1164. W. Freeland Kendrick Plaquette

n.d.

Bronze

118 x 79 mm

Uniface plaquette. Kendrick facing right, banner of three children and dog playing across the top, Shriners symbol on right center. Likely struck by Whitehead & Hoag, Newark, N.J. W. Freeland Kendrick (1873 – March 20, 1953) was the Republican Mayor of Philadelphia from 1924–28. He served as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Republican National Convention in 1920, and served as the President of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926. Kendrick was also an active Shriner, serving as Potentate of Lulu Shrine from 1906–18, and again from 1920–23. He was elected Imperial Potentate from 1919–20 and served as the second chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Shriners from 1934–49. While he was serving as Imperial Potentate, he put forth the resolution that created the Shriners Hospitals for Children. From 1949 until his death, he served on the board of trustees for the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital.

W. FREELAND KENDRICK on bottom.

Anna Petersen & Harold Walcott Draper, Richard Draper; CPAC. Gift of Richard Draper. UM2019.274

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