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Title: Man in straw bowler standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a middle-aged man wearing a straw hat and collarless shirt standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. He stands between two windows with shutters., 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.2008.10.161]

Title: Three boys in caps sitting on wooden steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three boys sitting on the wooden steps of a corner house in Philadelphia. The boys all wear dark trousers, light colored shirts and workmen's caps. The peaks of the caps shade their eyes giving them a threatening look. There is a small paper tablet, or perhaps a box of cards, on one of the steps. In the background a woman pushing a baby carriage in the street is visible., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.30]

Title: Two women standing in front of tall wooden fence, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two well dressed women in hats standing in front of a tall wooden fence with horizontal slats. The fence probably divides residential backyards., 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.8649.3]

Title: Two teenage men and two teenage women standing in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two teenage men and two teenage women standing in front of a window in Philadelphia. The two women wear knitted hats with roll-back brims, and one holds a chain purse in her hands. The young man in the back row wears a dress suit and a fedora. The young man in the front row wears a three-piece suit with a cap and roller skates., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.4]

Title: Five boys sitting on the wooden door of a sidewalk cellar entrance, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five boys sitting on top of a wooden cellar door protruding from the sidewalk in Philadelphia. Three teenage boys, all wearing caps, one with a broken stick in his hand, sit behind two younger boys who wear white shirts and ties. The window behind them has a cast iron screen and a lace curtain., Ms. note on recto: Gene Reed, Midge Henry, Wm. Walls, Ms. note on verso: Joe Robinson, Jimmy Robinson, Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.8]

Title: Girl in sailor suit with hat, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl wearing a sailor suite, cloche, and necklace standing in front of a house in Philadelphia. Paint is chipped off the wooden shutters behind her, and there is trash at her feet., 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.8649.6]

Title: Group portrait of young boys on steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of fourteen boys sitting and standing on steps in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. Several of them wear peaked caps or knitted hats and a few wear wool coats. A boy in the back row smokes a pipe. A boy in the front wears stockings torn with holes., Ms. note on recto: Geo Sulli[van?], McGuigan, Chas Carrigan, Stosh, Theodore Kra[use?], Nedzie, Reddzie Morrow, Ms. note on verso: smithy, See new House, 2300, Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.21]

Title: Boy and girl standing in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a boy and a girl standing in front of a window with open shutters in Philadelphia. The boy wears a cap and stands behind the llittle girl, who wears a checked dress., Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.37]

Title: Five men at wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five men posing at a wooden stoop in Philadelphia. One man, wearing an unbuttoned vest, stands and four sit on the steps in front of a screen door. Four of the men wear caps, and one wears a boater., Noko postcard., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1918
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.16]

Title: Two young men with caps in their hands standing in front of stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two young men with caps in their hands standing in front of a stone porch in Philadelphia. They wear slacks and shirts and have their hair neatly combed. Stained glass windows are visible in the house 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.2008.10.104]

Title: Young man and woman standing in front of a brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a young couple with their arms around each other smiling at the camera in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. The man is dressed in his workman's cap and suit, minus the jacket. The woman is dressed in a cotton cap and torn and soiled dress., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.81]

Title: Boy and two young men in suits standing outside brick building, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two young men in suits, one wearing a fedora, the other a workman's cap, standing next to the window of a brick building in Philadelphia. A boy, about fourteen years old, stands in front of them. He wears a suit with knickers and a workman's cap. A protective grill covers the window., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.120; P.2008.10.141]

Title: Four men sitting in front of large doorway, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing four men sitting in front of a deteriorated, graffiti covered doorway in Philadelphia. Three of the men wear caps, and the fourth holds a cap in his hand., 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.8649.22]

Title: Group of men and children posing on steps of brownstone house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing nine men and three children sitting on steps in front of a brownstone house in Philadelphia. A woman leans out of a window on the right from within the house. Several of the men wear suits and fedoras or caps. The sun casts a shadow over the children in the front row., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.114]

Title: Three men standing outside a brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three young men, two in ties and suit jackets and the third only in his dress slacks and shirt, standing in front of brick building and wooden shutters in Philadelphia. Two of them wear a workman's cap and the third wears a straw boater. 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.2008.10.102]

