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- Title
- Five men, one drinking out of a flask, sitting on a doorstep, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing five men, all wearing suits and workman's caps, gathered together on a sunny day for a group portrait on a doorstep in Philadelphia. One of the men is taking a drink from his flask., 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.2008.10.158]
- Title
- Four men sitting on stone step in front of porch, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing four men sitting on the steps of a brick house, which has a stone porch, in Philadelphia. Three men, maybe in their thirties, sit in the foreground with a younger man behind them. They hold workman's caps and are in shirtsleeves. There is some graffiti on one of the brick pillars 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.8768.6]
- Title
- Three men sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three workmen, probably forty and older, sitting on a wooden doorstep next to an alley in Philadelphia. The sidewalk is of old brick. The rear end of a dog can be seen to the right. The door to the house behind them is in need of paint., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.7]
- Title
- Man and two women sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a man sitting between two young women, his arms around their waists. His hair is neatly combed but his trousers are rumpled and there are no laces in his worn shoes. His workman's cap rests on his knee. The women are dressed both in blouses, dark skirts and stockings and dark shoes that are closed with ribbons. Thier hair is neatly combed. The door behind the wooden steps is in need of paint., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1922
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.50]
- Title
- Men and women sitting on house step in front of door, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three women and two men posing on the step of a wooden house in Philadelphia. The men are wearing their workman's caps and jackets. Some of them are squinting because of the glare of the sun. Next to the house is a high wooden fence with a clothes line visible above it., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1922
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.178]
- Title
- Two workmen sitting on a stoop, one drinking out of a beer bottle, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two men in suits and their workman's caps sitting on a marble stoop in Philadelphia. The man on the right has his arm around the other's shoulders and drinks out of a beer bottle., 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.2008.10.57]
- 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
- Young man in cardigan sweater sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait showing a young man wearing a cardigan sweater and holding a hat in his hands, sitting on marble steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. There is graffiti on the brick wall of the house behind him., 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.2008.10.56]
- Title
- Two young women and young man on stoop, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait of two young women and a young man sitting on a door stoop in Philadelphia. The young woman in front wears a white blouse, a full-length plaid skirt, lace-up shoes, and a peaked cap. The young man behind her is dressed in a tie and suit and sits next to a young woman wearing a striped shirt, long skirt, and lace-up shoes., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.8]
- Title
- Young man and two girls standing in front of brick wall and windows, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young man wearing a suit and hat standing in between two girls in front of a brick wall and windows in Philadelphia. The girls wear ankle-length checked aprons. All three subjects are smiling., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.47]
- 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
- Young man in sailor uniform holding infant on wooden stoop, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young man wearing a sailor suit sitting on a wooden stoop and holding a baby between his knees. The baby is dressed in a knitted wool jacket and tassled cap, which obscures part of the man's face., 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.2008.10.62]
- Title
- Two young men sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two teenage men wearing caps sitting on marble steps in front of a door and graffiti-covered wall in Philadelphia., Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.6]
- 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
- Man and woman sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a gray-haired man sitting, cigar in hand, next to a woman on marble steps in Philadelphia. He is in his shirtsleeves, and laced-up shoes. The woman beside him is younger and wears a checkered dress with short sleeves and white shoes. The window in the door behind them has a lace curtain., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.1]
- Title
- Three men and a little boy sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three young men, two wearing workman's caps and the third with a wild head of hair, sitting on a wooden doorstep in Philadelphia with a little boy in a sailor suit standing in front of them. The child has very curly hair. Two men hold cigarettes., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.9]
- Title
- Seven men and one woman sitting on the steps of a wooden house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing seven men, all in shirtsleeves, except one who is in his undershirt and barefeet, sitting around a smiling woman who wears a checked summer dress in front of a wooden house in Philadelphia. One man wears a workman's cap. One man holds a cigarette in his hand; another, a cigar. The house appears to be in good repair. The sidewalk is brick in the herringbone pattern., Ms. note on recto: Chas, Dean, Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.9a]
- Title
- Man and boy standing outside a screened porch, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a man in summer trousers and shirtsleeves and a little boy in long pants with suspenders standing outside a screened porch in front of a small garden, possibly at a shore resort near Philadelphia. The man has his hand on the child's shoulder. There is another wooden house very close next door., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.15]
