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Title: Two boys standing in front of house door, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two young boys, one about fourteen years old, the other about eleven, standing in front of a door in Philadelphia. They are dressed alike in white shirts with light colored ties, knickers, dark stockings and dark shoes. Their hair is neatly combed. The door and frame are in need of paint and the marble steps leading up to the door are worn and dirty. To the right a brick alley is visible., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.163]

Title: Three boys in caps sitting on wooden steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three boys sitting on the wooden steps of a corner house in Philadelphia. The boys all wear dark trousers, light colored shirts and workmen's caps. The peaks of the caps shade their eyes giving them a threatening look. There is a small paper tablet, or perhaps a box of cards, on one of the steps. In the background a woman pushing a baby carriage in the street is visible., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.30]

Title: Little boy with frilly shirt standing in front of a stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young boy with a forlorn expression on his face standing in front of a stone porch in Philadelphia. His dark bangs are freshly cut and have a perfectly even edge. He seems to be wearing a somewhat frilly summer shirt with his white knickers and white stockings. His shoes are dark. He stands in front of a stone porch and directly behind him is wrought ironwork protecting the cellar windows., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.101]

Title: Little boy in suit standing in front of a brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little boy with a pleasant expression on his face standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. Although he is somewhat rumpled, he wears a buttoned jacket and matching knickers with knee-high dark stockings and shiny tie shoes. His collar and tie are arranged sloppily and his stockings are sliding down. The window frames of the house behind him need paint. The cellar windows are screened., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.103]

Title: Little boy, possibly with rickets, standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little boy about four years of age wearing short dark pants and a light shirt. His severely bowed legs suggest he might have a bone disease, such as rickets. The house behind him and the brick sidewalk need some maintenence., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.107]

Title: Boy wearing white outfit standing in front of wall, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young boy wearing a white short sleeved shirt, shorts, knee socks, and shoes standing on a brick pavement in front of a large covered window opening in 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., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.1]

Title: North
Description: Photographic reproduction of a caricature showing a crying boy as a visual metaphor for the North, i.e. the United States. Shows the boy attired in a smock adorned with the American shield holding a map showing the United States and Confederate States divided by secession. Also shows a toy castle and a cannon behind the child., One of two companion cartes de visite titled "North" and "South." LCP holds "South." [5780.F.52e], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52r]

Title: Little boy in playsuit standing in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little boy wearing a playsuit with knee high white stockings and black shoes standing in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.124]

Title: Two little boys in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two little boys, about four or five years old and likely brothers, standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. The smaller boy on the left has straight hair and is wearing a sailor suit. His image is somewhat blurred. The taller boy on the right has curly hair and wears a white shirt to which his dark short pants are buttoned., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.134]

Title: Five boys sitting on the wooden door of a sidewalk cellar entrance, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five boys sitting on top of a wooden cellar door protruding from the sidewalk in Philadelphia. Three teenage boys, all wearing caps, one with a broken stick in his hand, sit behind two younger boys who wear white shirts and ties. The window behind them has a cast iron screen and a lace curtain., Ms. note on recto: Gene Reed, Midge Henry, Wm. Walls, Ms. note on verso: Joe Robinson, Jimmy Robinson, Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.8]

Title: Group portrait of young boys on steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of fourteen boys sitting and standing on steps in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. Several of them wear peaked caps or knitted hats and a few wear wool coats. A boy in the back row smokes a pipe. A boy in the front wears stockings torn with holes., Ms. note on recto: Geo Sulli[van?], McGuigan, Chas Carrigan, Stosh, Theodore Kra[use?], Nedzie, Reddzie Morrow, Ms. note on verso: smithy, See new House, 2300, Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.21]

Title: Boy wearing a suit and ribbon bow on arm standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a boy about six years of age wearing a belted suit with knee pants and a bow tied around his arm standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. He also wears a flower in his lapel. Ruffled tie-back curtains are visible in the window behind him., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.65]

Title: Blond boy in overalls standing on sidewalk, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little boy with blond hair standing in a patch of weeds on the sidewalk in front of a brick wall and a screened cellar window in Philadelphia. He is dressed in a wrinkled, soiled playsuit and worn shoes., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.9; P.8649.11]