Title: [George W. Miles trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for George W. Miles' millinery establishment at 928 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. One illustration, entitled "The Maiden's Prayer", depicts a woman on her knees with her hands clasped praying in front of a display case containing Miles' hats. Another illustration depicts a couple bowling., Title supplied by cataloger., One print [P.9798.1] printed by E. Ketterlinus & Co., One print [1975.F.617] contains advertising text printed on verso: Geo. W. Miles, importer of millinery goods, No. 928 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., 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 - Miles [1975.F.617 & P.9798.1]

Title: C. H. Frederick, Omaha
Description: Pictorial envelope containing a vignette showing a top hat. Frederick established his hat business in 1871., Title from printed return address., Addressed in manuscript to: Dr. Chas. Heizmann, surgeon U.S. Ar[my?], Rawling Springs, [W. Va.?], Date inferred from stamp and year of the establishment of the business., Printed in left: If not called for within 10 days return to., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Omaha, Neb., Sep 24 and cancelled three-cent stamp printed in green and depicting a profile portrait of George Washington., Accompanied by letter completed in manuscript to Mr. C.H. Frederick, Omaha, Neb. from C.L. Heizmann, dated September 19, 1874 regarding "expedition prevented earlier attendace of this matter", i.e. payment of bill. Also contains response from "Fred" "O.k. much obliged, glad you got your scalp left." [P.2011.10.88a], Right edge removed., 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., Charles L. Heizmann was a U.S. Army surgeon who participated in the 1873 U.S. expedition for military defenses in northwestern Wyoming.
Date: [ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Envelopes [P.2011.10.80 & 80a]

Title: Eight men and boys standing outside a brick building, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing eight men and boys wearing caps standing in front of a large window outside a brick building in Philadelphia. Many of the subjects wear suits and ties, and two men smoke cigars., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.94]

Title: Charles Oakford United States steam leuring model hat manufactory Hats, caps, & furs wholesale and retail. 104, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement showing the interior of the wholesale and finishing department (est. 1850) of the manufactory for the hat business established in 1827. Oakford stands with a business client in the center of the room across from his steam powered leuring lathe and several male employees at work. The laborers stand and form hats at their stations, which line two-thirds of the room. The stations include a drawer as well as a cubby for pieces under construction. Toward the back of the room, another employee stacks hats on a table across from shelves lined with them. In the foreground, a boy packs the merchandise into a box marked "From C. Oakford 104 Chestnut St. Phila." View also includes a wall clock and a shovel lying near the oven of the steam lathe. Leuring lathes turn hats to impart a sheen to the fur fibers and create a polished look., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 46.57.5.2
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 46.57.5.2

Title: French Millinery, Dress & Flower Making Establishment. Madame Petit, between Second and Third, South side, up stairs. No. 70 Chesnut St. Philadelphia. From Paris Where ladies and merchants will always be sure to find a large, handsome and fashionable assortment of flowers, bonnets, caps & fancy articles, of every description, wholesale and retail. Persons traveling will find it greatly to their advantage to call as they can have any number of dressess, bonnets, caps, and flowers, made in twenty-four hours notice. The French and English fashions regularly received
Description: Advertisement showing a cloth-draped table with four hat stands adorned with different designs of bonnets. Bonnets include ribbons, flowers,and flower appliques. Feathers and springs of leaves also adorn the table., Not in Wainwright., Manuscript notes on recto: Original., Philadelphia on Stone, POSP 85, Library of Congress: DLC PP 2001: 068 French Millinery
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1845]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC DLC PP 2001: 068 French Millinery

Title: Miss. M. Peebles, fine millinery, 2816 Germantown Ave., Phila Our motto: quick sales and small profits
Description: Illustrated trade card depicting the profile of a well-dressed woman holding up and inspecting a plumed hat. Maggie M. Peebles immigrated to the United States in 1886 and set up a millinery shop at 2930 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia in 1894 before relocating to 2816 Germantown Avenue in 1897., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Wright., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1897]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Peebles [P.9440.1]

