Depicts five women and three men setting up a campsite. A tent is pitched behind them and a woman is preparing a fire underneath of a pot supported by tree branches. One man holds a shotgun and a woman in the foreground holds a tennis racket., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.73 & 74]
Two groups of men and women stand on opposite sides of a small creek, looking toward the photographer. Bertha T. Webster, wife of Clement B. Webster, stands on the right side. Possibly near Mount Equity in Pennsdale, Pa., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1895
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.75 & 76]
Series of illustrated trade cards for Boston publisher Estes & Lauriat promoting illustrated childrens' books "Zig Zags Journeys in Classic Lands," "The Knockabout Club in the Woods," and "Zig Zags Journeys in Europe" depicting vignettes including Grecian ruins, scenes of camp life and the outdoors, and travellers and European townscapes., Advertising text for "The Knockabout Club in the Woods" and a list of the famous "Zig-Zag Books" by Hezekiah Butterworth printed on versos., 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 - Estes [P.9111.3; P.9111.8 & 9]
View depicting young female campers, including African Americans, near pitched tents on a campground. Shows a field with a line of tents. The girls stand in front of the opening of the tents. In the right background, a small building is visible. Probably an "open air" program to rehabilitate tuberculosis patients sponsored by the Philadelphia Health Council and Tuberculosis Committee. The committee, founded in 1920 by Dr. Lawrence Flick, operated until 1944., Title from negative sleeve., Photographer's imprint inscribed on negative., Purchase 1978., 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
Jennings, William Nicholson, 1860-1946, photographer
Date
[ca. 1920]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jennings [P.9479.11781]
