Details
Creator Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title Bread St. bel. Arch St. A Jewish family and a delegation of the darktown brigade. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date [ca. 1923]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 10 x 12 cm (3.75 x 4.75 in.)
Description Exterior view of depicting the entrance of a Jewish family’s brick house north of Arch Street in Philadelphia. In the right, a white man, attired in a cap, a collared sweater, pants, and shoes, holds a broom and sweeps in front of the door. In the left, four white women peer out of two first-floor shuttered windows and look at the viewer. Underneath the windows five young African American children sit, attired in winter hats and coats. Smoke from a fire in the street wafts in front of the children.
Notes Title from descriptive manuscript note by photographer on verso.
Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Wisp of haze near centre of picture is smoke from a fire in the street opposite the house. Certin [sic] rooms in the building had just been papered and a bonfire was made of the refuse. This house is about 125 yrs old. Note the splendid condition of the brick work and mortor [sic] joints. Bricks were carfully [sic] made in those days. The proper proportion and careful selection of loam, shale and sand was an art. Then too the drying and baking of the brick was of vast importance and was done with the utmost attention towards the securing of the best results. These bricks were baked with wood fires, as was the lime on which they were laid. Explain why wood baked lime and bricks are superior to the coal baked product.
Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American boys -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American children -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Jewish families -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Sweeping & dusting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Bread Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- above Arch Street.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1920-1930.
Group portraits -- 1920-1930.
Portrait photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Wilson [P.8513.84]
Accession number P.8513.84