Search results

Title: ASSU Illustration 6493
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6493, also 1169 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a seated man with two small girls; he holds one over his knee and regards the other, who sits on an ottoman at his feet holding a small doll., “V.W. & Co. [i.e., Vanderburgh, Wells & Co., boxwood dealers] 18 Dutch St. N.Y.” – Back of block., Illustration appears in Child's world v. 5 no. 24, p. 2.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 28

Title: ASSU Illustration 9398
Description: Block numbered in one place: 9398, also 1392 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man and a woman in a boat; the man stands and the woman sits, with the small child hiding its face in her lap; a hilly, empty shoreline is visible behind them., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 17

Title: ASSU Illustration 8209
Description: Block numbered in three places: 8209., Image of a little girl examining herself in a hand mirror. She is dressed very nicely, including a hat with feathers and a bow.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 8

Title: ASSU Illustration 8366
Description: Block numbered in two places: 8366., Image of a girl picking flowers in an outdoor setting. The girl appears to be in front of a clothesline, with a building in the background., Illustration appears in The flower-mission, and what grew out of it (Philadelphia, 1893?), p. 33. This title was listed in the American Sunday-School Union catalogue for 1893. Caption of illustration -- "There isn't a single bright flower for my bouquet.", Signed in reverse: HM Snyder., "V. Grottenthaler Co., Phila, PA." -- Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [not before 1869?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 11

Title: ASSU Illustration 3936
Description: Block numbered in three places: 3936, also numbered 100 in two places, and numbered 3390 in one place. 3930 also inscribed on side of block., Image of an old man, seated, talking to a boy and a girl. Outdoor scene, with a house in the background. The old man is holding a cane, and there is a hat next to him., Illustration appears in The thunder-storm (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 34. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1857 to at least 1870; it was not listed in 1893. Caption of illustration -- "Here is a piece of cake for you.", “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Date: [not before 1848?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 6

Title: [Portrait of a young boy and girl]
Description: A young boy and a girl sit on wooden chairs looking directly at the photographer. The boy holds a book in his lap., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded red velvet embossed: Van Loan & Mayall, Phila., Mat: Plain octagonal., Case: Leather. Floral design border., Samuel Van Loan and John Jabez Edwin Mayll were partners in a studio at 140 Chestnut Street in 1845 and 1846.
Creator: Van Loan & Mayall, photographer
Date: ca. 1846
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2008.2]

Title: Boy and girl standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a boy about ten years old, dressed in knickers and a soiled shirt standing with his arm around a little girl's shoulders. She looks about four or five years old and wears a summer dress and white shoes. They stand in front of a brick house 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.2008.10.29]

Title: Boy and girl standing in front of brownstone house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a boy and girl, who might be siblings, standing in front of a brownstone building in Philadelphia. The boy's figure is a bit blurred. He wears a summer shirt and dark shorts. The little girl's dress has ruffles but appears to be quite wrinkled. They both wear 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.2008.10.146]

Title: Two boys and two girls posing outside brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two girls, about seven and eight years old, standing behind two little boys outside a brick house in Philadelphia. The girls wear summer dresses. One boy, about five years old, wears a play suit with a plaid shirt and holds a lollipop. The other boy, younger, also holds a lollipop, and is dressed in a knitted cardigan 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.2008.10.149]

Title: Two girls and a boy standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a boy in knickers, rumpled sweater, and sneakers standing between two girls wearing dresses in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. All the children wear striped socks. They stand at attention on the sidewalk posed between 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.8649.2]

Title: Girl and two boys standing on sidewalk in front of two windows, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a teenage girl in a flowered two-piece dress standing with two little boys who are probably her brothers, holding on to them with both of her hands. The older boy wears a light colored suit with short pants and drab shoes. This might be his First Communion suit. The younger boy wears bib overalls and a shirt trimmed with ruffles. All three children have their hair neatly combed. Flower boxes and potted plants sit on the window sill behind them., Ms. note on recto: Ray Mitchell (crossed out), Andrea (?) Ferricola, Frankie Ferricola, Joe Ferricola, 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.8649.34]

Title: Three children in front of a brick wall with two windows, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two boys, one about seven years old, the other about five, and a little girl, about six years old, standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. All are neatly combed and dressed in summer outfits. They might be siblings. The window shutters behind them are in dire need of paint as are the window frames. The window sills appear to be damaged as well., 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.8649.35]

