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- Title
- Official first day of issue. Honoring Harriet Tubman, 1821-1913. Abolitionist. Nurse. Escapded slave. Black Heritage USA Series
- Description
- ArtCraft "First Day Cover" (i.e., designed envelope with a stamp affixed and cancelled on the day the stamp was issued) containing vignette illustrations depicting Harriet Tubman. Shows a half-length portrait of Harriet Tubman and a view of Tubman with Black persons of all ages, their belongings, and horse-drawn carts on a snow-covered clearing., Title from item., Date supplied from research and content., Logo of printer printed in lower left corner: Text "ArtCraft" set on a paint palette with brushes inserted through the hole for the artist's thumb., Image caption: She Guided More Than 300 Slaves to Freedom., Contains ink-stamp postmark: Washington. DC. Feb 1 1978 20013 and cancelled "First Day of Issue" Black Heritage USA color-printed 15-cent stamp after the design of Jerry Pinkney and depicting a portrait of Harriet Tubman and an inset of a view of Tubman and three Black persons riding a donkey-drawn wagon. The Tubman stamp issued in 1978, was the first issued for the Black Heritage Series begun in 1978 by the U.S. Postal Service to recognize "the contribution of Black Americans to the growth and development of the United States.", Mailing label removed., The Washington Press ArtCraft brand was introduced in 1939 for the printing of First Day Covers. The firm stopped producing ArtCraft First Day Covers in 2016., Gift of George R. Allen, 2022.
- Date
- [1978]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department ephemera - envelopes - Poor [P.2019.80.6]
- Title
- [Women posed at Glendinning Rock Gardens, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia]
- Description
- Scene showing well-dressed women, including an African American woman, posed in the Glendinning Rock Gardens in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Shows nine women, attired in dresses, sitting and standing on the rocks around the pond and on the incline leading up to the stone wall. The garden, built in 1936 at the bequest of Fairmount Park Commission board member Colonel Robert Glendinning and his wife Elizabeth, is one of the most unusual in the country containing an atypical variety of species of shrubs, herbs, and trees., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the people., Manuscript note on verso: Glend[i]nning Rock Gardens, Fairmount Park., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1957]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8809.1]
- Title
- [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified Asian American woman]
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of a young unidentified Asian American woman. The woman, wearing her hair parted in the middle with tight curls close around her head and attired in a light-colored fur shawl and earrings, looks at the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by the attire of the sitter., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982.
- Creator
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators – Non-Philadelphia-Women – Portraits
- 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
- M[arriott] C[anby, Jr.], Libby & Ruth on tandem bicycle, Madison, Wisconsin
- Description
- Glass negative showing Marriott Morris' son Marriott Canby Jr., his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Ruth, riding a tandem bicycle down a path in Madison, Wisconsin. Ruth Morris sits in the front basket. All three riders wear white outfits and smile at the camera. There are tall brick buildings and foliage on the left side of the path., Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris., Edited.
- Creator
- Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1942
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.109.3]
- Title
- Negro children in America
- Description
- Card depicting two African American women taking care of African American children in a nursery. In the foreground, three African American children sit on the floor and play with toys. In the left, the girl, attired in a blue dress, yellow socks, and black shoes, plays with blocks. In the middle, the girl, attired in a white shirt and green and red dress, holds a white girl doll costumed in an orange dress. In the right, the girl, attired in a red stocking cap, a yellow shirt, blue pants, and green socks, holds her right hand to her mouth. Beside her on the floor is a white girl doll costumed in a blue dress and a stuffed dog. Behind the seated group, two children stand and pull toys out of a container. In the left, the girl, attired in a white cap and a pink romper, leans over the container. In the right, the girl, attired in an orange dress, carries a teddy bear. In the right background, the woman, attired in a long-sleeved white dress, sits on a wooden chair with a baby wrapped in a yellow blanket on her lap. In the left background, the woman, attired in a long-sleeved pink shirt, a purple skirt, and a white apron, leans over a crib to help a young child attired in a red shirt. Two framed pictures are on the wall., Title from item., Text printed on verso: Bible Picture Card. Vol. 1, no. 14. Second Quarter. January 4, 1942. The Peanut Cow. Miss Mary’s class had met on Sunday morning. Ethel’s brown face seemed very thoughtful. “I want to tell you something,” she said after awhile. “Yesterday I was out walking. I saw six little children. They were very thin. I wish we could help them in some way.” The class