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Title: [Portrait of an unidentified woman]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of a woman seated on a chair. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved, silk dress with a high lace collar, a brooch, hoop earrings, a ring, and a long necklace. She rests her right arm on a table covered with a patterned tablecloth, and her left hand rests on her lap. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from sitter's attire., Pad: Red velvet embossed Van Loan & Co's Gallery 118 Chesnut St. Philada. Geometric border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in a nonpareil like border. Scroll work all around. A different floral spray within a modified double elliptical border is on the back. Design called "Lily and Rose" and is Plate 114 in Floyd and Marion Rinhart's American miniature case art (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.), Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993 p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Van Loan operated from 118 Chestnut Street circa 1849-circa 1851.
Creator: Van Loan & Co., photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.3]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, portrait of an African American man facing slightly right. Sitter is attired in a white collared shirt and a dark-colored necktie and jacket. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and sitter's attire., Pad: Red velvet with geometric design in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. A small floral spray is within a curlicued border within a modified oval. Scroll work all around. Same design on verso., Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993., Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.1]

Title: Compliments of Lehman & Bolton, lithographers, printers, publishers. 715, 171, 719 Arch Street. Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement calendar for the year 1885 containing a sentimental, genre scene. Shows a long-haired child, possibly a boy, attired in a collared dress, bow at the waist, knickers, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with flowers, socks, and shoes with straps. The child holds a bouquet of flowers in one hand and holds out a sprig in the other. Advertisement also contains pictorial details depicting fruits and vinery framing the image. The firm, established in 1873 by William H. Lehman and Mahlon Bolton, Jr. from Jacob Haehnlen's former establishment at Goldsmiths' Hall, specialized in commercial lithographs such as billheads, letterheads, and advertisements., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 122, 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.
Creator: Lehman & Bolton
Date: [1884]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department PRINt Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Calendars [P.2011.10.165]

Title: "Queen Bess" corset and skirt supporter. This is by far the best corset and skirt supporter ever made and is warranted in every particular. Manufactured only by the Worcester Corset Co., Worcester, Mass Pat. June 12th 1877 & Aug. 31st. 1880. Name registered as a trade mark July 24th, 1877
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting two women attired in corset and skirt supporters., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: John Wanamaker, Grand Depot, City Hall Square, Philadelphia, Pa. Provides five reasons for recommending Worcester Corset Co.'s corset and skirt supporter and patent cloth steel protector., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Worcester [1975.F.1011]

Title: Star-braid and Fleisher's worsted yarns
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for Fleisher's Star Braid Mills at Twenty-fifth and Hamilton Streets in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict two women on a balustraded balcony, one matching up a large roll of "Star Braid" yarn with the long train on the other woman's dress. Also shows a woman standing on a balcony under a shining sun pulling yarn from a large spool labeled "Star Braid" on the ground below her. A man stands adjacent to the spool on the ground and serenades the woman with a lute., One print [P. 9815] contains distributor's imprint printed on verso: Presented by J.P. Coburn, dealer in general merchandise, Orwell, Pa. Save money buying your dress trimmings at Coburn's. Hats, caps, boots and shoes, cheap at Coburn's. Clothing at Coburn's. Choice groceries at Corburn's. Everything guaranteed as represented at Coburn's., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Star-braid [P.9815 & P.9822]

Title: Compliments of Hershey Baking Co., York, Pa
Description: Illustrated trade card surrounded by a flower border depicting the profiles of two women in Renaissance robes reading a letter in a garden. Hershey Baking Company was founded by Jacob S. Hershey in 1899 as a bread bakery in York, Pennsylvania., Embossed., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *trade card - Hershey [P.9631.4]

Title: Native American woman standing in wooded area, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a Native American woman standing out of doors in an overgrown area near a tree. She wears an ornate headband and a full length fringed dress possibly made of leather, as well as decorated leggings, moccasins, and necklaces. She carries a decorated or woven purse or bag on her left arm., 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.2008.10.130]

Title: [Textile labels advertising Ginghams, and Balmoral skirts]
Description: Series of illustrated textile labels for Fulton and Clyde Ginghams, and Raleigh's, J. P. Buggy, and Fairbrook Mills balmoral skirts. Illustrations depict Robert Fulton seated in front of a view of a steamboat on the water; a Scottish hunter attired in a kilt and accompanied by a dog; a fashionably-attired couple seated in a pavilion; individual women in winter attire lifting their overskirt to expose their Balmoral skirt; and a couple ice skating., Title supplied by cataloger., One of prints [P.9349.187d] copyrighted in 1866 by Arthur Keegan, Printers include Theodore Leonhardt and Stein & Jones., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See P.9349.153l for proof of P.9349.187g., Leonhardt relocated his establishment to 114 South Third Street in 1868.
Date: ca. 1862-ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.187a-f]