Title: Regine. I.S. Custer, Son & Co. Philadelphia
Description: Illustrated trade card for the millinery and fancy goods store of I.S. Custer, Son & Co. in Philadelphia depicting a head portrait of a woman, Regine, wearing a hat flanked by vignettes of hats. Includes cranes in the top and bottom panels., 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 - Custer [1975.F.160]

Title: Edward Geary, Jr. dealer in Lehigh and Schuylkill coal. Orders received and promptly attended to, at No. 814 North Second St. above Brown, S.E. cor. Ridge Avenue & Wallace St., (or through despatch directed as above,) Philadelphia. Cash on delivery
Description: Illustrated stock trade card depicting a sphere labeled "Our Country" partially submerged in water and surmounted by an American flag flying to the right. Includes various styles of hats on a rack printed on verso., Advertising text printed on verso is partially obscured by paper remaining after removing trade card from scrapbook: Edward Geary, fashion, hat & cap store, [81]4 North Second Street, above Brown, Philadelphia. Hats and caps made to order. (Over.), Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Geary [5786.F.176g]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33c]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33c]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats and furs displayed on hooks, racks, and counters; umbrellas hanging from light fixtures; mirrors, stools, and signs. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 57., Arcadia caption text: The Continental Hotel rented space on its first floor to tenants including Charles Oakford & Sons’ hat store. The richness of the hotel’s interior extended into its commercial space with Italian marble floors and 16 foot-high frescoed ceilings visible in this early 1860s photograph. Gentlemen entered through the hotel’s main lobby, while ladies used a separate entrance off Chestnut Street. Charles Oakford began manufacturing hats in Philadelphia in 1827 and by 1850 had expanded the business into the wholesale market, sending hats all over the country. Family members remained in the hat business into the 20th century., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.F.33c]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.31e]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.31e]

Title: [Interior view of Charles Oakford & Sons hat store, Continental Hotel, 826-828 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Interior view of the hat, cap, and fur emporium. Shows hats displayed on racks, and counters; mirrors, stools, and signs. Business established by Charles Oakford in 1827. Architectural details include a marble floor and frescoed ceiling. The store relocated to the hotel in 1860., Title supplied by cataloguer., Attributed to W. & F. Langenheim., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm)
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos - Langenheim - Businesses [(8)1322.31e]

Title: [African American attired in a cap]
Description: Scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired in a cap. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man portrayed with exaggerated featured facing left. He is attired in a yellow and orange cap with a black brim. An orange shirt collar is visible., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 8 [P.2017.95.261]

Title: [African American man looking through a hand lense]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man looking through a hand lense or magnifying glass. Shows the man attired in a red top hat with a black band, a white collared shirt, a white bowtie with a gold pin, a yellow waistcoat, a blue jacket with gold buttons, off-white gloves, and red and white striped pants. He stands facing to the left and looks through a hand lense or magnifying glass, which he holds in his right hand., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 34 [P.2017.95.286]

Title: [African American man attired in a black top hat decorated with a gold band and blue flower, a white collared shirt, a gold jacket with epaulettes, and gold hoop earrings]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired in a black top hat decorated with a gold band and blue flower, a white collared shirt, a gold jacket with epaulettes, and gold hoop earrings. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man facing to the left., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy of [P.2017.95.276]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 41 [P.2017.95.293]

Title: [African American man attired in a gray hat and smoking a cigar]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man smoking a cigar. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man, attired in a gray top hat with a red band, gold hoop earrings, a white collared shirt, a green and blue bowtie, and a red jacket. He has a cigar in his mouth and looks to the left., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 21 [P.2017.95.274]

Title: [African American man attired in a gray hat with a blue striped band, a pink collared shirt with blue polka dots, and a green striped tie]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired a gray hat with a blue striped band, a pink collared shirt with blue polka dots, and a green striped tie. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling and looking to the left., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 22 [P.2017.95.274x]

Title: [African American man attired in spectacles, a black top hat, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a red bowtie, and a plaid, beige jacket]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired in spectacles, a black top hat, a white shirt with an oversized collar, a red bowtie, and a plaid, beige jacket. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man smiling as he looks down., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 23 [P.2017.95.275]

