Block numbered in two places: 6305, also 33 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man on a horse looking down toward a standing man holding a shovel and a small girl who reaches up toward the man on the horse; buildings are visible behind the man on the horse, and a horse and covered wagon sit before the building; a man appears to be on top of the wagon adjusting something., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block in two places. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876.
Block numbered in two places: 3459., Image of a man in a top hat walking with two boys; one boy holds the man’s hand, and the other holds an umbrella in one hand and turns back to point toward figures in the street behind him; behind the man and children are a group of three figures on a sidewalk and another figure in the street, pointing at each other and engaged in some kind of interaction.
Block numbered in two places: 7073, also 1439 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two men; the standing man looks toward the other man, who sits up in a four-poster bed, and extends his arms slightly; the man in bed may be reacting with fright or surprise, as it appears that several books have fallen from the bottom of his bed., Back of block (and wood dealer’s imprint) partially obscured by pasted-down paper on back of block.
Block numbered in two places: 4753., Image of a man standing next to a pump; a sign above him reads: Half way house., “N.J. Wemmer. 5 Pear St. Phila.” – Stamped on back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed (as an artist) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1848 to 1856.
Block numbered in two places: 7495., Image of a man in bed, raising his hand slightly; a woman wearing a head covering and earrings stands at the foot of the bed, holding up a skirt or shawl with one hand and reaching her other hand toward the footboard; a young man wearing a tunic or short sarong kneels by the side of the bed; a small table beside the bed holds a bowl and a mug; a small framed painting, a wall hook and coat, and a mantel holding several vessels are on the wall on the other side of the bed.
Block numbered in one place: 7114, also 8014 in two places (defaced), and 1464 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man in a throne or large chair beside a low table; a younger man pour a drink into the seated man’s chalice; the seated man rests his hand on the shoulder of a young boy who faces or walks away; all wear tonic, and the clothing and furniture suggest a historical setting, perhaps Classical or Medieval.
Block numbered in one place: 6263, also 1420 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of two men in top hats walking toward or facing each other in a street; one holds a walking stick in one hand, and the other has one hand in his pocket and holds the other with palm flat toward the men; behind them is a large crowd of people, including a few adults and a large number of children sitting, standing, and playing; a few buildings are visible behind them, including one with a bell tower., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down piece of paper.
Block numbered in three places: 6593, also 372 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man wearing a turban gazing forward while holding what appears to be a long pipe to his lips; a child crawls on the floor and a young woman or older girl sits behind him on what appears to be a loft bed or other high piece of furniture., “N.J. Wemmer. 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876, “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block.
Block numbered in two places: 6443, also 1253 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man, a woman, and a girl standing on what appears to be a porch; the man holds a pointer or stick horizontally in the air and the girl runs under it toward an approaching figure, either a young man or an older boy., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “Ni[?] Tav[e]rn” – Inscribed on back of block.
Block numbered 6269 in two places., Image of the interior of a tavern, with numerous men sitting at tables with drinks and cards; a central figure addresses the group., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila” – Back of block. Boxwood dealer Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “A.S.S.U” – Back of block.
Block numbered in two places: 6493, also 1169 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a seated man with two small girls; he holds one over his knee and regards the other, who sits on an ottoman at his feet holding a small doll., “V.W. & Co. [i.e., Vanderburgh, Wells & Co., boxwood dealers] 18 Dutch St. N.Y.” – Back of block., Illustration appears in Child's world v. 5 no. 24, p. 2.
Block numbered in one place: 9398, also 1392 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man and a woman in a boat; the man stands and the woman sits, with the small child hiding its face in her lap; a hilly, empty shoreline is visible behind them., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 7933, also 1914 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man reading a sheet of paper he holds in one hand while two seated women look on; behind them is a fireplace with a lamp, a candle, a pitcher and a few other objects on it., Signed: Lauderbach Sc. [i.e., James W. Lauderbach?], Illegible inscription on back of block.
Block numbered in two places: 2761., Image of one man holding an axe upright while another looks on and a third man drag what appears to be a log or felled tree; three hats and a basket sit on the ground., Signed: W. Baker [i.e., William Deal Baker?]., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper., “M.s.” – Inscribed on back of block.
Block numbered in two places: 7248, also 1069 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of young men or older boys standing on a sidewalk; one holds something, perhaps a lantern or book strap, from his hand, and points toward a woman and man standing in the street., "V. Grottenthaler, 402 Library St Phila." – Back of block. Vincent Grottenthaler is listed (as a dealer in boxwood) at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1869 to 1876., Signed; Vaningen-Snyder [i.e. Van Ingen & Snyder]; Van Ingen & Snyder, a partnership between William H. Van Ingen and Henry M. Snyder, was active between 1853 and 1871., Inscription on back of block partially obscured by adhesive label.