Title: [Textile labels advertising Ginghams, and Balmoral skirts]
Description: Series of illustrated textile labels for Fulton and Clyde Ginghams, and Raleigh's, J. P. Buggy, and Fairbrook Mills balmoral skirts. Illustrations depict Robert Fulton seated in front of a view of a steamboat on the water; a Scottish hunter attired in a kilt and accompanied by a dog; a fashionably-attired couple seated in a pavilion; individual women in winter attire lifting their overskirt to expose their Balmoral skirt; and a couple ice skating., Title supplied by cataloger., One of prints [P.9349.187d] copyrighted in 1866 by Arthur Keegan, Printers include Theodore Leonhardt and Stein & Jones., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., See P.9349.153l for proof of P.9349.187g., Leonhardt relocated his establishment to 114 South Third Street in 1868.
Date: ca. 1862-ca. 1868
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.187a-f]

Title: J. P. Buggy, palmoral [sic] skirts. Manufacturer
Description: Proof of textile label for the Philadelphia textile manufacturer Joseph P. Buggy showing a couple ice skating. The woman wears a balmoral skirt, overcoat, hat, and gloves. The man wears pants, a coat, scarf, hat, and gloves. Buggy established his manufactory at South Twenty-Fifth and Factory streets circa 1864., Printed below image: 144 x 45., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153l]

Title: J. P. Buggy, palmoral [sic] skirts. Manufacturer
Description: Proof of textile label for the Philadelphia textile manufacturer Joseph P. Buggy showing a couple ice skating. The woman wears a balmoral skirt, overcoat, hat, and gloves. The man wears pants, a coat, scarf, hat, and gloves. Buggy established his manufactory at South Twenty-Fifth and Factory streets circa 1864., Printed below image: 144 x 45., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1864]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.153l]

Title: The secret out at last. Why Mrs. Brown has such a perfect figure. Adjustable duplex corset. Made only by the Bortree M'f'g Co., Jackson, Mich. Office & salesroom 15 and 17 Mercer St. New York
Description: Illustrated metamorphic trade card depicting two women standing outside of a bedroom, one peeping through the keyhole of the closed door. The open flap shows a woman, "Mrs. Brown," attired in a corset and undergarments looking at her relflection in a mirror. The Bortree Company started to produce the duplex corset in 1875., Contains advertising text printed on verso: Adjustable duplex corset. The best corset in the world. Perfect in shape, and the most comfortable and durable corset known. Double bone, double steel, double seams. Warranted not to rip. Ask for it! See that the word "Duplex" is stamped on every corset. Made only by the Bortree M'f'g Co., Jackson, Mich. Office & salesroom 15 and 17 Mercer St. New York., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Duplex [P.2002.36]

Title: Illustrations for the Berlitz Method
Description: Series of flash cards utilized in the direct method to teach foreign languages developed in 1878 by Maxmillian Berlitz. Cards depict household furniture and utensils, including a stove, desk, book, and pen (1); a color bar, and book bindings and pencils of different colors, lengths, and widths (2); styles of fashion, fashion accessories, and parts of the body (3); fruits and flowers (4); vegetables, meat, and bread (5); clocks and clock faces (7); wild animals, including a lion and bear (10); land and water fowl, including a turkey, swan, and peacock (11); birds and small mammals, including a mouse, hare, and ostrich (12); a city street scene showing numerous forms of land and marine travel, including a railroad, horse-drawn carriages, and a steamship (14); cityscape, including a church, fountain, statuary, and municipal building (15); and an interior view of a bedroom, including a bed, fireplace, and wardrobe (16)., Date inferred from depictions of clothing., Title from label pasted on case., Prints numbered: 1-5; 7; 10-12; and 14-16., 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. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Illustrations [P.2011.10.2.1-12]

Title: A. Heinman men's furnishing goods, No. 140 No. Eighth Str. Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a kitten standing and propped inside of men's cuffs on a dressing table with jars and a hairbrush. Vignette surrounded by plants and flowering vines., Copyright 1883 George Perry., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: c1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Heineman [P.9651.9]

Title: [Portrait of Elizabeth Berry in a coat and hat]
Description: Full-length indoor portrait of the photographer's daughter, Elizabeth Berry, standing in front of a drop cloth with her arms clasped behind her back, attired in a coat and hat. She also wears a leg brace on her left leg., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator: Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.5]

Title: Philadelphia fashions, spring & summer 1845, by S. A. & A. F. Ward no. 62 Walnut St
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 16 elegantly attired men, women, and boys in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. A couple in bed coats sits on a chaise lounge. The man accompanied by a boy, attired in a military-style suit, talks to another man, wearing a suit with patterned pants. The woman talks with another lady attired in a bonnet, shawl, and full skirt. A third gentleman stands near two columns to the left. He wears a suit with a lavishly patterned vest and striped pants. On the opposite side of the columns, two women in evening dresses sit at a piano. One wears a feather in her hair and the other wears an elaborate up do with ringlettes on the side. Two men in evening suits join them. Furnishings also includes a framed painting and mosaic carpeting. Lower panel shows the outdoor scene. At the banks of a river, possibly the Schuylkill, 5 men, one woman, and a boy are gathered. The woman, at the center of the scene, wears a riding habit and sits side saddle on her horse. Her male companion, in a riding suit, stands next to her, dismounted from his horse. To the left, a man in a hunting outfit and with a dog stands between two men in suits and top hats. To the right, a man attired in an overcoat stands with a boy, attired in a suit. Each wears a top hat. All the men wear pants of various patterns and different styles of neckwear. Most carry a cane and the hunter holds a rifle. Most of the depicted men have some facial hair. Key numbered 1-9 and 10-15 printed above and below the image., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 179
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2007.28.28]