Title: Small child sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a small child sitting on marble steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. The child wears a summer dress and striped stockings and holds a toy in its hand., 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. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.84]

Title: Small child standing on a stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a small blonde child under the age of two standing unsteadily on a porch support wearing a white summer dress, white socks, and dark shoes and looking directly 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.2008.10.111]

Title: Grandpapa's pet
Description: Periodical illustration of a genre scene showing an elderly man watching over his toddling grandchild inside a cottage. The man sits on a bench next to a tankard and blankets. The grandchild wearing a dress and bonnet uses a chair as a balance. Scene also includes a sleeping dog, tools hanging on the wall and resting on the floor, and a plant displayed on a window sill. Lithotint was a lithographic process using different strengths of ink applied to the printing stone to create the appearance of a watercolor. The technique proved too arduous to be marketable and few lithotints were produced in the United States., Published in Miss Leslie's magazine, April 1843., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 99, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Richard, John H., b. ca. 1807, lithographer
Date: [April 1843]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Genre [P.2005.18.39]

Title: [Uncut sheet of four chromolithographs of children and animal scenes]
Description: Genre scenes show pairs of older girls and younger children interacting with animals in bucolic settings. Scenery includes a hillside, pond, farmyard with chickens, and a dirt path. Activities include feeding pigeons; playing fetch with a dog; observing rabbits in a hutch; and collecting flowers by hand and in a wagon acommpanied by a sheep., Title supplied by cataloguer., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 259
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department BW - Genre [P.9647]

Title: Young child standing in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of young child about three years old with neatly parted slicked down hair wearing a clean baggy playsuit with long sleeves, long white stockings, and ankle-high dark shoes standing on a sidewalk in Philadelphia. There is graffiti on the brick wall behind the subject and weeds protruding from the brick sidewalk., 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. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.60]

Title: Little girl with a bow in her hair standing in front of a door, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a smiling little girl with a bow in her hair standing on wooden steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. About seven years old, she wears a white dress with a colored ribbon marking the bodice, white stockings, and white shoes. Her dark hair is cut short and her bangs are even., 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.2008.10.117]

Title: Small child sitting on wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a small child sitting on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia. Behind the child is a screen door., 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.8649.7]

Title: Group of boys and girls sitting on wooden stoop in front of screen doors, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five small children, some smiling, sitting on a wooden stoop with an old brick sidewalk underfoot. Two boys are dressed in fresh shirts and ties. Their hair is neatly combed. In front of them are three younger girls, all in white, summery dresses. Behind them are two screen doors., 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.2008.10.68]

Title: Boys and girls sitting on a doorstep, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two boys and four little girls, their clothes and faces spotted with dirt, sitting on a doorstep in Philadelphia. The young girl sitting on the sidewalk in front of the others has side-parted hair with a bow., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., 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. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.41]

Title: Small child standing on doorstep, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a small child wearing a white long-sleeved dress, white shoes, and a petticoat adorned with eyelets standing on a doorstep in Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., 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. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.127]

Title: Two young children on sidewalk with rocking chair, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of two young children on a sidewalk in Philadelphia. A young girl wearing a bow in her hair stands behind a baby seated on a pillow in a child's rocking chair., 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.8649.50]

Title: Boy and girl standing in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a boy and a girl standing in front of a window with open shutters in Philadelphia. The boy wears a cap and stands behind the llittle girl, who wears a checked dress., 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.2008.10.37]

Title: Girl with infant on lap sitting on wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a young girl with messy hair and clenched lips holding an infant on her lap and sitting on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia., 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.2008.10.41]

Title: Children's Art Union
Description: Comic genre view showing boys and girls sitting in a parlor creating or holding artwork. One boy stands on a table and draws a caricature of a man's face on the wall. Another boy holds his rough sketch of a horse for others to see. One girl stands in front of a sophisticated painting with a palette in her hand., Title on negative., Yellow 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.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Associations [P.9461.1]

Title: Group of children gathered on steps in front of house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing over twenty-five children gathered on the steps of a brick house under a striped awning in Philadelphia. The children range in age from infancy to nine or ten years old. They are dressed nicely in summer clothes and might be on an outing., 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.8768.13]

