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Title: Group of teenagers standing in front of a stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing four young men and one young woman standing in front of a stone porch in Philadelphia. Three of the teen boys wear white shirts and trousers, bow ties and sleeve garters, and one has a cigarette in his mouth. Their workman's caps are decorated with bows and a ribbon with the words "Jack Rose Social" printed on it. The other young man wears a jacket and trousers as well as a workman's cap. The woman has her hair neatly combed and wears a dark dress with a pleated skirt and an apron., 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.2008.10.39]

Title: Young man seated on stone support of porch steps, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Four young men posing as gangsters, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Two men on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Two young men sitting on stoop in front of door in alley, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Young man sitting on stoop, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Eleven men standing in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Two young men in three-piece suits standing in front of brick and brownstone house, Philadelphia
Description: 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]

Title: Two mature men sitting outside on a sofa, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two men in their forties or fifties sitting outside on a sofa with a wooden frame in Philadelphia. They are dressed in casual clothes - sports shirt, suspenders, and sweater. The man on the right wears a fedora and smokes a cigarette. The wooden wall behind them might be a fence rather than part of a house., 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.2008.10.110]

Title: Man standing with two women in courtyard, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a man in a straw boater, a striped shirt with no collar, smoking a cigar, standing with two women in a courtyard in Philadelphia. They are in front of a wire fence. In the distance one sees a gas lamp to light up the alley. The women are both in summer dresses-one looks like a house dress; the other like a dressy dress, with a vertical lace trim. An exotic plant, a small tree, grows behind them., 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.8958.1]

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: 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: 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: Men playing cards on stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of six men and three children sitting on a stoop and chairs in Philadelphia. Of the six men, four hold playing cards, three smoke cigarettes, and two hold glasses of beer. Two young girls, one holding an infant, stand in the background., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. 6th St., Phila., 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.8649.4]

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]

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