Title: O. B. De Morat, photographer, No. 2 South Eighth St., Philadelphia
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting couples, including one on their wedding day and another under an umbrella in the rain., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - De Morat [P.9753.1-4]

Title: Fashions by S.A. & A.F. Ward, spring & summer 1850, no. 62 Walnut St. Philad
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 15 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and an outdoor setting. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as tree branches and tools of the design trade, including rulers, scissors and protractors. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. At the center of the panel, two men stand showing their backs as they peer at the countryside from the curtained window. They are flanked by two groups conversing in the parlor. On the left side, a woman attired in a bonnet, long pleated shirtwaist, and white gloves stands in the middle of two men attired in long jackets, vests, and neck ties. The men on the right side wear the same style, while the woman wears a dress with a low cut neckline, gloves, and a small hat. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Furniture in the parlor includes a high back chair, wing chair and an ottoman. Lower panel shows a beach scene and a hunting scene. Dividing the two are a man and a woman mounted on horses. The woman sits sidesaddle in a long skirt, shirtwaist, and hat. Her male companion, and the men gathered in front of their horses, are attired in vests, jackets, cravats and top hats. A casually-dressed, barefoot man, wearing loose trousers and an unbuttoned white shirt, observes the scene from a distance. On the opposite side of the horses, two men gather their prey from a recent hunting expedition. One man stands with a rifle in his right hand and points at the dead hare and fowl at his feet as another man, more casually dressed, puts the kill in a sack. A dog is curled up, asleep at their feet., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 69, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3070]
Date: [1850]
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3070]

Title: Fashions by S.A & A.F. Ward spring & summer No. 62 Walnut Philada. 1852
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 17 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and an outdoor, country setting. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as foliage and filigree. Upper panel shows the parlor scene. Three men attired in suits, top hats and canes converse. One man leans against a writing desk, one shows his back, and the other man is seated in a wingback chair . At the center of the panel, a woman wearing a full dress with wide sleeves stands with a boy, a girl, and a puppy. A man wrapped in a lavish robe and fez hat sits on chaise lounge, looking right in the direction of two men who stand and converse. Lower panel shows a country scene. At the center of the scene two women attired in long-sleeve dresses and plumed hats are seated sidesaddle on horses. The men flanking the two women are attired in vests, jackets, cravats and top hats and some hold canes. One of the men rests his right hand on a rifle. A boy dressed in a vest, pants, boots and cap plays with a hoop and watches the horses. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Key numbered 1-17 printed below the figures., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 71, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3067]
Date: 1852
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3067]

Title: Fashions, fall & winter, 1850-1, by S.A. & A.F. Ward, No. 62 Walnut St., Philadelphia
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 21 elegantly attired men, women, and children in outdoor settings. Scenes surrounded by a border designed as bare tree branches. Upper panel shows five men, three women, and two boys dressed in autumn clothing. All of the men wear jackets, vests, and cravats. Some wear, or hold, top hats, and one man sports a double-breasted coat. One woman is attired in a long-sleeve, high-collared dress, and wears a hat adorned with a feather. She is about to clasp the hand of a boy standing with her, who is dressed similarly to the men in the image, with a long waisted jacket and pants. The woman in the center is attired in pearls, bangles, and an elaborate, shoulder-bearing dress with a flounced skirt. The woman to her right shows only her profile, and is covered in a bonnet and ruffled shawl over her skirt. Another boy, dressed in a cropped jacket, pants, and a cap, stands nearby. Lower panel shows a winter snow scene in the country. Ten men and one boy stand conversing in their layered winter clothing, which includes jackets, capes, coats, vests, cravats, pants, boots and hats. Some wear gloves and hold canes. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. Snow, bare trees, fences, and a country house are visible in the background., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 71, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3074]
Date: 1850
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3074]

Title: Fashions for fall and winter 1848-9 by S.A. & A.F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 20 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor and outdoor setting. Upper panel shows six men and two women conversing in a parlor decorated with fine furniture and carpet. All of the men wear long jackets, vests, pants, and cravats. Some hold top hats and canes and wear gloves. An older gentleman is seated in a wing back chair with a paper in his left hand. Attired in high collared, long-sleeve dresses, one of the women holds a hankerchief and the other wears a top hat with a veil. Lower panel shows a fall scene of eight men and four boys standing and conversing in a field near a body of water. They are dressed in layers of clothing, including coats, capes, vests, cravats, striped pants, plaid plants, boots, top hats, and gloves. Two men hold canes and another a rifle. Many of the depicted men have mustaches and or sideburns. The boys, similarly dressed in long jackets, pants, boots, and caps, hold canes and a hoop. Buildings, possibly country homes, are visible in the background., Not in Wainwright., Illegible signature in lower right corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 74, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3073]
Date: 1848
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3073]