Title: [Baby on chair near Christmas tree in front of window]
Description: Glass negative showing a baby seated on a chair with wicker caning next to a Christmas tree. There is a window with gauzy curtains behind the chair and a framed picture on the adjacent wall behind the tree., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: 1893
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.6.2]

Title: [Group of unidentified children outside of storefront]
Description: Depicts a boy holding the handles to a wagon in which a baby sits. A third child sits, looking directly at the camera. In the background are two girls and a boy looking at the baby in the wagon, and a woman shielding her eyes from the sun. Numerous cans of Chipso, the first laundry soap designed for use in washing machines, are stacked in store window behind the group., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 164.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 112 [P.8513.112], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson112.htm

Title: [Group of children, Southwark, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts group of boys and girls in coats and hats posed in front of a wall., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: A group from one of the melting pot sections of Phila., Southwark. Note: the two little boys on the left, the questioning seriousness of one and the amused assurance of the other. (Tell about sledding down an ash pile without snow, ice or cold weather and about tin-can-decorated trees and electric wires.), 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 101 [P.3513.101], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson101.htm

Title: ASSU Illustration 5915
Description: Block numbered in two places: 5915, also numbered 136 in two places., Image of a man, two children and a dog. The man is looking towards what appears to be a church, but the children are looking at the dog in an outdoor setting., Illustration appears in The thunder-storm (Philadelphia, between 1857 and 1870?), p. 127. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1857 to at least 1870; it was not listed in 1893. Caption of illustration -- "My faithful Plato.", “Church dog” -- inscribed on back of block., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila." -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856., Signed in reverse: VanIngen-Snyder. Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., Tape (inscribed “Van Ingen Snyder”) on side of block.
Date: [between 1853 and 1856?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 7

Title: ASSU Illustration 6391
Description: Block numbered in one place: 6391, also 1278 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl inside a gated yard watching a man, a boy, and a girl ride down the street on horses; buildings are visible in the background., Back of block obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 27

Title: ASSU Illustration 6598
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6598, also 363 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of women who appear to be instructing children in a one-room school setting; one woman appears to wear a headscarf or veil, as do many of the children, but another may be wearing European dress; most if not all of the children appear to be girls; one woman gestures while reading a book in front of two kneeling girls; another holds what may be a scroll toward one of two children looking on; two more women sit cross-legged and a line of children sits against a wall., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 25

Title: ASSU Illustration 7500
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7500, also 1645 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two standing women, a kneeling man, and a small girl holding a doll; one woman leans over to look at something the man holds in his hand. They appear to be unpacking a trunk. A mallet, a chisel, and books are strewn in the foreground., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Signed: B.
Date: [between 1869 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 25

Title: ASSU Illustration 2856
Description: Block numbered in two places: 2856., Image of a man with a cane conversing with two boys, who are both on ladders. The boys appear to be hanging a banner., Block has an open space for printed type., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 10

Title: ASSU Illustration 6086
Description: Block numbered in one place: 6086., Image of a woman watching a young girl look at herself in a mirror, in an interior setting., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila.” -- back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 11

Title: ASSU Illustration 7135
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7135., Image of an old man, seated, talking to two children. The old man appears to be whittling boats in a beach setting, with a body of water in the background., "V. Grottenthaler Co., Phila, PA." -- Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876.
Date: [not before 1869?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 7

Title: ASSU Illustration 3899
Description: Block numbered in at least one place: 3899., Image of a boy and a girl seated outdoors in a natural setting. The children are gazing at rabbits, the boy appears to be petting one. Nearby there are buildings in the background., “The Pet Rabbit [?]” -- inscribed on side of block., Tape (inscribed “165”) on obverse.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 12

Title: ASSU Illustration 0341
Description: Block numbered in one place: 341, also 1844 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of four children standing in a doorway, regarding a small boy who stands outside; the child in front holds a kerosene lamp in one hand and extends his other hand toward the boy outside; a smaller girl peeks out from behind the back of the boy with the lamp; the four children seem to be wearing nightgowns, but the child outside the door is dressed in a shirt, pants, and a hat., Signed: Kilburn [i.e. Samuel Smith Kilburn?]., , Provenance:, , Variant:
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 21

