Philcon II

11th Worldcon (1953).
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1953 — 1953 Worldcon, Willy Ley, United States,

Location: 39.952777777, -75.163611111, ///wisdom.cares.mutual, KML, Maps

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Willy Ley
Chicon II 1952
Cinvention 1949
Clevention 1955
Loncon I 1957
Millennium Philcon 2001
Nolacon I 1951
Norwescon 1950
NyCon II 1956
Philcon II 1953
Philcon I 1947
SFCon 1954
Solacon 1958

Australia:

Worldcon – Canada: Worldcon – China: Worldcon – Finland: Worldcon – Germany: Willy Ley – Worldcon – Ireland: Worldcon – Japan: Worldcon – Netherlands: Worldcon – New Zealand: Worldcon – United Kingdom: Worldcon – United States:

Chicon II – Clevention – Millennium Philcon – Nolacon I – Norwescon – NyCon II – Philcon – Philcon I – SFCon – Solacon – Willy Ley – Worldcon –

1953-09-05T00:00:00Z

1953-09-05

1953-09-07T00:00:00Z

1953-09-07

1952-08-30T00:00:00Z

Chicon II 1952

1949-09-03T00:00:00Z

Cinvention 1949

1955-09-02T00:00:00Z

Clevention 1955

1957-09-06T00:00:00Z

Loncon I 1957

2001-08-29T00:00:00Z

Millennium Philcon 2001

1951-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nolacon I 1951

1950-09-01T00:00:00Z

Norwescon 1950

1956-08-31T00:00:00Z

NyCon II 1956

1953-09-05T00:00:00Z

Philcon II 1953

1947-08-30T00:00:00Z

Philcon I 1947

1954-09-03T00:00:00Z

SFCon 1954

1958-08-29T00:00:00Z

Solacon 1958

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Banquet Photo -- 11th Worldcon (from Jerry Weist)

• Banquet (Expounder)
• Banquet (Internet Archive)
• Letter Announcing Williams Death (Expounder)
• Letter Announcing Williams Death (Internet Archive)
• Memory Book (Expounder)
• Memory Book (Internet Archive)
• PR 1 (Expounder)
• PR 1 (Internet Archive)
• PR 2 (Expounder)
• PR 2 (Internet Archive)
• PR 3 (Expounder)
• PR 3 (Internet Archive)
• PR 4 (Expounder)
• PR 4 (Internet Archive)
• Philly in '53 (Expounder)
• Philly in '53 (Internet Archive)
• Program Book (Expounder)
• Program Book (Internet Archive)
• Russell Swanson Art Catalog (Expounder)
• Russell Swanson Art Catalog (Internet Archive)
• Space Stamps (Expounder)
• Space Stamps (Internet Archive)
• The Story behind Philly in '53 (Expounder)
• The Story behind Philly in '53 (Internet Archive)

Type	Date	Description	Details	Source

link		Fancyclopedia page^@		Wikidata
link		Freebase page^@		Wikidata
link		Fanac Fan History Project, page^@		Wikidata
link		SFnal files		Expounder
person		Willy Ley		Wikidata
convention	1952	Chicon II	Worldcon, Hugo Gernsback, Chicago	Wikidata
convention	1949	Cinvention	Worldcon, Edward John Carnell, Cincinnati	Wikidata
convention	1955	Clevention	Worldcon, Sam Moskowitz, Isaac Asimov, Cleveland	Wikidata
convention	1957	Loncon I	Worldcon, John W. Campbell, London	Wikidata
convention	2001	Millennium Philcon	Philadelphia, Greg Bear, Worldcon, Gardner Dozois, Stephen Youll	Wikidata
convention	1951	Nolacon I	Worldcon, Fritz Leiber, New Orleans	Wikidata
convention	1950	Norwescon	Worldcon, Anthony Boucher, Portland	Wikidata
convention	1956	NyCon II	Worldcon, Arthur C. Clarke, New York City	Wikidata
convention	1953	Philcon II	Worldcon, Willy Ley, Philadelphia	Wikidata
convention	1947	Philcon I	Philadelphia, John W. Campbell, Worldcon	Wikidata
convention	1954	SFCon	Worldcon, John W. Campbell, Westercon, San Francisco	Wikidata
convention	1958	Solacon	Worldcon, Richard Matheson, Westercon, Los Angeles	Wikidata
document		Banquet	2 pages	Expounder
document		Banquet		Internet Archive
document		Letter Announcing Williams Death	1 pages	Expounder
document		Letter Announcing Williams Death		Internet Archive
document		Memory Book	32 pages	Expounder
document		Memory Book		Internet Archive
document		PR 1	16 pages	Expounder
document		PR 1		Internet Archive
document		PR 2	16 pages	Expounder
document		PR 2		Internet Archive
document		PR 3	17 pages	Expounder
document		PR 3		Internet Archive
document		PR 4	21 pages	Expounder
document		PR 4		Internet Archive
document		Philly in '53	1 pages	Expounder
document		Philly in '53		Internet Archive
document		Program Book	40 pages	Expounder
document		Program Book		Internet Archive
document		Russell Swanson Art Catalog	3 pages	Expounder
document		Russell Swanson Art Catalog		Internet Archive
document		Space Stamps	4 pages	Expounder
document		Space Stamps		Internet Archive
document		The Story behind Philly in '53	1 pages	Expounder
document		The Story behind Philly in '53		Internet Archive
image		Banquet Photo -- 11th Worldcon (from Jerry Weist)		Expounder

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