- Title
- Man and woman standing in front of a brick house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young man and a young women posing in front of a house in Philadelphia. The man wears a dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and the woman wears an apron over her blouse and skirt. In the window behind them is a sliding screen., 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.2008.10.72]
- Title
- Three women and two men on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three women and two men on a stoop in front of a door in Philadelphia. A man wearing suspenders stands in the back next to a woman folding her arms, while a man sits in the foreground flanked by two women, one wearing a striped shirt and a cap., 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.2008.10.79]
- 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
- Man holding two small children on steps, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a man with no teeth smiling at the camera as he holds two small children on his lap. He holds a cigarette in his hand. They sit on brownstone steps that lead to a double door in Philadelphia. The end of a canvas baby carriage can be see to the left., 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.2008.10.150]
- Title
- Five young men sitting outside a corner grocery store, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing five young men, all laughing and smiling, sitting together on the steps of a grocery store in Philadelphia. Heads of cabbage or lettuce are visible in the window. The men are wearing shirts and dark slacks and shoes. There is a little boy sitting behind them to the right. The streetscape is visible in the background., 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.2008.10.91]
- 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
- Three men, possibly fathers, with three boys, possibly their sons, sitting on marble step, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three young men, each wearing business suits, sitting with a boy, possibly his son, on his knee. The boys, about six to eight years old, wear knee-high socks, shirts and ties with sweaters over them. One of the boys wears a coat. The door behind the group has a fringed shade on its 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.2008.10.24]
- Title
- Seven men and a young boy sitting on brownstone steps, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing seven men of varying ages and a boy about fourteen years old, almost all dressed in suits and ties, sitting on the brownstone steps of a brick house in Philadelphia. One man, who holds a cigarette, sticks his tongue out at the photographer., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.78]
- Title
- Three men and a woman on stone steps next to an alley, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three young men, one dressed in a three piece suit with hat in hand and wearing a wedding ring, and an older woman in a printed dress sitting on marble steps next to an alley in Philadelphia. The two young men on the back row are in casual shirts. One has his arm around the shoulders of the other. The shades are drawn on both the door and the window behind them., Ms. note on verso: "Joe, John Donda, Mrs. Stumback, cousin, 100 titan St." Also: "15th & Jackson, near Playground, no more car barn-July 9-74" And:"Sofie & Barbara up in Pocono Pete", 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.2008.10.112]
- Title
- The wood-sawyer
- Description
- Illustration shows a familiar Philadelphia character: a black wood-sawyer. As the text explains, "This is a hard occupation, followed generally by coloured people. They are old men, and have little ones to support, so that they have to work very hard." Shown in full profile, this mature wood-sawyer carries an axe in his hand and a "Horse" on his back. According to the text, when the wood-sawyer cuts his logs, he puts them on this "curious-four legged machine," which is "very strong, and made of oak or hickory wood." Holding the logs down with one knee, the wood-sawyer cuts off one piece at a time., Illustration in City characters, or, familiar scenes in town (Philadelphia: Geo. S. Appleton; New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1851), p. 96., Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Work Scenes.
- Date
- [1851]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare Am 1851 Cit 68429.D p 96, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2785
- Title
- [Unidentified African American man]
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of a bearded Black man attired in a white collared shirt, a bowtie, a sack coat, and light-colored pants. He sits on a wooden chair facing slightly left with his right hand tucked into his coat., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of unidentified portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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., Schreiber & Son(s), a Philadelphia partnership of George Schreiber, and his several sons, specialists in portraiture and animal portraiture, were in business from 1857 until 1900, operating at 818 Arch Street from 1867 until 1879.
- Creator
- Schreiber & Sons, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1867]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - photographer - Schreiber & Sons [8313.F.10b]
- Title
- [Unidentified elderly African American man]
- Description
- Three-quarter length portrait of an African American man seated in a wooden Windsor chair in front of the doorway of a house with walls that are cracked with exposed wood. Sitter, wearing white hair and sideburns and attired in a white shirt, a dark-colored jacket and pants, and a dark-colored coat with paint splatters on the elbow and sleeves, holds a hat in his hand as he looks directly at the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Originally part of a S.W. Dwayne scrapbook., 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - unidentified male [8836.Q.1]
- Title
- The colored volunteer Marching into Dixie
- Description
- Portrait of an African American man Union soldier, attired in a uniform, a "U.S." belt buckle, and a cap. He holds his rifle over his right shoulder and carries a sleeping mat on his back., Inscribed under title: 843., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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.