Title: The "new woman."
Description: Genre scene satirizing the "new woman" and the role of women in the home. Shows the lady of the house sitting at a table reading a newspaper as her husband stands in the kitchen dryng dishes. With a confused look, he peers at her from the other room. She is dressed in bicycle garb with her bicycle resting in the doorway nearby., Copyrighted by B. L. Singley., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Printed text in six languages on verso: Die "moderne frau."; La 'donna nuova."; La femme nouvelle."; La Nueva Mufer."; Den "ny kvinde."; and Des "na kvinnan.", 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 Erika Piola.
Creator: Keystone View Company
Date: c1899
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Keystone View Company - Portraits and genre [P.9964.2]

Title: Fashions for spring and summer 1847 by S.A. & A.F. Ward, no. 62 Walnut Street Philada
Description: Fashion advertisement containing two panelled scenes of 17 elegantly attired men, women, and children in a parlor setting and an outdoor hunting scene. Upper panel shows a parlor furnished with floral carpet, a fireplace, an ornate chandelier, window blinds, a portrait painting, and high-backed chairs. At the center of the scene a young boy with a hoop entertains two seated women attired in dresses and bonnets. Six men dressed in solid or plaid pants, jackets, vests, cravats, and top hats flank the women and child in the center and converse with one another. Lower panel shows six figures, some standing, some leaning against tree stumps, and a man and a woman mounted on horses in the center of the scene. The male figures, including one boy, are attired in solid or plaid jackets, plaid pants, vests, and top hats. One man holds a rifle and faces the boy (right) who holds what appears to be a dead bird behind his back, as another dead bird rests on the ground at his feet. The woman, sitting sidesaddle, wears a dress, jacket, gloves and a plumed hat. Many of the depicted men, in both scenes, have mustaches and or sideburns. Figures numbered 1-17., Not in Wainwright., Signed, "French," in lower right corner., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 176, Smithsonian Institution NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3069]
Creator: French, John Taylor, 1822-1852, artist
Date: 1847
Location: Smithsonian Institution | NMAH Home and Community Life Collection SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL *60.3069]

Title: [M.A. Fritsche trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards depicting children and their pets, including dogs, chicks, birds, a goat, and a rabbit; a man and woman in Renaissance-era clothing; and women, cherubs, flowers, and fruit framing business cards and scrolls for M.A. Fritsche's jewelery business at 1320 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia., Six prints [1975.F.298-300 & 1975.F.315] copyrighted 1879 by Bufford, Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1879]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Fritsche [1975.F.298-300; 1975.F.313-315; 1975.F.317 & 318; 1975.F.325; 1975.F.334; 1975.F.337 & 338; 1975.F.340; 1975.F.344]

Title: What makes these children look so queer? Why do they awkward all appear? The reason is, they are arrayed in clothing that is badly made Awkward no more these boys appear. No longer look these children queer. And do you ask the reason why?-Their clothing now is fitted by, Strawbridge & Clothier
Description: Metamorphic tradecard designed with a turn-down flap to depict a before and after scene. Before scene shows three boys attired in ugly patterned and oversized or too tight clothing. After scene shows boys attired in elegant, smartly patterned suits., Advertising text printed on verso: Strawbridge & Clothier, 801, 803, 805, 807 & 809 Market Street, Philadelphia. Invite attention to their large Stock of Boys' clothing. This Stock is gotten up with great care and is all sold on the basis of our uniformly low prices., Purchased with funds from the Walter J. Miller Trust for the Visual Culture Program., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Strawbridge [P.2012.34]

Title: Two of the killers
Description: View showing two outlandishly-attired members of the Philadelphia gang known as the "Killers" carousing on the street. One sits on a fire hydrant and the other leans against a lamp pole (posted with a "Sale" notice") at a street tenanted by a "Grocery" and adorned with broadsides. The men wear patterned pants, jackets with tails, oversized neck ties, and top hats. One also wears a pin adorned "K." They each have their hands in their pockets and smoke cigarettes. The grocery displays a barrel of brooms in addition to signs reading "Coffee Sugar Tea" and "Teas Coffee 5." The broadsides adorning the opposite building advertise "Auction this Evening" and "Circus The Old Man of the Mountain..... Dan Rice Clown." The playbill is illustrated with a scene of an equestrian trick. The "Killers," organized circa 1846, were a band of young men who menaced the Moyamensing neighborhood and were associated with the Moyamensing Hose Company and the Democratic Keystone Club., Date from Poulson inscription on recto: 1848., Wainwright suggests date of circa 1855., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 761, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Reproduced in Edwin Wolf's Philadelphia: Portrait of American city (Published by Camino Books in cooperation the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1990), page 199.
Date: [1848]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *W408 [P.2219]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American boy in a sailor suit]
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an unidentified African American boy. The boy, attired a collared wool coat with an emblem on the left arm, matching wool shorts, socks, and boots, looks slightly right. He stands on grass and rests his right elbow on a wooden gate. Includes a backdrop decorated as a field of flowers., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Gift of David Long, 2001., 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: Sullivan, photographer
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - Sullivan (phot.) [P.9969.1]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified young African American man]
Description: Copy photograph of a bust-length portrait of a young, unidentified African American man facing forward. The man has rosy-colored cheek, wears a mustache, and is attired in a white collared shirt, a waistcoat, and a jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Gift of David Long, 2001., 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: Shaw, Jeremiah H., photographer
Date: [ca. 1891]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Shaw [P.9969.2]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified young African American man]
Description: Bust-length studio portrait of an unidentified young African American man. The man, wearing a mustache and attired in a white collared shirt, a striped tie, a waistcoat, and a jacket, faces slightly right., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from operation dates of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Purchase 2001., 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: Hurst, Jonathan A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1892]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - misc - unidentified male [P.9967.1]

