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., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of the business and attire of the sitters., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Foley & Baxter, photographer
Date
[ca. 1886]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRIMT photo - 5x7 - Foley & Baxter [P.9957.6]