Block numbered in two places: 9397, also 1384 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a young man and woman seated in a boat; the long-haired woman holds what appear to be leaves or flowers in her lap, and trails one small branch or vine in the water; the man sits immediately behind her and regards her turned face; the woman’s long full sleeves and the man’s small decorated cap suggest a historical setting – possibly Renaissance; a small hill on the shore is visible behind the boat.
Block numbered in two places: 7016, also 1330 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man and woman; the man holds a package under one arm and gestures with his other hand; the woman sits on a chair in front of a hearth and looks over her shoulder at the man.
Album containing amateurly-cut, primarily bust-length silhouettes of men and women. Majority include caricatured or non-descript features. Small number of the prints depict full-length silhouettes, including a man holding an eye glass, a man holding a book near a table, and a man holding a filled basket. Also includes a silhouette of a tall male figure and squat female figure and corresponding pencil sketch. Many silhouettes also include hair adornments and other fashion details.
Block numbered in two places: 9470., Image of a man wearing a turban and holding a thin staff; he wears layered clothing, including a tunic reaching to mid-calf, a thick sash around the waist, and a cloak or shirt with loose sleeves; a small cat sits at the man’s side., Signed: EAH., “A Koord and his Angora Cat.” – Inscribed on side of block., “92 [obscured] Hair of [?]” – Inscribed on back of block., Illustration appears in Home and work by the rivers of Eden (Philadelphia, 1888), p. 31.
Block numbered in one place: 9337, also 1472 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of what appears to be the interior of a barn with a mezzanine running along the three visible walls; several men are in the barn along with two camels; one man stands barefoot in the middle of the barn on a small rug, others sit in a circle toward the wall, and more men stand among bales or packages; the men appear to be wearing headdresses of some kind, perhaps keffiyeh., Back of block obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in one place: 4047, also 1110 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a man pointing or gesturing at a boy; the man rests his other hand on a workbench; the boy looks downward and holds a saw in one hand and a hat in the other., “Thomas & Joseph p. 2[6?] Thomas was very much [illegible]‘” – Inscribed on side of block.
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]
Group portrait showing a man with his arm around the shoulder of a teenage boy in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. Both are dressed in white shirts and neat slacks. The boy wears a vest and white shoes. The man's tie is tucked inside his shirt, and he wears a belt with a decorative buckle., Ms. note on verso: 216 Wilder St.; 220 Dickinson; 149 Morris; 154 Watkins; Lee & Ritner; 2312 Lee; 108 Fed[eral]; 121 Manton; 134 Manton; 2d & Earp; 1820 S 2; 139 Wilder; 201 Gerritt; 202 Gerritt; 146 Fernon; 111 McClellan; 2254 Lee., Kodak postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 226., 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. 1944
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.108]
Portrait showing a young man, in his twenties, wearing a striped shirt with sleeve garters and no collar or tie standing in front of a wooden fence in Philadelphia. He holds his workman's cap and a sprig of flowers. His hair is neatly combed. Two pens are in his vest pocket. The blurred image of a little girl is visible to the left., 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.8649.45]
Portrait of a man, about thirty years old, wearing workman's trousers, a sweater coat with a hole in it over another sweater and shirt standing in front of a brick wall and window in Philadelphia. He also wears a workman's hat. The building might not be a private home. The window behind the subject is filthy. The cellar window is protected by an iron grate., 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.2008.10.31]
Portrait of a young man wearing a suit, tie, and a carnation in his lapel sitting on marble steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. His thick hair is parted in the middle and combed down. He sits on the top marble step, his hands clasping his knees. The marble steps have been kept clean., 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.2008.10.54]
Portrait of a young man holding a cigar in his hand sitting on the stone porch steps of a house in Philadelphia. He wears a three-piece suit with a striped bow tie. His hair is parted on the side and slicked down. On the porch itself, at the edge of the scene, are a young man in a workman's cap and a young girl holding a baby., 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.2008.10.55]
Portrait of a young man in pressed trousers, polished shoes, a pullover sweater and bow tie on his shirt standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. His hair is neatly combed and he has a slight smile on his face. A neighboring woman watches from inside, peering through her 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.2008.10.115]
Portrait of a young man in his late teens or early twenties standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. He smiles and wears a workman's cap at an angle. The jacket of his dark suit is unbuttoned. The brick house behind him is in need of a bit of sprucing up, especially the mesh which covers the cellar 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.2008.10.132]
Portrait of a young man, identified as "Walt Bright," about 20 years of age, standing in front of a wooden house. He holds a cap in his hand and is wearing a dark shirt (no tie), a jacket and trousers. His shoes are in need of a polish. The house behind him is of very worn clapboard in need of paint. The shutters are in need of paint as well and the foundation, of brick and cement, appears to have a break in it., Ms. note on recto: Walt Bright, 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.8649.43]
Portrait of John Frank Keith sitting on the steps leading up to a stone porch in Philadelphia. He wears a vest and shirt with the sleeves rolled up. His straw hat rests on the landing behind him., Ms. note on recto: John F. Keith, 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. 1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - portraits [P.9770.1]
View of four men sitting on the top of a hill with hunting and fishing gear, including fishing rods, axes, knapsacks, and a dead animal. Tall trees are visible behind them., Title supplied by cataloger., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Recreation [8248.F.10]