Title: [African American man attired in a black top hat decorated with a gold band and blue flower, a white collared shirt, a gold jacket with epaulettes, and gold hoop earrings]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired in a black top hat decorated with a gold band and blue flower, a white collared shirt, a gold jacket with epaulettes, and gold hoop earrings. Shows the bust-length portrait of the man facing to the left., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Duplicate copy of [P.2017.95.293]., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 24 [P.2017.95.276]

Title: [African American man attired in a brown hat and smoking a cigar]
Description: Die-cut scrap depicting a racist caricature of an African American man attired in a brown hat, a white collared shirt, a red and white striped tie, a brown jacket, and a gold earring. The bust-length portrait of the man faces right as he smokes a cigar., Title supplied by cataloger., Date deduced from the visual content., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Scraps - Scrap 25 [P.2017.95.277]

Title: C.H. Garden & Co. 606 & 608 Market St. Philada. Fall 1875 Memorial Building, Centennial International Exhibition. Philadelphia 1776-1876
Description: Circular advertisement for the hat manufacturer established in 1841. Contains captioned images of 66 types of men's and children's hats for the "Fall" season of 1875. Captions detail style, finish, and colors. In tribute to the upcoming Centennial Exhibition, vignette at top depicts the proposed design for Memorial Hall, i.e., the Arts Gallery at the Centennial. View includes pedestrian traffic. Internal text promotes the quality and styles of men's and boys' hats offered, including fine soft hats, fur and wool hats, winter caps, dress caps, and black silk conductor and imported Scotch caps. Text on verso advertises "Ladies & Gent's Buckskin & Kid Gloves"; "Ladies' and Misses' Furs" and the "Millinery Department. Ladies & Misses Trimmed Hats" in addition to the request that orders contain the correct number of the style listed on the circular., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, American Antiquarian Society: Graphic Arts Lithff Mora Memo
Date: August 1875
Location: American Antiquarian Society AAS Graphic Arts Lithff Mora Memo

Title: [Wm. H. Oakford trade cards]
Description: Series of illustrated trade cards for hatter and furrier William H. Oakford at 914 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Illustrations depict a child floating in a large top hat in the water while holding an umbrella. Also shows the interior of Oakford's shop, including hats on tables lining the periphery of the room and male and female patrons browsing the display cases. Includes hat boxes piled neatly under shelves, light fixtures hanging from the ceiling, chairs, rugs and mirrors., Title supplied by cataloger., Printers and engravers include William Hart., Advertising text printed on versos promotes Wm. H. Oakford's various styles of hats for gentlemen, ladies and children and fine fancy furs and fur lined garments., 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 - Oakford [1975.F.257 & 1975.F.653]

Title: O.N. Thacher, wholesale & retail hat, cap, & fur ware-house Nth Third St. No. 40 opposite the City Hotel Philadelphia
Description: Advertisement depicting the retail shop interior, showing a pile of hats, caps, and fur garments piled on the sales counter. Shelves built into the walls are lined neatly with merchandise behind the counter. An adjacent room is visible through an open door showing a male and a female worker standing over steaming tubs. Includes a vignette of a beaver, a symbol of the fur trade, gnawing through a tree near a stream. Oliver N. Thacher tenanted 40 North Third Street, opposite the City Hotel, from 1840 to 1842., Philadelphia on Stone, Library of Congress: PGA - Duval - O.N. Thacher...Ware-house (Size A) [P & P]
Creator: Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Date: [ca. 1840]
Location: Library of Congress | Prints and Photographs Division LOC PGA - Duval - O.N. Thacher...Ware-house (Size A) [P & P]

Title: Meikleham's, Opera house block, Cohoes, N.Y
Description: Racist trade card depicting a whimsical scene with an African American boy pouring a bucket of water into an oversized, upside down top hat. The boy is attired in a wide-brimmed hat and a striped collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up. His right foot is visible from behind the large hat and next to his foot is another bucket filled with water. Meikleham's was owned and operated by John Meikleham during the late nineteenth century. A suit brought against Meikelham in 1890 by hatters Henry Stern and Charles Eichold was heard by the New York Supreme Court., Title from item., Publication information from copyright statement: Copyright by Henry Seifert A.D. 1883., Advertising text printed on verso: Fall. The largest and best selected stock of Hats, Caps! And Gent's Furnishing Goods Ever Seen In This City Is Now On Sale at Meikleham's, Opera House Block, Cohoes, N.Y., Gift of David Doret.
Date: 1883
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Meikleham [P.2017.95.117]

