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Article: A Tribute to McIlhenny
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- December 3, 1987
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The Philadelphia Museum is located at Parkway at 26th Street in
downtown Philadelphia. The exhibition will be open Tuesdays through
Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. There will be an additional $1 fee
over and above the museum's usual $4 admission. Senior citizens and
students with identification will receive a $2 discount, and children
under 5 will be admitted free. For additional information call the
public relations office at the museum at 1-215-787-5431.
On May 11, 1986, flags were flown at half-mast all over the City
of Brotherly Love in an unusual tribute. The occasion was the death
of Henry P. McIlhenny, the colorful curator of the decorative arts
department of the Philadelphia ...