Title: [Unidentified African American man with a dog]
Description: Full-length portrait of an African American man, wearing a mustache and attired in a white collared shirt, a waistcoat, a jacket, a riding coat, and pants, standing in front of a backdrop adorned with ornate decorative columns. He holds a walking stick, crosses his right leg over his left, and leans on a balustrade on which a top hat rests. A white and brown spaniel dog lies in the foreground., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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., Parlor Gallery, operated by Lewis Horning, was in business at 523 South 9th Street from around 1876 until 1885.
Creator: Parlor Gallery (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Parlor [P.9981.7]

Title: Paris, New York & Philadelphia fashions for fall 1852, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 211 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print containing twenty-one full-length models in two rows primarily displaying a variety of men's suits and coats. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior showing patterned wallpaper and carpeting as well as a chair and fainting couch. Includes one female figure and a boy with a small lap dog on a leash. The bottom row features male figures dressed in outdoor clothing including 1852 presidential candidates Franklin Pierce and Winfield Scott posed in front of the White House. Many models feature boldly patterned trousers and top hats., Possibly drawn on stone by James Queen., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 161
Creator: P.S. Duval & Co., lithographer
Date: c1852
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2002.61.2]

Title: Philadelphia, Paris & New-York fashions, for spring & summer 1861. Published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 720, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print containing two rows of full-length models displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior showing patterned wallpaper and carpeting. Two female figures in the center of the row display dresses with large hoops. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including a couple dressed in riding habit, the Prince of Wales, and Union Major Robert Anderson, commander at Fort Sumter, posed in front of a view of Fort Sumter., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 182, Gift of David Doret., LCP copy uncolored., Philadelphia on Stone
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: c1861
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.2002.61.3]

Title: Philadelphia Paris & New York fashions for spring & summer of 1867, published and sold by F. Mahan, no. 911, Chestnut Street Philadelphia
Description: Fashion print featuring twenty full-length models in two rows displaying men's and women's indoor and outdoor clothing. Primarily depicts men's fashions but includes three female figures and two children. Top row features figures posed against a domestic interior featuring a large window overlooking a country landscape and patterned carpeting and drapes. Bottom row features figures dressed in outdoor clothing including Senator Simon Cameron and Union General John Adams Dix posed against wall with a rural landscape in the background., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 186, LCP AR [Annual Report] 1991, pgs. 48-49.
Creator: Haugg, Louis, 1827-1903, artist
Date: c1867
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Fashion [P.9366.3]

Title: Black and white beaux
Description: Portrays a black couple in New York; it appears within the context of Trollope's discussion of free blacks in the city, particularly their dress, taste, and comportment. "On one occassion," Trollope wrote, "we met in Broadway a young Negress in the extreme of fashion, and accompanied by a black beau, whose toilet was equally studied; eye-glass, guard-chin, nothing was omitted; he walked beside his sable goddess uncovered, and with an air of the most tender devotion. At the window of a handsome house which they were passing stood a very pretty white girl, with two gentlemen beside her; but alas! both of them had their hats on, and one was smoking!" (p. 279), Plate in Frances Trollope's Domestic Manners of the Americans (London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, & Co.; New York: Reprinted for the booksellers, 1832), p. 278., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Daily Life.
Creator: Pendleton, lithographer
Date: [1832]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1832 Tro 8678.O p 278, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2732

Title: Hottentote
Description: Image of a young Hottentot (i.e., Khoikhoi) woman whom Le Vaillant met during his travels. The woman wears typical Khoikhoi dress: namely, a cape made from sheep or badger's skin. She does not, however, wear the customary fur loin-cloth -- an oversight allowing the illustrator to show her genitalia. Like many Khoikhoi women (including Saarti Baartman, the so-called "Hottentot Venus," who was crudely "exhibited" to European audiences in the early nineteenth century), the woman shown here has a "vagina dentata," which Le Vaillant described as a "natural apron." (See the English translation of Le Vaillant, Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa [London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1796], vol. 2, p. 353), Plate in François Le Vaillant's Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance: dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (A Paris: Chez Leroy, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques; vis-à-vis celle de la Parcheminerie, no. 15, M.DCC.LXXXX [1790]), vol. 2, p. 346., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1790]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare U Afri Leva 1790 9861.O v 2 p 346, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2924