Title: J.H.T. Hopkins, custom and ready made clothing. 658 Main St., Cambridgeport
Description: Racist trade card promoting J.H.T. Hopkins's clothing store and depicting a caricature of an African American man sitting on a rock as birds fly towards his hat. Shows the African American man portrayed with exaggerated features attired in a top hat, a long-sleeved shirt, pants, and shoes. He sits on a rock in front of a tree and opens in mouth in alarm as “swallows” fly toward him and into his hat. J.H.T. Hopkins (1858-) was a clothing dealer and had a store in Cambridge, Massachusetts from the 1880s to 1890s., Title from item., Place of publication inferred from place of operation of the advertised business., Date deduced from history of the advertised business., Advertising text printed on recto: Repairing done at short notice. All orders attended to promptly and properly., Text printed on recto: "When the swallows homeward fly." Copyrighted., Card is printed in blue ink., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Hopkins [P.2017.95.86]

Title: Tommy polka Dedicated to Tateish Onogero [or Tommy] of the Japanese Embassy
Description: Sheet music for a polka composed by Charles Grobe and depicting a full-length, seated portrait of Tateishi Onojirô, a member of the Japanese Embassy that traveled to the United States in 1860 to ratify the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, also known as the Harris Treaty. Shows the teenage Onojirô, wearing his hair tied back and attired in a kimono and shoes, sitting in a wooden chair and looking directly at the viewer. He holds a sword in its scabbard tied to his waist with his left hand and holds another sword in his right hand which points down to the floor. In the right is a side table covered in a floral print tablecloth and with a vase of flowers and a Japanese kasa (hat). Tateishi Onojirô, whom the media called “Tommy” was the youngest member of the ambassadorial delegation and served as an interpreter-in-training accompanying his adoptive father, formal interpreter Tateishi Tokujûrô., Composed by Charles Grobe., Copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1860 by Lee & Walker at the Clerk’s Office of the Dt. Ct. of the En. Dt. of Pa., Polka dance for piano., Dedication: To Tateish Onogero (or Tommy) of the Japanese Embassy., First line of text: Wives and maids by scores are flocking, Round that charming, little man, Known as Tommy, witty Tommy, Yellow Tommy, from Japan., Number 4 in 5 pointed star on lower right of the title page; Op: 1211; Publisher's Plate # 8085.4., Sold by: James E. Lent, Music Store, 359 Fulton St., Brooklyn, Stoddard Pianofortes for Sale or Rent., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Creator: Grobe, Charles, 1817-1880
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books Rare Sheet Music Tom 8530.F

Title: Darlington, Runk & Co. Importers and retailers of dry goods
Description: Trade card promoting dry goods store Darlington, Runk & Co. and depicting a white man walking with an Asian, Spanish, and Arab man. Shows a white man, attired in a black top hat, a white collared shirt, black bowtie, black jacket, and white pants, walking and leading three men with his arms out. The three men are in cultural attire, including an Asian man, wearing a conical hat and a pink robe with buttons down the front and a white and gold collar and gold trim; a Spanish man, wearing a green and gold matador Traje de luces; and probably an Arab man, wearing a red and gold turban, gold shawl, and and red pants. In the background are large buildings lining a city street and heavy pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk. Joseph G. Darlington (1842-1908) and William M. Runk founded Darlington, Runk & Co. in 1874. After Runk's death in 1893, the firm changed to Joseph G. Darlington & Co., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the business advertised., Text printed on recto: 1126 and 1128 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia., Purchased 2015., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - Darlington, Runk & Co. [P.2015.56.193]

