| Creator |
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920. |
| Title |
Salvation Army Home, 5415 Lansdowne Avenue, Phila. [graphic] / William H. Rau, Phila. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia]: [William H. Rau] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1910 |
| Date |
[ca. 1910] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : gelatin silver on card mount; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format) |
| Description |
Postcard promoting the Salvation Army Rescue Children's Home and Hospital. The home, established in 1893, provided shelter,
training and medical care to destitute mothers and children. Depicts a group portrait of a row of eleven small children, including
an African American girl, attired in identical white jumpers. The children are lined up from shortest to tallest child.
|
| Notes |
Inscribed in negative: 26770. |
|
Contains manuscript note on verso addressed to Mrs. A. G. Crandall, Montpelier, Vermont. |
|
Purchase 2002. |
|
Description revised 2022. |
|
Access points revised 2022. |
|
Real photo. Divided back. Post marked April 16, 1910. |
| Subject |
Salvation Army. |
|
African American girls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Children -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Orphanages -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Women's shelters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
| Geographic subject |
Lansdowne Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5415. |
| Genre |
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910. |
|
Group portraits -- 1900-1910. |
|
Photographic postcards -- 1900-1910. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes [P.2002.52] |
| Accession number |
P.2002.52 |
