the caption: "The campaign to raise a fund to pay for the erection of the Germantown World War memorial, in the rotunda of the Municipal Building, at Germantown avenue and High street, will be opened at a dinner tonight at the Germantown Boys' Club, West Penn Street. Thomas G. Parris is chairman of the campaign committee. It is intended to canvass all parts of the Twenty-second Ward, for subscriptions to the fund. The memorial will consist of two tablets bearing the names of the men from the Twenty-second Ward who died in the war. Paul M. Hesser Jr. designed the tablets. Their estimated cost is about $12,000."
Pages are 7.5 x 10".Photograph Details
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