Title: Finnerty's, the champion of all root beer extracts, 15c. per bottle. 106 Market Street
Description: Racist trade card promoting E.J. Finnerty Jr. & Co.'s patent medicines and depicting a crying African American baby that is suspended from a tree branch. In the center of the image is a baby, attired in a white onesie, that has a white cloth wrapped around their midsection and tied to a blooming cherry tree branch. The baby's eyes are tightly closed, their mouth is open wide, and they grasp a branch of cherry blossoms with their left hand. A straw hat also is on the tree branch. E.J. Finnerty (1863-1901) was a druggist in Philadelphia. He created the firm Finnerty, McClure & Co. in 1891 and continued in the trade until his death., Title from item., Advertising text printed on verso: Go to the old reliable drug store, 106 Market St. Philadelphia, for pure drugs and medicine at the lowest prices. We make a specialty of compounding Physicians' Prescriptions, with great care and promptness. A full line of Perfumes and Toilet Articles always on hand. We will also continue the manufacture and sale of the following well-known and highly recommended remedies: Finnerty's W.C.&H. Expectorant, . Per bottle. Price, 25c. The best remedy for coughs, colds, etc. Finnerty's Beef, Iron and Wine, ... " 50c. The great nutritive tonic. Finnerty's Sarsaparilla, ..." 50c. The best blood purifier. Penn's White Linament, ... 25c. The great rheumatic remedy. Finnerty's Essence Ginger, ... " 25c. The reliable remedy for colic, nausea and debility. Finnerty's Cramp and Diarrhoea Mixture, ... " 25c. A sure cure for cholera morbus and stomach troubles. Finnerty's Liver Granules, ... " 25c. No better in the markey. Finnerty's Catarrh Remedy, ... Per Box 25c. Will cure catarrh, cold in the head and hay fever. Michner's German Dyspepsia Lozenges, ... " 50c. The greatest remedy known for the cure of dyspepsia. E.J. Finnerty, Jr. & Co. Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists., Gift of David Doret.
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Finnerty [P.2017.95.63]

Title: China. E.F. Keeler, druggist, Groton, Ct
Description: Trade card promoting druggist E.F. Keeler and depicting a racist caricature of a Chinese woman, symbolizing China, attired in a dress of the Imperial yellow dragon flag. Shows a Chinese woman, wearing her hair in a long braid and attired in a conical hat, a yellow dress with a green dragon on the front, yellow gloves, and white dress shoes. She stands on her toes with her hands up., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Gift of William H. Helfand.
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Keeler [P.9828.6242]

Title: Geo. F. Woods, druggist and apothecary, dealer in fancy goods, Bellows Falls, Ct Soda and mineral waters on draught and in package
Description: Trade cards promoting druggist George F. Woods and depicting an Asian man looking at a statue of an Asian woman in a park. Shows an Asian man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a conical hat, patterned tunic and matching pants, and shoes. He stands behind a fence and looks at a statue of a barefooted woman, wearing a headpiece and attired in a sarong with her breasts exposed, on a pedestal. She holds a fan with a long handle in her right hand and gestures with her left hand. Also visible are a palm tree, potted plant, and a path., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William H. Helfand., See related: P.9828.7151., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helfand Patent Medicine Trade Card Collection - Pharmacists - Wood [P.9828.7149-7150]

Title: Compliments of John Wanamaker & Co. Clothiers, Chestnut below Ninth
Description: Trade card promoting dry goods merchant and clothier John Wanamaker & Co. and depicting a caricaturized Japanese boy playing a stringed instrument to a small dog. In the center, the boy, attired in a multi-colored, patterned kimono, geta shoes, and a straw conical hat, plays a stringed instument. In the left, a small black-and-white dog stands on his hind legs., Title from item., Date inferred from dates of operation of business advertised., Stamped on recto: Branch House, No. 10 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh., Purchased 2015., John Wanamaker and his brother-in-law Nathan Brown formed Wanamaker & Brown and opened the store Oak Hall at Sixth and Market Streets in 1861. Brown died in 1868. In 1869, the firm became John Wanamaker & Co., and he opened a store at Eighth and Chestnut Streets. John Wanamaker's Grand Depot at Thirteenth and Market Streets, opened in 1876 to cater to Centennial Exhibition crowds.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Berman Trade Card Collection - John Wanamaker & Co. [P.2015.56.463]

