Full-length portrait of three barefooted African American children, attired in torn and worn clothing, sitting in the doorway of a clapboard house in Roanoke, Virginia., Date from manuscript note written on mount: #351 Roanoke VA May 29, 1883., Photographer's blind stamp on recto., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield, 1983.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[May 29, 1883]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.22]
Depicts a narrow section of Brandywine Creek over which spans a small, rustic pedestrian bridge. Includes a distant profile of a boy attired in a wide-brimmed straw hat, sitting on the grass near the creek., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Numbered #645 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
May 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.3]
Depicts a horse-drawn buggy travelling on a dirt path toward the photographer. Three boys attired in wide-brimmed straw hats sit and stand on the grass near the tree-lined creek., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Numbered #650 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
May 26, 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.4]
Depicts a man attired in a long-sleeved striped shirt and a wide brimmed hat, sitting on the ground between two trees. He overlooks an unidentified body of water in the distance., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.23]
Depicts a group of cows resting under a tree on a hill. A few cows are standing in the distance, closer to a fence dividing the field. Trees fill the valley in the background., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Form part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.24]
Depicts seven cows grazing in a field on a hill in the foreground and an unidentified body of water surrounded by trees in the distance., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.25]
Depicts a group of cows walking from an unidentified barn to an open field to graze. Two wooden fences create a corridor from the field to the two barn structures, visible in the background., Photographer's blind stamp lower left., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.26]
Depicts a girl holding a rope tethered around a cow's neck, while the cow grazes in an open field., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.27]
Landscape view depicting the wooden ruins of a barn structure in a rocky field., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.29]
Landscape view from a hill, depicting land below., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.30]
Depicts a boy with a fishing rod and pail, fishing in a small stream flanked by large bushes., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.31]
Depicts a man and a woman sitting in the front of a wagon pulled by two white horses along a dirt path in the hills. The team is transporting one wooden barrel., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.32]
Depicts one man sitting in the back of the rowboat with a paddle while another stands at the front, pushing the boat into an unidentified body of water. An empty rowboat is docked next to it., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1885]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.33]
Depicts a woman carrying a basket, standing on a dirt path, next to a two-story residence on the side of the road. Two young girls sit on the porch of the house watching her. Another residence is visible between the trees in the distance., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.34]
Depicts a group of cows in a fenced pasture resting under a tree., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.9106.1]
Depicts three men pitching hay onto a cart pulled by two horses. One man hoists the hay onto the pile, while another man stands on the pile, packing it onto the cart. Another man sits on a horse-drawn plow nearby., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.9106.2]
Depicts cows sitting and standing in an enclosed, muddy area. A small barn structure stands outside of the gate nearby and a residence is visible in the distance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.9106.3a]
Depicts five cows grazing on a hill above an unidentified body of water., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.9106.3b]
Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Pancoast, Charles R., b. 1858, photographer
Date
ca. 1885
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Pancoast [P.8983.46]
Depicts chemicals in glass jars, a dry plate lantern, a sink and trays lining the flower-papered wall in the darkroom of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia. The workstation is in a corner of the room near a covered window., Title from inscription on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.1]
Depicts a man inspecting the hoof of a white horse in front of a small forge shop decorated with advertisements. A man and a boy sit nearby., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Numbered #846 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Mary Panzer.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
July 30, 1886
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.9123.2]
Depicts a young boy attired in a long-sleeve white shirt, knee-length trousers and a hat, with a basket resting in the crook of his right arm. He stands on a leaf-covered path near the creek., Title from inscription on mount., Numbered #903 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
May 17th, 1887
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.5]
Depicts a young girl eating with a spoon. An apple, a porcelain stein, two cups and a bread basket surround her plate of food on the covered table., Photographer's imprint from blind stamp, l.l., Title from inscription on mount., Label on mount reads: "There was a young woman and what do you think, She lived upon nothing but VICTUALS & DRINK;", Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
September 3rd, 1887
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.6]
Depicts a young girl drinking from a tin cup. An apple, a porcelain stein and a bread basket surround a plate of food on the covered table., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Label on mount reads: "VICTUALS & DRINK were the chief of her diet, And yet this young woman scarce ever was quiet.", Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
September 3rd, 1887
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.7]
Depicts a man attired in a hat, long-sleeved shirt, pants and suspenders, fishing from a small boat near the brush-covered shore., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Numbered #1091 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
June 26th, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.8]