Title: Four teenage boys standing in front of brick and stone house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing four young men, arms around each other's shoulders, dressed in workman's caps and three piece suits, standing in front of a house in Philadelphia. They smile at the camera and show a bit of swagger. Behind them on the porch are two little boys wearing the same sort of outfits. A woman looks out the window behind them. The brick house has a stone porch and a window box, and the cellar windows are protected with painted wrought iron grates., Ms. note on mount: Left (George Grubb), 2300 S. Lee St., S. Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.15]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified, seated boy]
Description: Full-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified, young, white boy seated on a chair. Sitter has short hair parted and combed to the left. He is attired in a three-quarter length, checked shirt with gold buttons down the center, pants, white socks, and lace-up boots. He sits on a wooden chair and holds a book in both hands on his lap. Gilt is applied to the pictorial detail of the book. His cheeks are tinted pink. In the right background is a side table covered with a dark-colored tablecloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gilt on sitter’s buttons and book., Pad: Red velvet with a spray of flowers in the center surrounded by a border of decorative scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in an oval surrounded by leaves. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2012.68]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of a young boy]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of a young, white boy. The boy, with rosy cheeks, is attired in a brimmed hat decorated with a ribbon, as well as a long-sleeved shirt with buttons down the front, and pants. He has a slight frown to his expression. He stands with his right hand at his waist with his thumb hooked into his pants and his left hand resting on an object in front of him., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and address of photographer and dates of operation., Pink tinting on cheeks., Pad: Red velvet embossed with photographer’s imprint “W & F Langenheim, 216 Chestnut St., Philadelphia” in the center and within an ornamental frame with decorative scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of various flowers surrounded by a border of vines and flowers. Wavy line design on verso., Contains weeping glass deterioration., Gift of Jane Hastings, 2011., The Langenheim firm operated from 216 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia in 1851.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1851]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – Langenheim [P.2011.56.1]

Title: Two little boys dressed for First Communion standing in front of a brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two very earnest little boys, their hair neatly combed, standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. They wear identical outfits for the First Communion ceremony - white shirt, white short pants with white belts and white socks and shoes., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.105]

Title: [Two men hunting]
Description: View of two men and a young boy hunting in the woods. One man crouches and aims his rifle while the other stands next to him and watches the shot. The boy stands in the background in front of large tree trunk., Title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [8313.F.139d]

Title: Little boy with leg braces sitting on bench, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little boy, about four years old, with neatly combed hair and wearing a pressed summer playsuit, sitting on a park bench in Philadelphia. Both of his legs are encased in leather and metal braces from the knees to the foot., Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.154]

Title: La main chaude
Description: Trade card specimen depicting a white boy crying in the lap of a white girl after another white girl has hit him. In the left, shows the boy, attired in a white shirt, a brown jacket, brown pants, red socks, and brown shoes, bent over and crying into the lap of a girl. The girl, attired in a green bonnet, a gray dress with white ruffles at the collar and sleeves, white stockings, and brown shoes, sits on the grass and comforts the boy, placing both her hands on his head. In the center, shows the girl, attired in a pink and white bonnet, a red dress, a pink checked smock, white stockings, and brown shoes, lift her right hand up and wave a fist at the boy. Her left hand holds the hand of another boy, attired in a straw hat with a red band, a green shirt with a white ruffled collar, green shorts, red and white striped socks, and brown shoes. The boy holds the string to a pull toy wagon in his left hand. In the right background are bound wheat sheaves., Title from item., Date deduced from the visual content., Manuscript note on verso: George Smith., Illustration of girl in pink bonnet is hand colored in purple ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Misc. - Main [P.2017.95.204]

Title: South
Description: Photographic reproduction of a racist caricature showing an African American boy as a visual metaphor for the South, i.e., the Confederate States. Shows a raggedly dress boy holding a banjo and the Emancipation Proclamation, while standing on the Confederate flag. Face of toddler after carte de visite photograph showing a bust-lenth portrait of an African American toddler titled "Young Africa, Or the Bone of Contention" issued by E. Anthony in 1862., One of two companion cartes de visite titled "North" and "South." LCP holds "North." [5780.F.52r], Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., See LCP copy "Bone of Contention" (cdv - Anthony [P.2002.5])., Duplicate listed in Early American Historical Auctions Catalog (April 2014) contains stamp on verso: A.M. Bailey agent for American Photography.
Date: [ca. 1863]
Location: Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.52e]