Title: Celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs & shirt bosoms
Description: Trade card advertising J.H. Richelderfer’s celluloid collars and cuffs and depicting a racist caricature of a Chinese boy smoking a pipe and carrying a cane. Shows the boy, wearing a queue hairstyle with a pink bow tied at the end of his braid and attired in a colorfully patterned Chinese robe with oversized celluloid cuffs, collar, and hat, and red, slip-on, cloth shoes. He holds the smoking pipe to his lips with his left hand and carries a walking cane in his right hand., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Stamped on recto: J.H. Richelderfer, Gent’s furnishing and over-gaiters, 1032 Chestnut St., S.E. Cor. of 11th., Text printed on verso: Celluloid (Waterproof linen.) Collars, cuffs and shirt bosoms. The following will commend the use of these goods to all who study convenience, neatness and economy. The interior is fine linen. The exterior is Celluloid – the union of which combines the strength of Linen with the Waterproof qualities of Celluloid. The Trouble and expense of washing is saved. When soiled simply rub with soap and water (hot or cold) used freely with a stiff brush. They are perspiration proof and are invaluable to travelers, saving all care of laundrying. Advice. In wearing the turn-down Collar, always slip the Necktie under the roll. Do not attempt to straighten the fold. The goods will give better satisfaction if the Separable Sleeve Button and Collar Button is used. Twist a small rubber elastic or chamois washer around the post of Sleeve Button to prevent possible rattling of Button. To remove Yellow Stains, which may come from long wearing, use Sapolio, Soap or Saleratus water or Celluline, which latter is a new preparation for cleansing Celluloid. Goods for sale by all dealers., RVCDC
Date: [ca. 1880]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Richelderfer [1975.F.741]

Title: Superstitious Chinese children covering their faces to avoid being photographed
Description: Photograph depicting a Chinese man and four Chinese children on a platform at the entrance of the Chinese Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. Shows a boy standing with his back to the viewer, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a red cap, a blue shirt and pants, and blue cloth slip-on shoes. In the left, the boy, attired in a blue cap, a pink shirt and pants, and blue cloth slip-on shoes, sits on a chair and looks to the left. Beside him, a seated young girl, wearing a pink bow in her hair and attired in a pink shirt and pants, and blue cloth slip-on shoes, covers her face with both of her hands. In the right, a child, attired in a dark blue shirt, blue pants, and blue cloth slip-on shoes, sits and raises their arm and hands to cover their face. In the left behind the children, a Chinese man, attired in a conical hat, a dark blue shirt and pants, and cloth slip-on shoes, stands and holds possibly a torch. A white man, wearing a mustache and attired in a white collared shirt and a gray suit, stands and faces the viewer. A green dragon with its mouth open decorates the platform. A decorative wooden railing is visible along the background. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, also known as the St. Louis World's Fair, was held from April 30 to December 1, 1904 in commemoration of the centennial of the Purchase. More than 60 countries and 43 of the American states displayed exhibits at the fair, which was attended by 19.7 million people. The Chinese Pavilion included a theater, a temple, a tea house, a bazaar, and a reproduction of the summer home of Prince Pu Lun, the Imperial Commissioner. In the Chinese Village were Chinese merchants, mechanics, painters, waiters, silk weavers, musicians, performers, and children. The children were set at the entrance of the concession to attract visitors., Green mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Date inferred from content and date of event., Text printed on verso: In the Chinese Village there were nine little Chinese children who were shrewdly employed at the entrance to the concession as a drawing feature and who attracted great crowds of people. The youngest child was but three years old. Both parents lived in the village as merchants. The favorite with the visitors was Fanny Moy, the seven-year old daughter of the village druggist. She possessed a sweet voice and spoke English almost without any foreign accent. The largest boy, nine years old, was an accomplished musician and took also a prominent part in the theatrical performances. The children were under government inspection, and physicians detailed from the army service looked after their physical welfare, while a returned missionary instructed them in English. Each child was under a bond of $500 to secure their safe return to China after the exposition., Gift of Linda Kimiko August.
Creator: Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), 1862-1922
Date: 1904
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereos – misc. – Ingersoll [P.2023.43.6]

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