John Marshall School, Philadelphia, from the Pennants series (E248)
Trade cards from the "Pennants" or "Public Schools" series (E248), issued in a set of 72 cards in the 1910s by Marshall E. Smith & Brother to promote Pennant Gum. Cards depict 72 public schools throughout Philadelphia and were intended to be collected and traded in for felt school pennants.
Artwork Details
- Title: John Marshall School, Philadelphia, from the Pennants series (E248)
- Publisher: Issued by Marshall E. Smith & Brother (American, Philadelphia)
- Date: 1910s
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 1 7/16 × 2 1/2 in. (3.7 × 6.3 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 315, E248.40
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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