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The book agent at work. [graphic] / Photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H.
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Creator
Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909.
Title
The book agent at work. [graphic] / Photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H.
Publisher
Littleton, N.H. : B. W. Kilburn
Publisher
N.H. Littleton. 1897
Date
c1897
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 9 x 18 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
Genre scene showing a book agent trying to sell subscriptions to a woman. Title possibly suggests women are more pliable or easily manipulated by salesmen or men in general.
Is part of
Unidentified series 11523
Notes
Title printed on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Buff curved mount with rounded corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Gift of Todd and Sharon Pattison.
Biographical / historical note
Kilburn, successor to stereograph publisher Kilburn Brothers in 1877, broadened the firm's portfolio from White Mountain scenery to include genre and comic subjects and international views.
Subject
Booksellers and bookselling -- Colportage, subscription trade, etc.
Women.
Men.
Relations between the sexes.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Genre photographs -- 1890-1900.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Kilburn - Portraits and genre [P.2009.11]
Accession number
P.2009.11
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