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Title: ASSU Illustration 6169
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6169, also 1409 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman and two girls indoors; the woman appears to be knitting or crocheting, and a girl stands before her regarding her work; a smaller girl sits behind her regarding or working on something in her hands., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block in two places. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “The Blue Socks” – Inscribed on side of block.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 26

Title: ASSU Illustration 2217
Description: Block numbered in two places: 2217, also 1180 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl holding her apron or overskirt up with one hand and holding the branch of a tree with another hand, perhaps picking small fruits, nuts, or flowers; beside her on the ground is a basket with a sunbonnet in it., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23

Title: ASSU Illustration 7015
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7015, also 1444 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman in a doorway looking at a boy and a girl; the boy holds what appears to be a book strap holding books over his shoulder, and looks at a kneeling girl who reaches into a basket on the ground., "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., Obscured inscription on back of block., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
Date: [between 1869 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 26

Title: ASSU Illustration 7548
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7548, also 1750 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman and a girl standing in a doorway with the door open, looking at a girl who walks in front of the house in the rain barefoot, slightly hunched and carrying a basket with one arm while holding her hat down with her other hand., 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.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 31

Title: ASSU Illustration 9017
Description: Block numbered in two places: 9017, also 1887 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman and a girl in a woodworker’s shop; the woman regards the woodworker over the girl’s head, and the girl faces the woman, back turned to the woodworker; the woman wears what appear to be large furry mittens, and the girl holds knitting needles; the woodworker wears a loose cap and sits carving at a workbench; the workbench has two carved goats on it, and on the wall hang several carvings of boys’ heads, at least one an angel with wings, and what appears to be a small boar., “V. Grottenthaler Phila.” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Date: [between 1867 and 1876]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 16

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 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: Little girl standing in her First Communion dress, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little girl, about seven years old, dressed in white from head to toe including her veil, her dress, her long stockings and her shoes, standing in front of a wall in Philadelphia. She might be standing outside of a church., 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.2008.10.136]

Title: Girl in white dress standing in front of wrought iron gate, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a girl about twelve or thirteen years of age standing in front of a wrought iron gate in Philadelphia. She wears a white dress with long sleeves, a veiled headdress, white stockings and shoes. A rosary is wrapped around her hands, held in a prayerful position. This could be her First Communion day or because of her age, her Confirmation day. The wrought iron gate and steps probably belong to a church., 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.8649.39]

Title: Young girl in white dress standing in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young girl wearing a sleeveless white dress and white socks with patent leather shoes standing in front of a window in Philadelphia. There is a wreath of flowers on her head. She may be dressed for her First Communion or confirmation., 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.2008.10.165]

Title: Girl in First Communion dress standing in front of painted brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little girl wearing a white dress with very full bows on both shoulders and both sides of her headband standing in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia. She holds her white missal out with both hands. Her white stockings are a bit twisted and her facial expression is serious., 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.2008.10.121]

Title: The babbling brook
Description: View showing two girls sitting on the trunk of a fallen tree in a small stream. One girl pokes at the pebbles on the edge of the stream with a stick. Both girls hold their hats in their hands., Title printed on mount., Distributor's printed label pasted on verso on top of photographer's imprint: J. Cremer, publisher of stereoscopic, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp 10, Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Kilburn Brothers
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Views [P.9022.11]

Title: Finding the bird's nest
Description: Genre scene showing two girls looking at a bird's nest on top of rocks next to a picket fence. One girl, attired in bloomers, kneels on the ground to observe the nest., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's imprint on mount., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 15., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9022.68]

Title: Two little girls in First Communion dresses, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two little girls wearing white veils, white dresses, white knee-high socks and white shoes, holding hands and standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. Their hair is neatly combed., 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.2008.10.8]

Title: Two girls in First Communion dresses standing in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two girls, about eight years old, standing in First Communion dress (white veils, dresses, stockings and shoes) in front of a first floor window (with white lace curtain and fringed shade) and a cellar window. Both of them hold very large bouquets of flowers., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.20]

