Details
Title [African American worker at a work site near the Trenton Elevated Railroad Bridge in Philadelphia] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1918
Date [ca. 1918]
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 11 x 14 cm (4 x 5.25 in.)
Description Portrait of an African American construction worker standing next to a support column of the Philadelphian & Trenton Railroad Bridge at Trenton Avenue near Frankford Avenue. The man, attired in a bowler hat, a long-sleeved shirt with only the top buttoned, torn and worn overalls, and shoes, tucks his hands into the waist of his overalls and looks at the viewer. Behind him, two laborers perform street work, including a white man holding a shovel that looks at the viewer. In the background is Frankford Avenue. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk along the row of brick buildings.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from content and attire of the people.
Gift of Ruth Molloy, 1994.
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 Philadelphia and Trenton Railway Company.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Railroad bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American laborers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Frankford (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Trenton Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - 5x7 - unidentified - Transportation [P.9481.3]
Accession number P.9481.3