Title: Boy and two young men in suits standing outside brick building, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two young men in suits, one wearing a fedora, the other a workman's cap, standing next to the window of a brick building in Philadelphia. A boy, about fourteen years old, stands in front of them. He wears a suit with knickers and a workman's cap. A protective grill covers the window., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.120; P.2008.10.141]

Title: Little boy riding a small tricycle, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little boy riding a children's tricycle on the sidewalk in Philadelphia. He wears a white playsuit and black boots., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.73]

Title: Little boy wearing printed sweater standing in front of brownstone house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a boy about five or six years of age standing in front of a brownstone wall in Philadelphia. He stands between two cellar windows protected by iron grating. There is graffiti on the wall and a bit of trash on the sidewalk. His hair is cut short. He wears a printed sweater and shorts. His legs are dirty., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.63; P.8649.10]

Title: The coming power. "Swiftsure soap." Compliments of Ecker & Co., Otis & Holman Sts., Phila., Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy wearing a straw hat. Ecker & Co. consisted of Henry J., Joseph A., Frederick and George F. Ecker., Contains advertising text promoting "swiftsure soap" printed on verso., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Ecker [P.9782]

Title: Open your mouth and shut your eyes
Description: Comic genre scene shows two boys feeding something to a boy with his eyes closed. A basket and a pitcher sit on the ground at their feet., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Publisher's imprint on label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 11., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9022.69]

Title: Three men and a little boy sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three young men, two wearing workman's caps and the third with a wild head of hair, sitting on a wooden doorstep in Philadelphia with a little boy in a sailor suit standing in front of them. The child has very curly hair. Two men hold cigarettes., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.9]

Title: Man and boy standing outside a screened porch, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a man in summer trousers and shirtsleeves and a little boy in long pants with suspenders standing outside a screened porch in front of a small garden, possibly at a shore resort near Philadelphia. The man has his hand on the child's shoulder. There is another wooden house very close next door., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.15]

Title: Woman with boy sitting on stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a woman with her arm around a little boy, sitting on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia. She wears a white blouse with long sleeves and a dark straight skirt with buttons down one side. He wears a ribbon bow tie, dark knee-length pants, dark stockings, and ankle-high shoes., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.44]

Title: Young woman standing on porch with little boy, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a tall, dark-haired young woman holding the arm of a little boy who is about two years old and is standing on the support of a stone porch in Philadelphia. She wears a dark dress with short ruffled sleeves. The boy wears shorts and a sweater., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.142]

Title: Three men, possibly fathers, with three boys, possibly their sons, sitting on marble step, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three young men, each wearing business suits, sitting with a boy, possibly his son, on his knee. The boys, about six to eight years old, wear knee-high socks, shirts and ties with sweaters over them. One of the boys wears a coat. The door behind the group has a fringed shade on its window., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.24]

Title: Seven men and a young boy sitting on brownstone steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing seven men of varying ages and a boy about fourteen years old, almost all dressed in suits and ties, sitting on the brownstone steps of a brick house in Philadelphia. One man, who holds a cigarette, sticks his tongue out at the photographer., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.78]

Title: Preparing for school
Description: Genre photograph showing a young boy holding a chalkboard and hat, waiting for an old man to read or grade an assignment at a lecturn., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.10]

Title: The misfortunes of a sweet tooth
Description: Genre scene showing a crying boy sitting on the floor by a disheveled pantry. A toppled chair rests nearby and dishes are scattered on the floor at the boy's feet., Title on negative., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Distributor's imprint printed on mount., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Carl Getter.
Creator: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date: c1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Rau - Portraits & genre [P.9319.3]