- Creator
- Currier & Ives
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC-Civil War-Soldiers [(9)1540.F]
- Title
- Two dromios
- Description
- Double exposure depicting a large African American man, attired in a cap, a short-sleeved shirt torn at the elbows, and an apron. He leans on a ledge and crosses his hands while smoking a pipe and looks to the right in the first exposure and to the left in the other, creating the illusion of "Two Dromios" or twins. Dromio was the name of enslaved twins in Shakespeare's, "Comedy of Errors.", Title from manuscript note by photographer., Signed by photographer on verso., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982., 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wood [P.8743.187]
- Title
- Philadelphia taste displayed. Or, bon-ton below stairs
- Description
- Satiric scene showing high society, i.e., "bon-ton" in a Philadelphia oyster cellar. A "gentleman" descends the stairwell to the swankly decorated cellar where a motley gathering of men drink, smoke, gossip, and suck oysters. An African American bartender serves drinks from decanters in the left of the image. The bar is adorned with a notice reading "City Privilege still without license." Another African American attends the oyster bar. Plates, crackers, salt, and vinegars line the edge. In the right of the image, a sick-faced patron wobbles and spills his drink next to a tall clock with a decorated face and the inscription "Music has charms." Possibly, the cellar at 806 Market Street operated by African American proprietor James Prosser from about 1830., Inscribed on verso: Said Wm Van [?] of the Walnut/ Chestnut? St. Theatre., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 598, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb 38 O 97, LCP exhibit catalogue: Made in America #40., Jackson, Joseph, Encyclopedia of Philadelphia, p. 386-387
- Creator
- Akin, James, ca. 1773-1846, artist
- Date
- [ca. 1830]
- Location
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania HSP Bb 38 O 97
- Title
- ASSU Illustration 4794
- Description
- Block numbered in two places: 4794., Image of three men in front of a sign that says “Beer”; one stands and appears to hold a cigarette in his hand, and looks over his shoulder at a seated man; the seated man has his legs crossed and arms folded, and appears to have a cigarette in his mouth; another kneels and writes “Bhoys” [i.e., Bowery boys, working class men from the Five Points neighborhood in New York] on the ground with a stick or piece of chalk.
- Date
- [s.a.]
- Location
- ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 22
- Title
- [Portrait of an unidentified man]
- Description
- Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an African American man. Sitter is attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, and a black jacket. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pad: Red/brown velvet with geometric design in center surrounded by scrolls., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather. Spray of flowers in a nonpareil like border. Scroll work all around. Plain verso. 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., Reproduced on cover and on page 42 of Julie Winch's The Elite of our people (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000)., 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.9427.2]
- 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
- [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
- Associate Presbyterian Mission, Trinidad
- Description
- View of the mission established by the Presbyterian Church in 1842. Shows a white man and woman couple with a dog greeting a Black man in front of two bungalows down the road from a Black man walking with a rifle over his shoulder. In the foreground, a fence surrounds the property from the road, and palm trees are visible. The Presbyterian Church relinquished the mission to the Free Church of Scotland circa 1852., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Illegible partial artist's imprint on recto., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of foreign countries. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- [ca. 1845]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Religion [5754.F.97b]
- Title
- Secession displayed
- Description
- Pro-Union cartoon containing a montage of vignettes representing the consequences of secession, particularly the denigration of American freedom. Depicts Roman soldiers representing the "Demons of Nullification, Secession, and Treason" attacking the "Temple of Freedom," the edifice adorned with the names of Revolutionary heroes and battles. The allegorical army carries a "Flag of Disunion" inscribed "Liberty! [To Extend Slavery]," swords, spears, and torches. These soldiers of "war" and "rapine" trample upon the torn Constitution and American flag. In the background, surrounding vignettes depict the bloodied, manacled "Genius of Liberty," depicted as a white woman, fallen beside "Free Speech" and the "Free Press"; the "Servile Insurrection" depicting enslaved Black men attacking white men, women, and children; the king "Military Despotism," depicted as a white man attired in a crown, brandishes manacles and bayonets to complete "the work begun by the traitors"; ghostly