Title: ASSU Illustration 5845
Description: Block numbered in two places: 5845, also numbered 58 in one place., Image of a little girl who appears to be staring sadly at a dead bird that is lying on a table next to a birdcage. Outdoor setting, next to a garden shed and tools., Illustration appears in The Little beggar-boy, or, Thou shalt not covet (Philadelphia, between 1867 and 1893?), p. 121. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from March 1867 to at least 1893. Caption of illustration -- "Harry had killed him!", Signed in reverse: Vaningen-Snyder [i.e. Van Ingen & Snyder.], “…[unintelligible] Bird” -- inscribed on side of block., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” -- Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Date: [not before 1848?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 12

Title: ASSU Illustration 6027.
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6027., Image of an older girl holding a younger girl on the back of a lamb.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 32

Title: [Stereo portrait of unidentified young boy, seated on a chair, holding a cabinet card]
Description: Glass negative showing a stereo portrait of a child with curled hair wearing a checkered dress and seated on a small chair. The child holds a cabinet card in his hands with a solemn expression on his face., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: ca. 1880-ca. 1900
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [*P.9895.12.14]

Title: [Young child and baby in pram]
Description: Film negative showing a young child standing next to a baby sitting in a pram, probably in Philadelphia. They wear white dresses and caps. A boy wearing a double breasted jacket stands behind the pram., April 5 & 8, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.196]

Title: The lips of the wise disperse knowledge
Description: Set in a school room, the image shows a white schoolmaster, who appears to be teaching a group of young African American boys to read. Holding books, the boys are grouped around him., Cover page of the Slave's Friend (New York: Published by R.G. Williams, for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836), vol. 1, no. 1 (1836)., Accompanied by the caption: "The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. -- Prov. xv.7.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery.
Date: [1836]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Per S 63 54051.D v 1 n 1 cover page, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2884

Title: [Boy sawing wood], Pocono Lake, [PA]
Description: Film negative showing a boy wearing a sailor suit sawing a log propped on a makeshift sawhorse at Pocono Lake. A large pile of logs stands to the right. The boy's face is cropped from the frame. The Pocono Lake Preserve was pioneered by a group of Quakers, including Isaac Sharpless, who camped in the area in 1904. In 1908, this group bought the property from the Pocono Mountain Ice Company and designed it as a basic, rustic campground., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: July 27, 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.374]

Title: [Young child holding a ball]
Description: Film negative showing a child standing on a porch holding a ball. The child wears a dress with a lace collar and a ruffled hat., April 5 & 8, 1908., The negative is creased in the upper left corner., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.202]

Title: [Young child and baby in pram]
Description: Film negative showing a child standing next to a baby sitting in a pram in a garden. Both children wear dresses and hats decorated with ribbons. A house is visible in the distance., April 5 & 8, 1908., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
Creator: Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
Date: April 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.2013.13.203]

Title: Joe Michl's fifty little orphans
Description: Small display card depicting a montage of children's and baby's faces, heads, and busts, including one African American child. Two children, prominently shown in the foreground, hold hands, and a cigar. Some children wear bonnets and ribbons on their heads. A few children wear outfits with lace collars and shoulder straps with bows. Most of the "little orphans" smile, while others cry and frown. Michel established his cigar business as a partnership in Decatur in 1858. He predominantly operated as a sole proprietor from 1863 to 1903. His cigars were known for their standard of excellence., Contains hole for hanging in upper edge., Advertising text on verso: Smoke the "Little Orphan" cigar. Best on Earth for 5 Cents. Manufactured by Jos. Michl., Decatur, Ill., Purchased with funds for the Visual Culture Program., George S. Harris started his printing business in 1847, and in 1872, he partnered with his son George T. Harris and renamed the business George Harris & Son.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Michel [P.2013.59]

Title: Rittenhouse Sq
Description: Group portrait of five girls and one woman in winter coats, hats, and gloves behind snow pile., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: An Allied fortress representing two Polish children and one each American, English, French, Irish, and Italian., 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 119b [P.8513.119b], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson119b.htm

Title: ASSU Illustration 3344
Description: Block numbered in two places: 3344, also 402 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy on a rocking horse, holding a small whip; two children and an infant look on: one child standing, a younger child sitting on the floor with a large top, and an infant in a woman's arms., Illustration also appears in The Sunday-school anniversary (Philadelphia, 1824, p. 26.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24

Main menu

Pages