Title: Whack it off short Sam
Description: Depicts a group of African American boys with a dog, its tail placed over a wood block in preparation to cut it with a hatchet. The six boys stand outside next to a brick building and a wooden barrel. The boy in the left holds a small, white dog up. The second boy to the right holds its tail across a wood block. The boy in the center holds the hatchet up in both hands., Title from item., Warped buff mount with rounded corners., Imprint on mount: The Universal Photo Art Co. Offices Philadelphia, Napierville, Ill., New York, London, Paris, Hamburg., Gift of David Long, 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Universal Photo Art Co.
Date: [c190[0]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Graves - Portraits & Genre [P.2002.4.7]

Title: [Entrance to McKinley's Court -- west from 516 North Second Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of alley opening onto McKinley's Court with boy standing and leaning on one of the houses that frame the photograph. McKinley's Court is located west of Second Street, east of American Street, between Noble Street to the south and Buttonwood Street to the north., Title from manuscript on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Entrance to McKinley's Court - west side of 2" St. ab ______ [Noble] St. The outline from this point has a distinctly Norman tinge. ["Norman tinge" is crossed out]., Similar view to P.8513.121., For other views of McKinley's Court, see P.8513.176 and P.8513.225., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 117 [P.8513.117], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson117.htm

Title: " Pushmobiles lined up for a race, G[erman]t[ow]n
Description: Panoramic view showing several boys, attired in hats, coats, and often goggles, in pushmobiles lined on each side of a residential street in preparation for a race. Boys stand behind the vehicles, while men, including a police officer and likely officials, walk and convene at the other end of the street. Many of the pushmobiles are numbered and some are named, including one with the moniker "Otto." The pushmobiles are possibly participating in the first Thanksgiving Pushmobile Derby that occurred in 1911. The race was one of several throughout the city, including also in West Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, and in Center City., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from attire of persons depicted., Attributed to Marriott C. Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: [ca. 1911]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris [P.2016.37.14]

Title: [Boys' music class]
Description: Depicts a white woman music teacher at a piano leading a class of five boys, including an African American child. In the right, the woman sits on a piano stool with her fingers on the keys. In the left, four boys stand in a line. In the right, an African American boy sits in a chair beside the piano with his legs crossed. In the background is a phonograph and a blackboard with musical notes written in chalk., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and attire of the sitters., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1925]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8846.25]

Title: [Presbyterian Hospital, administration building, Philadelphia]
Description: View of the exterior of the administration building at Thirty-ninth Street between Powelton Avenue and Filbert Street in West Philadelphia, erected in 1891 and demolished in 1959. Shows the stairs leading to the front door to the brick building. In the left, a row of seven boys, including an African American boy, stand on the sidewalk before a gate and look at the viewer. Trees line the sidewalk. The three-story building in the right is visible. Built on land donated in 1871 by church member Rev. Dr. Ephraim D. Sanders, the hospital was erected as a monument to the Philadelphia Presbyterian Alliance which was formed in 1870 following the reconciliation of the Old and New School Branches of the Presbyterian Church., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of the people., Purchase 1989., 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.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Hospitals [P.9260.474]

Title: Patriotic souvenir pies.
Description: Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Series of four, titled military-themed souvenir pies containing eight panels printed with illustrations corresponding to verse printed on the verso that promotes patriotism, bravery, honor, chivalry, duty and piety. Contains "History of The Soldier Lad Folded in What He Best Loves, The Stars and Stripes, Red, White, and Blue" depicting a soldier's tour of duty including his farewell to his family, his fighting in battle, his promotion to Captain, and his celebrated return home; "The Sailor Boy" depicting the life of a powder boy including a farewell to his mother, nightly prayers, performing bravely during battle, and a hero's welcome home; "The Soldier Boy" depicting a boy's life before and after entering the military including school studies, his father questioning his future profession, his joining the army as a drummer boy, and his father recognizing the honor in his son's brave service to protect his country; and "The Union Forts" depicting and describing the location of Fort Sumter, Fort Morgan, Fort Lafayette, Fort Wagner, Roanoke Island, Fort Donelson, and Fortress Monroe.
Creator: Strong, Thomas W., creator
Date: c1864.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War [(2)5786.F.7a&b; 9a&b]