figures of "Departed Heroes & Sages," including Washington, Jefferson, and Adams look aghast "on the sacrilege perpetrated in the name of Liberty"; and Liberty, depicted as a white woman, weeps beside an upside down American flag and below the quote of the executed French revolutionary, Madame Roland, "O Liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name.", Text printed above image: "Indignantly frown upon every attempt to alien any portion of our country from the rest"--Washington., Text printed below image: The enemies of the Republic, from the Gulf, or Lower Regions, led on by the Demons of Nullification, Secession and Treason, assail the Temple of American Freedom, consecrated by the blood of the Martyrs of Liberty. Raising the Flag of Disunion, the Traitors trample on the Star-spangled Banner and the Constitution which they have sworn to defend. The Genius of Liberty is stricken down and manacled. War and Servile Insurrection prevail. Military Despotism, of necessity, succeeds, and with its chains and bayonets completes the work begun by the Traitors. The Genius of America weeps, while, above, the shades of departed Heroes and Statesmen gaze with sad astonishment on the sacrilege perpetrated in the name of Liberty! “God Save the Commonwealth.”, Title from item., Date from copyright statement: Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by John Barber, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Connecticut., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Accessioned 1981., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War., 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.
- Date
- 1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Political Cartoons-1861 Sec [P.8699]
- 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
- [Caricature of a laughing African American man]
- Description
- Bust-length portrait depicting an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, laughing with his head tilted back to the right, eyes closed and mouth wide open, as he reads a "Texas" newspaper. He is attired in a white collared shirt, a tie, and a jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982., RVCDC, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, in national and international photography exhibitions. His work won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.184]
- Title
- [Caricature of a laughing African American man]
- Description
- Bust-length portrait depicting an African American man, portrayed in racist caricature, laughing with his head tilted back to the right, eyes slightly open, and mouth wide open, as he reads a "Texas" newspaper. He is attired in a white collared shirt, a tie, and a jacket., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982., RVCDC, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, in national and international photography exhibitions. His work won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.185]
- 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
- [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
- A luxury fleet featuring newest pullman refinements at low travel cost! Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Limited (All-Room Train). The General New York-Philadelphia-Chicago. "Spirit of St. Louis" New York-Philadelphia-St. Louis. Liberty Limited Washington-Baltimore-Chicago. The Pittsburgher (All-Room Train) New York-Pittsburgh. The Golden Triangle Pittsburgh-Chicago. Many types of Pullman private accommodations, modern section sleepers on all but Broadway Limited and The Pittsburgher-all room trains
- Description
- Poster showing an interior view of a luxury pullman car to advertise the Pennsylvania Railroad. Shows several white men and woman passengers relaxing in the car. In the left, a Black man server, serves drinks to two women and a man seated at a booth. Across from them, in the right, an older man sits in an arm chair, and smokes a cigar, and holds a paper in his lap. An older woman sits on the arm of his chair. Behind them, two women converse, one standing. In the far background, two men stand at a bar. Image also shows a train window. The server wears a white smock shirt and black pants. The men passengers wear suits. The women passengers wear a dress or suit jacket and skirt and/or hats., Title from item., Date inferred from content., RVCDC
- Date
- [ca. 1945]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department miscellaneous posters [P.2284.103]
- Title
- [Young African American man, possibly Jerry Stevens an enslaved man, at Raceland Plantation, Dinwiddie, Virginia]
- Description
- Full-length portrait of an African American man, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants with large tears and holes, holding a wooden plow over his shoulder. He stands in front of a wooden building and to the left of a wooden door. In the right is a white dog with its back to the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and content., Purchase 2011., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Date
- 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - miscellaneous - Stevens [P.2011.16]
- Title
- Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African
- Description