Title: Dracht en wapening der Hottentots = The Hottentots clothing and their dress
Description: Set in a lush landscape near the Cape of Good Hope, the illustration features a group of Khoikoin, also known (pejoratively) as the Hottentots. Engraving accompanies a passage in which Ogilby offers a detailed description of their clothing and weapons. "Their Clothing is very sordid, and vile, most of the Men wearing onely a Sheeps Pelt, or Badgers Skin, in manner of a Mantle about their Shoulders, with the hairy side commonly within, and ty'd under their Chin. Such a Mantle consists of three Pieces, neatly sew'd together with Sinews of Beasts in stead of Threed. When they go abroad, or upon a Journey, they throw another Sheeps-skin, with the Wool on the out-side, over the undermost. Upon their Heads they wear a Cap of Lamb-skin, with the Woolly side inward, and a Button on the top. Their shoes are made of a Rhincerot's Skin, and consists of a whole flat Piece, before and behind of a like heighth, with a Cross of two Leather-bands fasten'd to their Feet. Before their Privacies hangs a little piece of a wild Wood-Cat, or ring-streaked Tyger, or Jack-alls Skin, ty'd behind with two Thongs. The Habit of the Women differs little from the former, being a Sheep-skin Mantle on the upper part of their Bodies, with the Wool inwards; but somewhat longer than the Men; also another Skin hanging behind to cover their back-parts, and a square Piece before their Privacies. On their Heads they wear a high Cap of a Sheeps, or Badgers Skin, bound to their Heads with a broad Fillet: In all the rest following the Mens Garb. . . . Many of them wear as an Ornament, the Guts of Beasts, fresh and stinking, drawn two or three times one through another, about their Necks, and the like about their Legs . . . . When they go abroad they have usually an Ostrich Feather, or a Staff, with a wild Cats Tail ty'd to it, in one Hand, in stead of a Handkerchief to wipe their Eyes and Noses, and beat away the Dust, Sand, and Flies, and in the other Hand a sleight Javelin. The Women never go abroad without a Leather Sack at their backs, having at each end a Tuft or Taffel, fill'd with one trifle or another. Their Weapons, or Arms, are Bowes and Arrows, and small Darts, three, four, or five Foot long, having at one end a broad sharp Iron fixed, which they handle and throw very dexterously." (p. 590-91), Double-page plate in John Ogilby's Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid: the Land of Negroes, Guinee, and Aethiopia, and Abyssines, with all the Adjacent Islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, Belonging Thereunto (London: Printed by Tho. Johnson, for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers, M.DC.LXX [1670]), p. 590., A seemingly identical copy of this engraving appeared in Pieter van der Aa's La Galerie agreable du monde (Leyden: 1729?). The Leyden version was signed by van der Aa., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1670]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Wing O163 14.F p 590, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2962

Title: Solomon Northup in his plantation suit
Description: Portrait of Solomon Northup, a free citizen of New York, who was kidnapped in Washington City in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup is shown in a suit that he wore as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation., Frontispiece for Solomon Northup's Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River, in Louisiana (Auburn: Derby and Miller; Buffalo: Derby, Orton and Mulligan; London: Sampson Low, Son & Company, 1853)., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Date: [1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1853 Nor 54079.D frontispiece, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2791

Title: Dracht en wapening der Hottentots = Les armes et habits des Hottentots, aupres le Cap de Bonne Esperance
Description: Set in a lush landscape near the Cape of Good Hope, the illustration features a group of Khoikoin, also known (somewhat pejoratively) as the Hottentots. As the title suggests, the engraving shows their weapons and manner of dress. Both the men and the women wear loin-cloths and shawls bordered with fur. A few wear bands around their lower legs. Some of the Khoikoin carry spears; the central figure is also shown with a bow and a quiver., Double-page plate in Pieter van der Aa's La galerie agreable du monde, où l'on voit et un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roiaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses . . . (Le tout mis en ordre & executé à Leide, par Pierre vander Aa [1729?]), n.p., In the absence of pagination, 57 has been written next to the plate., Seemingly, van der Aa copied from an unsigned engraving published in John Ogilby's Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid (London: 1670) under the title "Dracht en Wapening der Hottentots / The Hottentots Clothing and Their Arms.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date: [1729?]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Gen Gal v 60-62 1729.F n.p. (57), https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2951

Title: Chinese gent and lady
Description: Full-length portrait of a Chinese man and Chinese woman seated at a table. In the left, the woman, attired in a decorative headdress and a dress with large, full sleeves, sits on a carved, wooden chair with her feet on a wooden footrest. In the right, the man, attired in a cap, a traditional robe with fur at the cuffs, and cloth slip-on shoes, sits with his legs crossed and faces the viewer. A vase of flowers and possibly a tea set are on a tablecloth-lined table in-between the man and woman., Title from publisher's printed series list on verso with thirty other titled views (No. 1-36)., Date inferred from content., Series number (No. 28) also written in manuscript note on mount below image., Photographer's imprint printed on verso above titled series list., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., Orange mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on verso: S.R. Marrines., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James., Indianapolis photographer D. R. Clark was included in one of eight observation parties sponsored by the United States government to gather information about the December 8, 1874 Transit of Venus. His party traveled to Vladivostock, Russia.
Creator: Clark, D. R., photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Miscellaneous - Clark - Non-Phila. [P.9299.5]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified young African American man]
Description: Full-length portrait of an African American man, attired in a white collared shirt, a pin-striped waistcoat with a watch chain and jacket, lighter-colored pin-striped pants, and shoes. He stands and holds a bowler hat in his right hand and rests his left hand on a chair draped with an animal fur. He is posed in front of a painted backdrop and looks at the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on verso: 6420., Purchase 2001., 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: Grier, Andrew A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Grier [P.9930.4]