Title: Dolly's wash-day
Description: Genre photograph showing two girls, one hand washing clothes, the other hanging them on a line., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.6]

Title: [African American girl caregiver seated with a young white girl, probably her charge, on her lap]
Description: Three-quarter length, forward facing portrait of an African American girl caregiver, possibly an enslaved girl, seated on a wooden chair with spindles. Sitter has short hair and is attired in a long-sleeved dress made of patterned fabric with small checks and an apron with white polka dots. She holds a white girl on her lap (probably her charge), with her right hand on the girl’s chest and her left hand on the left side of the girl’s head. Their heads press together side-by-side. The blond-haired, white girl, attired in a necklace, a short-sleeved, dark-colored, checked dress with a white petticoat, stockings, and black shoes, faces the viewer and smiles. Her cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitters., Leather miniature case embossed with oval motif, contains nonpareil mat, and is missing front cover., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, 1977., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021.
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - unidentified [8326.F.17]

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

Title: ASSU Illustration 7202
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7202, also 1006 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a stooping elderly man and a small dog facing a girl who is standing or hiding behind a coat hung on a wall hook, perhaps as part of a game., "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.
Date: [between 1869 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 31

Title: ASSU Illustration 3485
Description: Block numbered in one place: 3485, also 1315 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl supporting or holding the arm of an older woman who is leaning on a thin walking stick; the girl holds her other hand out, possibily gesturing to something ahead of them., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 26

Title: ASSU Illustration 5631
Description: Block numbered in two places: 5631, also 1190 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a small girl watering flowers while a woman stands over her and point; the fence behind them suggests a yard or garden, but there appears to be a stone, perhaps a tombstone, behind the plant., Signed: HD [i.e., Henry Dacre?]
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23

Title: ASSU Illustration 7179
Description: Block numbered in two places: 7179, also 1062 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two women sitting at a table eating and watching a small girl who stands on the seat of a chair holding what appears to be half a piece of bread; a man stands behind the girl and supports her., "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., “Sil[ver] Shore [?]” – Inscribed on back of block.
Date: [between 1869 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 26

Title: ASSU Illustration 6454
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6454, also 1297 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a woman wearing a kerchief sitting outdoors reading a book; a girl beside her leans on the woman and looks up toward her., “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 6161
Description: Block numbered in one place: 6161 (inscribed), also 1319 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of three children exiting a doorway or arch with the words “Sunday Sc[hool]” written above it; two girls and two boys are visible., “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.
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 23

Title: ASSU Illustration 3209
Description: Block numbered in one place: 3209, also 1908 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl reading a book on a slope under fruit trees.
Date: [s.a.]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 24

Title: ASSU Illustration 6125
Description: Block numbered in one place: 6125, Image of two young girls leaning against a wall of square stones eating what appears to be bread; a small dog is by their side., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block in two places. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Supper-time.” – Inscribed on side of block., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Date: [between 1871 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 30

Title: ASSU Illustration 9206
Description: Block numbered in two places: 9206, also 1831 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a girl in profile in the center of a circle; around the circle are flowers and branches, geometric designs, what appears to be the top of a castle in the distance, and the words “May” and “Will”; at the bottom of the block are the words “Of such truthful simple hearts / The Kingdom is of Heaven”, from the poem “Little Will” by R.R. Thom., “John Dalziel, 1009 Arch St. Philad’a.” – Back of block., “V. Grottenthaler Phila.” – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) in Philadelphia city directories from 1867 to 1876.
Date: [between 1867 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 17

Title: Do they miss me at home?
Description: Trimmed vignette showing a caricature of a young African American girl, possibly a satirical personification of the popular mid-19th century song of the same title. Depicts the girl, attired in a baby doll dress, her hair in short coils, and the fingers of one hand in her mouth as, in the other, she holds the string of a rolling pull toy horse visible behind her. Published in 1852 and composed by S. M. Grannis with lyrics by Caroline Atherton Mason, "Do they Miss Me at Home" was written in the voice of a homesick girl away at school. The song remained popular through the Civil War when translated to the voice of soldiers. Bufford, later J. H. Bufford's sons, issued trade cards 1870-1875 containing images portraying racial and ethnic stereotypes, as well as personfications of popular 19th-century songs, ballads, and poems., Copyrighted, Bufford, Boston., Date inferred from style of copyright statement., Gift of Wendy Woloson.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Genre [113487.D]

