Details
Creator Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer.
Title [John Rodgers and Mary Schmidt sitting on step in front of brick residence] [graphic].
Date ca. 1931
Physical Description 1 photographic print : gelatin silver on postcard mount ; 14 x 9 cm. (5.5 x 3.5 in.)
Description Group portrait showing Rodgers iin his suit and tie, hair neatly slicked down, sitting with his arm around Schmidt, notable for the spit curl in the middle of her forehead. She wears a spring coat, white stockings and dark, high-heeled shoes. It looks as though she is wearing an engagement ring. The brick house in Philadelphia in front of which they sit is neatly painted and the brick trim is clean.In 1930 both the subjects lived on the 100 block of Dudley Street in South Philadelphia.
Notes Ms. note on verso: John Rodgers + Mary Schmidt. In 1930 the subjects both lived on the 100 block of Dudley Street in South Philadelphia.
Azo postcard.
See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223.
Biographical / historical note Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Subject Rodgers, John 1912-1965 -- Portraits.
Schmidt, Mary ca. 1912- -- Portraits.
Women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1930-1940.
Group portraits -- 1930-1940.
Photographic postcards -- 1930-1940.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.2]
Accession number P.2008.10.2