Title: Life in Philadephia [sic]. The valentine
Description: Racist caricature depicting an African American man reading a comic valentine in his bedroom as he prepares for bed. Shows the bearded man, beside a bed with a pink canopy, holding the back of a tilted chair (his waistcoat on it) with his left hand and holding up the valentine illustrated with a picture of the devil in his right hand. The man is portrayed with an angry expression and standing with his feet far apart. He wears a night cap, a blue-striped shirt, a black neck tie, brown pantaloons from which a watch fob hangs, white stockings and one red slipper. A water pitcher and boots lie near his feet. In the left, an African American woman, smiles, and stands behind the ajar bedroom door. She wears a night bonnet, neckerchief, short-sleeved shirt, blue skirt, and black slippers. A stairwell is seen behind her. Figures are portrayed with oversized and exaggerated features and their skin tone is depicted in black hand coloring., Title from item,, Date inferred from content and name of publisher., Contains one bubble of dialogue in the vernacular within the image: Holl’a! What’s all dis about_. “De rose is Red de Violets blue” De Debils Black and so are You. Well dat’s bery Fair indeed., Inscribed: No. 6., Charles Hunt was a respected 19th-century London engraver and etcher known mostly for his prints of sporting subjects., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator: Summers, William, artist
Date: [ca. 1833]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Life in Philadelphia (London Set) [P.9710.6]

Title: [Unidentified African American woman]
Description: Near full-length portrait showing an African American woman attired in a narrow-brimmed, high-domed, ornamented bonnet; dark-colored, button-down shirt waist; and white skirt with ruching at the hips. A broach with a four-leaf clover detail adorns her collar. She stands between a post to her right and a stringy, hay bale-like prop to her left. She rests her left hand on the prop and holds a parasol perpendicular to the floor in her right. A photographer's head clamp is positioned to the left of the post and a backdrop illustrated with an outdoor setting is visible in the background. The studio is partially visible in the left of the image., Title supplied by cataloger., Accompanied by detached photographer's label (P.2017.14.4b)., Date inferred from "N.B." on photographer's label., Description and access points reviewed 2022.
Creator: Fenton, J., photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department tintypes - photographer - Fenton [P.2017.14.4a&b]

Title: [Portrait of five African American men attired in uniforms, probably band uniforms]
Description: Full-length portrait depicting the five young African American men, standing in a row, in a studio setting. The men on either end are slightly angled toward the man in the middle. The men have short-cropped hair, some with it parted in the middle. One man also has a mustache. The men are attired in white high collar shirts; bow ties; three-buttoned, dark jackets with flourishes across the chest and on the arms; and dark pants. One man (second from right) wears a black bow tie, while the others wear white ones. The man in the middle wears his jacket unbuttoned, while the others have theirs buttoned. Setting includes a palatial backdrop, a balustrade covered in drapery (in left), the edge of a platform (in right), and a fur rug on which the men stand., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint with insignia printed on mount. Insignia composed of H.W. monogram with flourishes., Date inferred from years (1888-1892) photographer operated at address listed in imprint., Printed on verso: Harry A. Webb, art photographer, 112 and 114 N. 9th St., Philadelphia. Instantaneous process used exclusively. All negatives preserved. Duplicates, enlargements, or lockets. Can be furnished without resitting. Text surrounded by and within pictorial details. Details resemble pine needles, banners, and a circular ornament. The text and pictorial elements are within an ornamented border composed with bark-like details and ornate cornices adorned with floral twigs., Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022., Harry A. Webb, born in England, worked in Philadelphia as a photographer by 1880. He continued in the profession through 1900. By the time of his death in 1927, he worked as a clerk for William H. Horstmann, a dress trimmings, military and regalia manufactory.
Creator: Webb, Harry A., 1847-1927, photographer
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - photographer - Webb [P.2017.40]

Title: Trexler & Hartzell
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American woman curtsying toward the viewer. The woman is attired in an elaborate bonnet with faux pink flowers, pink ribbons, white frills, and a yellow chinstrap. She is also attired in a pink dress with a pattern of pink, blue, and green flower bouqets, red ribbons, a red faux flower, and a wide neckline. She dons white gloves with yellow cuffs on both hands and holds up the hem of her dress to reveal a white petticoat and red shoes. The woman is depicted with exaggerated features. Trexler & Hartzell was a newspaper firm in Allentown, Pennsylvania that sold paper and was owned by B.F. Trexler and Wilson J. Hartzell. The business founded in 1870 and operated throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries., Title from item., Text printed on verso: Trexler & Hartzell will be ready for business in their new quarters by Monday, August 31st. A prize to every purchaser of school books., Text printed on recto: Who me?, Series no. 58 printed in right corner of recto., Date inferred from perpetual calendar., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Trexler [P.2017.95.174]