Title: Smith, Georgiana.
Description: Full-length portrait of the young girl in color, wearing a white dress with large red sash and flowers in hair. Seated on grass, amidst trees and flowers, with a large brown dog., In Southgate, F. Affection schottisch (Baltimore, 1858)., “To Miss Georgiana Smith of Boston”.
Date: [1858?]

Title: Grandfather's visit
Description: Puzzle showing a family, including a mother, father, grandfather and two daughters, working and playing outside on their homestead. The mother and father work in the garden, as the daughters play with various toys, including dolls, a drum, horn, and sword. Also shows a mill building with a waterwheel in the background., One of four puzzles housed in clamshell box., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: [ca. 1858]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *albums (flat) - Four Lithographic Puzzles [8418.F.3]

Title: S. Musselman, (formerly with E. Burthey,) manufacturer of fine confections, 274 South Fourth St., Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a girl's head framed by torn paper and cracks after poking her head through., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1883]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Musselman [1975.F.615]

Title: Two girls with an infant sitting on wooden steps of wooden house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two girls sitting with a small baby between them on the steps of a wooden house in Philadelphia. The baby wears a very ruffled cap. One of the girls wears a jumper with a blouse; the other girl wears a light-colored dress with some ruffle trim. The girls are smiling and enjoy playing with the baby., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2703 E. Ontario St., Phila., Pa., Defender postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 228., 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. 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.122]

Title: Little girl in summer dress standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a smiling little girl wearing a summer dress, knee-high socks and patent leather shoes standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia, the wall of which is defaced by chalk graffiti., 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.2008.10.145; P.2008.10.151]

Title: Little girl in knitted winter coat and hat standing on steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little girl wearing a dark knitted or crocheted coat with full sleeves and matching hat standing on marble steps in Philadelphia. Her outfit is trimmed with several rows of fluffy white angora yarn. The marble steps on which she stands are dirty. However, the wooden door and brick walls of the house behind her appear to be very well maintained., 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.2008.10.167]

Title: Girl and her dog on a stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young girl, about twelve years old, her socks sliding down around her ankles, sits with her white dog on the steps of a stone porch in Philadelphia. A potted plant is on the stoop behind them., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.87]

Title: Rumford Yeast Powder, best & cheapest, every package warranted. Manufactured according to the formula of Prof. E.N. Horsford of Cambridge, Mass. by the Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R.I
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting a bust portrait of a young girl with curly hair wearing a pink cap and a beaded necklace that spells "Rumford Yeast Powder". Rumford Chemical Works was established in 1854 by George F. Wilson and Eben N. Horsford., Distributor's imprint printed on verso: Bought of John Nagle, grocer, Twelfth and Pine Streets., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Rumford [1975.F.723]

Title: Group portrait of woman sitting in yard with two girls, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of a stern older woman in a full-length dark dress sitting on a chair in a grassy yard. Standing behind her are two girls about thirteen and sixteen years old. The girls wear summer dresses and big bows in their hair. The older girl and the woman both wear eyeglasses., 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.2008.10.128]

Title: Group portrait of two girls sitting in wooden rowboat, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait depicting two girls, one in a sailor dress and holding a paddle, the other with a bow in her hair, sitting in a rowboat near the shore., 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.2008.10.174]

Title: [Girls feeding a bird]
Description: Genre scene shows two girls standing near a bird cage looking at a bird perched on the top of the cage (rather than inside of it). The girl closer to the bird holds her hand up and offers the bird a morsel., Title supplied by cataloger., Publisher's imprint printed on label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 14., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1866]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9022.66]