- Bust portrait of the British, Black free man and abolitionist, Olaudah Equiano, who authored one of the earliest and most influential autobiographies by a formerly enslaved person. He is attired in a dark-colored jacket with a collar and buttons and a white collared shirt, cravat, and waistcoat. He holds the Bible in his right hand, which is open to “Acts Chap. IV. V. 12.”, Title from item., Publication information and date inferred from source in which the portrait was originally included., Published as the frontispiece in Olaudah Equiano's The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano...(New York: W. Durrell, 1791). (LCP Am 1791 Equ, Log 3936.D)., Accessioned after 1870 and before 1900., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
- Creator
- Tiebout, Cornelius, 1777-1832, engraver
- Date
- [1791]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Prints - E [1885.F.145]
- Title
- [Early model for Freedmen's Memorial by Thomas Ball]
- Description
- Front and oblique views with a dark background, likely photographed in Thomas Ball's studio, showing his model for a design later proposed and adapted for the Freedman's Memorial to Lincoln (erected 1876, Washington, D.C.) that was first discussed as a Lincoln monument in the later 1860s. Shows the model composed of a figure of Abraham Lincoln (left) and a kneeling, emancipated, enslaved Black man figure (right). The Black man figure, is portrayed in left profile, looking out toward the vista, and with his left knee to the ground and his right knee bent. His left foot is arched up from the ground. He holds his left hand with his knuckles to the ground and his right hand across his waist and resting on the inner elbow of his left arm. The figure has curly hair and wears a Liberty cap and a loin cloth. Broken shackles adorn his wrists. The Lincoln figure, attired in a suit with a long coat, stands, looks down on the Black man figure, and holds out his left hand above the kneeling man, while his right hand holds the Emancipation Proclamation (semi-rolled) on a plinth decorated with patriotic symbols. Symbols include a profile portrait of George Washington, the fasces of the U.S. Republic, and a shield adorned with the stars and stripes. The base of the plinth is inscribed "T. Ball 1865." The figures rest on a base marked "And upon this act-I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favour of Almighty God.", A national monument project sponsored by the Western Sanitary Commission of St. Louis was initiated after formerly enslaved Charlotte Scott of Marietta, OH pledged $5 for a monument to Abraham Lincoln following his assassination in 1865. Donations from formerly enslaved persons grew to $20,000 within months of Scott's original donation. After years of competing projects, designs, and sponsoring agencies, on April 14, 1876, Ball's sculpture adapted from the model depicted, the "Emancipation Memorial," and designed without the input of the formerly enslaved donors was erected in Lincoln Square, Washington, D.C. on an eastern edge of Capitol Hill., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Manuscript note on verso of verso of P.2023.32.1: Florence March 15th 1872. Emancipation Proclamation. T. Ball of Boston., Manuscript note on verso of verso of P.2023.32.1: Florence March 15th 1872. Emancipation Proclamation. T. Ball of Boston. Sculptor in Florence., Date from manuscript note on verso., Thomas Ball (1819-1911), sculptor, focused his career on the portrayal of statesmen and historical figures. He located to Florence to study sculpture in 1854. Between 1857 and 1865, he worked in Boston before returning to Florence until 1897. Ball was part of an expatriate community of artists and sculptors, including Hiram Powers, father of Longsworth Powers., See Kirk Savage, Standing soldiers, kneeling slaves: Race, war, and monument in nineteenth-century America (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), p.77-83 and 114-123., RVCDC, Longsworth Powers (1835-1904), son of sculptor Hiram Powers, lived in Florence with his family in the 1830s and returned in 1860 and began a career as a sculptor and photographer. Powers photographed prominent men and women in the city.
- Creator
- Powers, Longsworth, 1835-1904, photographer
- Date
- [1872]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Powers [P.2023.32.1-2]
- Title
- Ladies
- Description
- Lantern slide formerly owned and probably used in art lessons by Philadelphia painter, photographer, and art teacher, Xanthus Smith. Depicts a scene set in Roman antiquity of a white woman, attired in a white gown, dancing before upper-class Romans. In the center is a marble veranda with a roof comprised of a red drape with yellow fringe held up by columns. In the veranda, around a table filled with food and drink, a Roman woman and three men lounge and watch the dancer. Behind them, three enslaved Black men and a woman carry wine flasks, pour drinks, and fan. In the left, white men and women musicians play flutes and tambourines. In the background, a peacock and other birds stand and fly on the palatial building decorated with columns, sculpture, and flowers., Title from partially legible label on mount., Number 19 in "Old Roman World" series., Gift of Edna Andrade, 1994., RVCDC, 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Lantern Slides - Smith [P.9471]