Title: [Three-quarter length portrait of Frances W. Bruce]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing, seated portrait of Frances W. Bruce. Sitter has dark hair parted in the middle with ringlet curls at the sides of her face. She is attired in a dress made of a patterned fabric of decorative scrolls and with a white lace collar and cuffs. She wears two rings on her right hand. Sitter rests her right elbow on a tableclothed side table in the left. Her left hand rests on her lap and slightly clasps her right hand. Frances Wardale Bruce (1815-1892) was William Y. McAllister’s sister and spouse of physician George D. Bruce., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date and name of photographer from manuscript note on label attached to case: Frances Bruce, Feb. 1845., Pad: Red velvet., Mat: Octagon., Case: Leather. Bouquet of mixed flowers in a vase. No design on verso., William Y. McAllister was an optician and cane manufacturer in Philadelphia from 1845 to 1860.
Creator: McAllister, W. Y. (William Young), 1812-1896, photographer
Date: Feb. 1845
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos – McAllister [P.2021.37]

Title: Double Head Study of an Older and a Young Woman
Description: Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2022., Label on the verso from Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, N.J.) (Double Head Study), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ethan D. Alyea. 1964.51., Bust-length, forward-facing portrait study of two white women. In the left, shows an older woman with brown ringlet curls framing her forehead and attired in a white lace day cap tied in a bow under her chin and a dark-colored dress with a white lace collar. In the right, shows a young woman with her dark brown hair parted in the middle and tied back and attired in dress with a white neckline. There is an additional portrait of a woman on the verso of the canvas. A cut out in the frame reveals the eyes of the portrait. A photocopy reproduction is taped to the back. Bust-length portrait of a white woman with her blonde hair tied back and attired in drop earrings, a multi-stranded necklace, and a light blue dress.
Date: ca. 1830s-1840s
Location: OBJ 922

Title: [Full-length studio portrait photograph of an unidentified, young African American man, seated]
Description: Shows the man, posed slightly to the left, seated on a wooden chair, and his left leg crossed over his right. He looks toward the photographer. His left hand rests in his lap and his right hand rests on the fore edge of the right arm of the chair. He wears a dark-colored suit, white shirt, neck tie, and laced up boots. Image also includes a backdrop and decorated flooring., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint and insignia blindstamped on mount., Paper cover is embossed with floral pictorial details., Gift of J. Murray Atkins Library., Benjamin W. Fowler operated from 238 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia between 1889 and 1917.
Creator: Fowler, Benjamin W., photographer
Date: [ca. 1915]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - photographer - Fowler [P.2022.54]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified woman, seated]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white woman. Sitter has long, dark hair, parted in the middle, and looped behind her ears. She is attired in a dark-colored, long-sleeved dress with buttons down the bodice and a white collar, and black lace, fingerless gloves. A broach adorns her collar. Her lips and cheeks are tinted pink. She is seated and holds a book labeled, Message and Documents 1857-8 Part 1 (i.e., Congressional documents), on her lap with her right hand. She crosses her left arm over her right and rests her left hand on her right wrist., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on lips and cheeks., Cased image accompanied by a lock of hair and four feathers from an Amazon parrot., Gift of Ivan Jurin, 2022., Pad: Red velvet with flowers within a decorative scroll border., Mat: Nonpareil., Case: Leather. Decorative geometric and scroll pattern in the center with leaves in the corners. Same design on verso.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2022.29.1-1a]

Title: Group of old Japanese
Description: Full-length, forward-facing, group portrait of seven Ainu men. Shows a row of four men sitting cross-legged on the floor with a row of three men sitting in chairs. The barefooted men have long, white and gray hair and beards and are attired in patterned robes. A woven mat hangs behind them. The Ainu are an indigenous people from the northern region of the Japanese archipelago, particularly Hokkaido. The Ainu culture is distinctive, with a language that is unrelated to Japanese., Title from manuscript note written on recto., Date inferred from content., Manuscript note written on verso: A group of Japanese old men.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unid. photographer - group portrait - misc. [P.9057.73] (Brenner)

Title: Beauty on the street- front view. J.T. F[ritch], jobber & dealer in tobacco cigars, snuff, pipes &c. Main Street, Kurtztown, PA
Description: Racist trade card illustration depicting an African American woman walking her dog. The woman is attired in an elaborate feathered wide-brimmed top hat, a form-fitting jacket with a ruffled collar, a long skirt, petticoat, and boots. The woman holds an umbrella in her right hand and her dog's leash in her left. The dog appears to urinate behind a pole. The woman is depicted with exaggerated features. J.T. Fritch was a businessman based in Kurtztown, Pennsylvania who was trained as a printer, became a cigar manufacturer and dealer, and embarked on several other business ventures during the late 19th and early 20th centuries., Title from item., Printed in blue ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Tobacco [P.2017.95.176]

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