Celebrating an Image of Peace
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Thomas Green (English, fl. 1847-1859) Tureen with lid and platter, c. 1840 - 50 Underglaze transfer-printed stoneware, brown ink Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin 95.75.55a-c

The image of Penn's Treaty continued to appear on keepsakes from Philadelphia.

The year 1926 marked the 150th anniversary of American independence. Philadelphia, the "Sesqui-centennial City" placed the meeting between William Penn and the Native Americans on the cover of its souvenir program, rather than an image of the nation's founding fathers.

As part of William Penn's 325th birthday anniversary, Continental Bank and the Philadelphia Convention and Tourist Bureau issued a medal in 1969.

For "American Indian Day" at the New York World's Fair in 1940, someone created a miniature patriotic version of the wampum belt given to William Penn.

Amid the red, white, and blue spectacle of the 1976 United States Bicentennial, the image of Penn's Treaty emerged as a cardboard puzzle, a set of children's game cards, and as the subject of a special exhibition mounted by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia featured the Potamkin Penn Treaty Collection.