Depicts two young girls sitting on a seesaw made of a board of wood, balanced on logs in a field. Two baskets and a wheelbarrow are on the ground nearby., Title from inscription on mount., Exhibited in 1889 Third Annual Exhibition of Photographs at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
August 18, 1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.9a]
Depicts a woman wearing a white bonnet and apron, tending to a garden., Located on the verso of P.8983.9a., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.9b]
Depicts a woman wearing a white bonnet and apron, tending to a garden., Photographer's imprint lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.10]
Unidentified young girl with guitar., Printed on mount: Presentation Picture, 1888, Photographic Society of Philada., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Bartlett, John, photographer
Date
1888
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo -Bartlett [P.8983.43]
Depicts two young girls feeding chickens at the entrance of a barn. One girl stands poised with her hand in a metal pail of chicken feed, ready to disperse it to the chicken at her feet. Another girl sits on the step leading into the barn. A large pile of hay sits on a cart behind them., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Included in the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
Aug. 12th, 1889
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.11]
Depicts a man with a cradle scythe, harvesting grain in a field., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1889]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.37]
Depicts a man and a young woman sitting on a wooden fence underneath of two trees in the front yard of an unidentified residence. A young girl sits on a bicycle and a dog rests on the dirt path nearby. Tree foliage conceals most of the house in the foreground. An unidentified body of water is visible in the distance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
[ca. 1890]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.35]
Depicts a young man attired in a long sleeved shirt, pants, suspenders and a hat, sitting along the edge of a creek., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.36]
Depicts a snow covered path, flanked by bare trees., Unidentified photographer., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. Unid. - Views [P.8983.52]
Depicts some sheep grazing while others rest near a tree in a fenced pasture., Unidentified photographer., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Date
ca. 1890
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. Unid. - Animals [P.8983.47]
Depicts the office of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia, showing two wooden tables and a scroll-top desk; two persian rugs; framed images hanging on the walls; and a sink in the corner of the room. Books and mail appear to cover the tables in the office., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.2]
Depicts a man feeding a calf from a metal pail. A young girl stands nearby, eating a cracker as she watches the feeding., Title from inscription on mount., Photographer's blind stamp lower left., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. Redfield [P.8983.40]
Depicts farmers clearing the land with a team of oxen., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
c1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. Redfield [P.8983.39]
Depicts a man sharpening a tool on a wheel, which is turned by a young boy. A young girl stands next to a metal pail nearby, holding an unidentified object. A cradle scythe rests in the grass next to the man. A house and fence are visible in the background., Title from inscription on mount., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. Redfield [P.8983.41]
Depicts cows resting under a tree in a fenced pasture., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso; blind stamp, l.l., Title from inscription on mount., Exhibited in 1889 Third Annual Exhibition of Photographs at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1891
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. - Redfield [P.9106.4]
Depicts three boys and two girls sitting on a wooden wagon frame, pretending to steer an elevated log set up in front of the wagon. Probably in Mount Washington, Massachusetts., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
March 20, 1892
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.12]
Views of the photographer's home in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide porch. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance. Men are working on the porch of the house and a woman stands with a baby stroller on the grass nearby., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
1893
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.14a & b]
Depicts four children playing with a wagon and a bicycle on the boarded sidewalk in front of the photographer's home in Wayne, Pa. The asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide porch and most of the windows are covered by striped awnings. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance., Numbered #1871 on mount., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
September 1894
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.13]
Depict the interior of the Redfield residence in Wayne, probably the parlor, showing a table with two chairs, a chandelier, a bookcase and framed pictures on the papered walls. The fireplace is visible in one of the images, the mantle of which is covered in porcelain., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.19 & 20]
Depicts a young girl attired in a double breasted coat and wide brimmed wicker hat standing outside with a puppy in her arms., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.21]
Depicts a pig passing a gate near a cluster of stone, thatch-roofed barn buildings., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Date
[ca. 1895]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.51]
Exterior views the photographer's home in Wayne. One shows two boys standing on the boarded sidewalk in front of house. The younger boy is sitting in a wheelbarrow held steady by an older boy. In the background, the asymmetrical stone house is depicted from the street, showing a projecting two-story oval-shaped wing topped by a balustrade. Shingles unite the bell-shaped roof of the opposite corner wing with the hipped roof of the central body. The front of the house is shaded by a wide, ivy-covered porch. A large brick chimney rises from the house, near the front entrance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator
Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date
September 1896
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.15a & b]
