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Keith, John Frank,
1883-1947,
photographer.
Boy and girl posing in sailor outfits in front of brick wall, Philadelphia.
[graphic].
ca. 1931.
1 photographic print :
gelatin silver on postcard mount ;
14 x 9 cm. (5.5 x 3.5 in.)
Group portrait showing a seated little boy, about five years old, and a standing girl, about eight years old, wearing sailor shirts and trousers and hats standing in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia. The boy affects a casual air, sitting in a child's wooden chair, his legs crossed. The brick wall behind them has graffiti on it.
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.
Forms part of: John Frank Keith Collection
Azo postcard.
See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223.
Children
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Graffiti
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
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Gelatin silver prints
1930-1940.
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Group portraits
1930-1940.
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Photographic postcards
1930-1940.
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Philadelphia artists.
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PA. Philadelphia.
1931.
Library Company of Philadelphia
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Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.177]
P.2008.10.177
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PA. Philadelphia.
1931.
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