Group portrait showing four young men dressed in suits and fedora hats posing like gangsters, their hands in their pockets, feigning guns, in front of a wooden wall in Philadelphia. A cigarette droops from the mouth of one of 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.2008.10.116]
Group portrait showing three men, all of different heights, all dressed and pressed in winter coats or sweaters, standing in front of a high brick wall in Philadelphia. The sidewalk is paved. The man on the left wears glasses and a bow tie. All three have combed and parted their hair neatly and slicked it down with Macassar oil., 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.8768.5]
Group portrait showing two men, both wearing caps, posing on marble steps in Philadelphia. The man on the right stands with his foot on one step and leans forward on his knee and holds a cigarette. In the background is a door and a bricked alley., 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.2008.10.36]
Portrait showing a young man with neatly combed hair wearing a cardigan sweater, sitting on wooden steps in front of a door in Philadelphia., Ms. note on verso: Tooey, 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.8649.19]
Group portrait showing two young men, both smoking cigarettes, sitting on the wooden stoop of a doorway within an alley in Philadelphia. One man rests his arm around the shoulders of the other., 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.2008.10.1]
Group portrait showing two young men, possibly brothers, in shirtsleeves sitting on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia. The paint on the door in front of which they sit is peeled., 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.8649.46]
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]
Portrait of a young man, possibly Frankie Paul, wearing a suit, bow tie, and workman's cap sitting on wooden steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. His dress shoes are brightly polished and he holds a cigarette in his left hand., Ms. note on recto: Frankie Paul, Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia, 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. 1913
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.25]
Group portrait showing four young men, arms around each other's shoulders, standing in a swaggering pose, smiling and talking in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. The window behind them is furnished only with a shade. The brick sidewalk is set in the herringbone pattern., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator
Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date
ca. 1931
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.7]
Group portrait showing eleven men standing in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia. Six of them wear suits and the remaining five men are in shirtsleeves. One man wears a workman's cap and another, a fedora. The man at the far left holds a cigar. Splotches of paint dot the brick wall behind them. A closed metal box with a handle (possibly a camera box) sits on the sidewalk in front of 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.2008.10.80]
Group portrait showing two young men posing outside a brick and brownstone house in Philadelphia. The young man on the left wears a fedora with his suit, but the suit jacket is too small for him and the sleeves are too short. He has a cigarette in his left hand. The young man to the right has his hair neatly combed and the curls combed straight., 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.2008.10.82]
Group portrait showing two men, possibly father and son, standing in front of brick house in Philadelphia. The younger man on the left is dressed in a light-colored three-piece suit with a printed tie. The older man on the right wears a dark pea jacket and holds a workman's cap in his hand. The window behind them is covered with 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.2008.10.88]
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]
Album containing amateurly-cut, primarily bust-length silhouettes of men and women. Majority include caricatured or non-descript features. Small number of the prints depict full-length silhouettes, including a man holding an eye glass, a man holding a book near a table, and a man holding a filled basket. Also includes a silhouette of a tall male figure and squat female figure and corresponding pencil sketch. Many silhouettes also include hair adornments and other fashion details., Inscribed on verso of front cover: Barbara A. Townshind, Stanley Place, May 1804., End papers and verso of back cover contain semi-legible pencil inscribed verse., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box.
Creator
Townshind, Barbara A.
Date
May 1804
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9723]
View showing a man in traditional Scottish attire, including a kilt, standing with two young girls near the entranceway to a manor. Also shows hedges., Attributed to Andrew Coates., Title and name of photographer from manuscript note on mount., Buff 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., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of different countries.
Creator
Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date
[ca. 1859]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Views [5754.F.30n]
Album page containing a rustic view. Shows a white man on horseback conversing with a white man standing near a stone house. The house is comprise of mutiple sections, each at different heights. View also includes trees, including one with several missing branches, a fence, and shrubery., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date from item., Possibly by Amy Matilda Cassey., Former supplied title: Residential New York Street., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date
November, 1838
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Amy Matilda Cassey album [P.9764.49]
Full-length portrait of a seated, unidentified young African American man. The man, attired in a white collared shirt, a bow tie, a waistcoat, a jacket with a lapel pin, pants, and laced-up patent leather shoes, rests both hands on his lap. He sits on a wooden chair in a rudimentary studio setting, possibly outside, with a simple fabric backdrop and a carpet on the ground., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by the attire of the sitter., Purchase 2000., 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.
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - sitter - unidentified [P.9853.6]