Title: Young girl and dog sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a girl, about ten years old, with her arm around a black dog beside her, sitting on marble steps in Philadelphia. She wears a dress, white stockings, white shoes, and a bow in her hair. Behind her is an open door leading into a house, and on both sides of the steps are railings topped with flower boxes., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.76]

Title: Three men and girl on wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing an older man and two younger men sitting on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia with a teenage girl. She is dressed nicely and wears stockings and heels. Two of the men wear ties with their suits and all three men wear the working man's cap., 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.8649.14]

Title: Woman and girl standing in front of house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a tall woman with white hair and wearing a long cotton house dress standing next to her daugher or granddaughter, who is also dressed in a cotton dress. They stand on the brick sidewalk next to the wooden stoop of a house in Philadelphia. Both subjects have their hair neatly combed. Both the window and the door of the house are open. This is probably a hot summer day. The brick wall is in need of pointing and the window frame and door frame are much in need of paint. The iron grating on the cellar window does not fit the frame., 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.8649.49]

Title: Man standing with two girls in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a man with a moustache, in his undershirt and trousers, hands on both hips, standing between two girls in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia. The girls wear white dresses, white stockings, and white shoes. Litter lies on the sidewalk in front of them., 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.8649.42]

Title: Three little girls sitting on wooden steps with an older woman, possible a grandmother, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three little girls, about three or four years old, sitting next to an older woman on the steps of a house in Philadelphia. The girls are all neatly combed and dressed in summer dresses with nice shoes and socks. The woman wear a printed summer dress and stockingss, and her Oxford shoes are neatly tied and polished. A broom handle is visible behind the woman., 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.2008.10.155]

Title: Three girls standing in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two smiling teenage girls, arms around each other's shoulders, wearing sleeveless summer printed dresses (one checked, one plaid), standing in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia. In front of them is a little girl, about four or five years old, also in a summer dress, knee socks and Mary Janes. There is graffiti on the brick wall behind them., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.21; P.8649.27]

Title: Two teenage girls and four younger children sitting at doorway of row house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a teenage girl sitting on the brownstone step of a house in Philadelphia. She is in her "good" dress covered by a short velveteen jacket and wears white stockings and high heels tied with a bow. Behind her in the doorway is another teenage girl and four little girls, all in summer clothes. They all smile at the photographer. The outside brick wall is smeared with graffiti., 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.2008.10.26]

Title: Three females standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two women and a younger girl standing in front of the window of a brick house in Philadelphia. The woman on the left wears a housedress and has her hair covered against dust with a cloth cloche. In the center is a young girl about eleven years old wearing a summer dress with white stockings. On the right is an older taller woman, also in a summer dress and high heels. The brick sidewalk is laid in a herringbone pattern., 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.2008.10.83]

Title: Three little girls sitting on a marble step, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three girls sitting on a marble step in front of a door in Philadelphia. The two bigger girls, who are smiling, wear the same patterned knee-high stockings and summer dresses. The little girl in between them wears plain white stockings with her summer dress. There is graffiti on the brick wall behind them., Identified as Theresa, Mary, and Margaret McGoldrick, near 1700 S. Lee Street, 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.2008.10.70]

Title: The young housekeepers
Description: Genre photograph showing two girls playing house, one with a coffee grinder, the other at table., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Ms. Jane Carson James.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9299.9]

Title: Godey's Lady's Book Publishing Company limited, 1006 Chestnut St. Philadelphia J. Hannum Jones, Treas
Description: Trade card for the women's periodical containing a vignette showing two young, well-dressed ladies with a life-size model of the "Godey's Lady's Book." One girl holds a hoop and points a pointer at the heavily-illustrated cover of the magazine as the other girl holds it up. Image also includes the text "$2.00 Per Annum.", Includes motto above title: The Oldest Lady's Book in America. Established 1830., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 284, Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Forms part of Scrapbook of Ephemera [8608.F].
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Scrapbook [8608.F.6b]

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