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Depicts five men employees, including an African American man, posed near barrels outside of the produce warehouse operated
by Joseph Ridgway and Isaac B. Pancoast at 110 Mattis Street, Philadelphia from about 1883 to 1890. In the left, the African
American man, wearing a mustache and attired in a brimmed hat, a white collared shirt, a waistcoat, a torn and worn jacket,
pants, and shoes, stands beside a barrel with his left hand touching the top of it. To the right, a white man, wearing a mustache
and sideburns and attired in a tall bowler hat, a white collared shirt, a tie, a waistcoat with a pocket watch chain, a jacket,
pants, and shoes, stands and looks at the viewer with his arms crossed over his chest and his left leg crossed over his right.
In the middle, the white man, wearing a mustache and attired in a brimmed hat, a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a waistcoat,
a jacket, pants, and shoes, stands and carries an axe in his left hand and another tool in his right hand. To the right, the
white man, wearing a mustache and attired in a bowler hat, a white collared shirt, a tie, a waistcoat, a jacket, pants, and
shoes, stands and looks at the viewer. In the right, the white man, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt,
a tie, a jacket, pants, and shoes, sits on top of a barrel with his legs crossed. In the background, a scale, wooden bushels,
and wooden barrels are visible.
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