Title: Warburton, "the" hatter, 430 Chestnut Street
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a boy attired in oversized clothing, including a top hat and coat. He holds a large umbrella in his right hand., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Warburton [1975.F.951]

Title: [Universal Fashion Co. trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting a boy in a sailor outfit seated on a rope ladder and a blue banner inscribed "Universal Fashion Co." superimposed onto reeds., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [1975.F.886] contains a calendar for 1882 printed on verso., One print [P.9111.7] contains advertising text printed on verso promoting W.M. Kilbourne & Son's books, stationery, toys, albums, etc., the Liberty, New York distributor of the Universal Fashion Co.'s "perfect-fitting patterns"., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1882]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Universal [1975.F.886 & P.9111.7]

Title: Lichten Bros., manufacturers of fine cigars, s.e. cor. 5th and Cherry Sts., Philada
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a scene titled "Little Champions" showing two boys, fists up, in a boxing ring. The children wear leggings and are surrounded by weights. Lichten Bros. was a partnership between prominent Philadelphia Jews Aaron and Moses H. Lichten, who died in 1897 and 1905, respectively., Title from printed return address., Date from ink-stamp postmark: Philadelphia, PA., May 4, 1888., Contains cancelled two-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Addressed in manuscript to: Mr. L.A. [Myers?] Jr., 69 W 126 St., New York City, Contains ink-stamp postmarks on verso: J 6-5-88 7A N.Y. and P.O.N.Y. 6-5-88 5A 41., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date: [ca. 1888]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.82]

Title: Boy with baby on old marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a little boy with a baby sitting on marble steps in Philadelphia. Both subjects wear summer clothes. The boy wears knickers, and long stockings. The baby wears a summer dress. The marble steps are chipped and have graffiti on them., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.66]

Title: Boy and girl in front of a religious statue of Mary, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a boy, about thirteen years old, sitting on the base of a statue of Mary. Next to him stands a little girl, about five years old, wearing a wreath on her curly hair and holding a large bouquet of flowers. The boy wears a very nicely tailored suit with knickers and patterned socks and white shoes. There are two potted palms behind the statue. The statue of Mary wears a wreath of flowers., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.75]

Title: Boy and his dog sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young boy in knickers and dark stockings holding his spotted dog on his lap. They are sitting on a very dirty set of marble steps in Philadelphia. The brick wall of the house bears graffiti. The boy looks up with misgiving at the photographer., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.51]

Title: Shortlidge's Media Academy, for young men and boys, twelve miles from depot, Thirty-first and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, on the Philadelphia and West Chester R.R Recommended by Bayard Taylor, Hon. Fernando Wood, Judge Van Hoesen, Governor Routt, Rev. Drs. Hill and Peabody, Gen Chas. H.T. Collis, &c., &c. For illustrated circular containing pictures of building, gymnasium, &c., address, Switchin C. Shortlidge, A. M., (Harvard graduate), Media, Penna
Description: Faded exterior view of Switchin C. Shortlidge's boarding school for boys in Media, Pennsylvania. Students stand in small groups on the enclosed lawn near the school. School founded in 1875., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint on verso., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of F.J. Dallet.
Creator: McMullin, Samuel, b. 1819
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McMullin - Education [P.9500.3]

Title: Eight men and boys standing outside a brick building, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing eight men and boys wearing caps standing in front of a large window outside a brick building in Philadelphia. Many of the subjects wear suits and ties, and two men smoke cigars., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.94]

Title: Man, woman, and little boy standing in front of door, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a young woman, with her hands on the shoulders of a little boy in front of her, standing beside a man in front of a door in Philadelphia. The woman wears a long coat with a velvet collar and cuffs, and the man wears a suit jacket., Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.52]

Title: Five boys posing in front of wooden house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five boys posing in front of a window of a wooden house in Philadelphia. The boys wear knee pants and shirts with ties, and three wear caps. One boy is on roller skates and another holds a ball in his hand. A lace curtain covers the lower half of the window behind them and part of a small dog standing on the sidewalk is visible., Ms. note on recto: Woodsie, Noko postcard., 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.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1918
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.93]

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