was very still. They were thinking hard. “I know!” cried one of the girls. “Let’s parch peanuts and sell them. Then we can buy milk for these children.” Each day the class met. They parched peanuts and took them to be sold. They bought good rich milk with their money. “Those children need fruit.” Ethel said one day after one of her classes. “We learned today that everyone should have fruit.” “But it takes all our peanut money to buy milk,” said one of the girls. “Maybe the other boys and girls at Browning Home would like to help,” suggested Miss Mary. “Put a milk bottle in the lunch room. They can put in their extra pennies, nickels and dimes.” “Let’s call it the Peanut Cow,” suggested Ethel. Eagerly they watched the Peanut Cow. It grew fuller and fuller. How happy they were! Now they could buy both fruit and milk. Verse to Remember: “We are God’s fellow-workers.” I Corinthians 3:9. Published quarterly in sets of 13 at 4 cents per set per quarter. The Methodist Publishing House, 353 Prairie Ave., Providence, R.I. Executive and Editorial Offices, 810 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee. Entered as second-class matter, September 15, 1941, at the post office at Providence, R.I., under the act of March 3, 1879. c. 1942, by Whitmore & Stone., Gift of David Doret.
- Date
- 1942
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Goldman Trade Card Collection - Greeting Cards, etc. - Negro [P.2017.95.250]
- Title
- [Portrait of an African American family]
- Description
- Family portrait of several generations of a middle-class African American family posed in front of a Christmas tree. The family, attired in suits and dresses, sit and stand in the living room. In the foreground, an African American boy sits on the floor, crossed legged, and smiles at the viewer. Behind him, seven men and women sit on chairs. Two young girls sit on the laps of the older men. Nine men and women stand behind the chairs. In the background, the top of a decorated Christmas tree is visible., Title supplied by cataloger., Date written on recto: Mosby 1936., Purchase 1993., 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
- 1936
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs - family [P.9410.31]
- Title
- Tobacco - Virginia
- Description
- View showing a tobacco field near a Virginia road. In the foreground, tobacco plants grow. An African American man and woman, possibly agricultural workers, walk near a large, wooden shed in the field. In the left, a car drives down the road towards the viewer., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from photographic medium and car in the photograph., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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
- Photo Illustrators (Firm)
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators - Non-Philadelphia - Afro-Americana
- Title
- Picking cotton
- Description
- Scene showing three African American men and an African American woman as they pick cotton in a large field. In the foreground, the workers, attired in hats, bend over at the waist as they harvest the cotton and place it in bags that they carry. A very young African American girl stands in front of the woman and looks at the viewer. A house is visible in the right background., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the people., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1935]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators-Non-Philadelphia-Afro-Americana
- Title
- Woman standing on sidewalk in front of porch, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a woman dressed in an ankle-length pleated skirt with a dark jacket and a light-colored vest standing in front of a porch in Philadelphia. She also wears a hat with a pompom on top, dark leather gloves, and laced up dress shoes. She stands in front of a large brick house with a porch over a stone foundation. The cellar window is protected by a wrought iron screen., 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.2008.10.131]
- Title
- Young woman standing on woodland path, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a young woman, her hair neatly combed, standing on a path in a woodland. She wears a long sleeveless flower-printed dress that is trimmed with a dark ribbon bow and a necklace., 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.2008.10.152]
- Title
- Woman standing on wooden steps with her dog, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of an overweight woman in a cotton housedress standing with her dog on the wooden steps of a house in Philadelphia. She has the dog on a leash. The dog sits quietly, posing for 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.2008.10.169]
- Title
- Young woman standing in bathing suit, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a young woman with dark wavy hair posing in her woolen bathing suit in front of a house in the country. She also wears high heeled leather shoes. She stands in the grass in front of the porch of a wooden house. In the background is some other greenery., 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.2008.10.170]
- Title
- Woman standing in front of window, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a young woman with neatly combed hair and a dress with pleats and matching jacket standing in front of a screened window and a screened cellar window in Philadelphia. The jacket is a bit blurred because of the wind. There is a big bow at the neck of her dress and she also wears a bead necklace and holds a purse. The window frame is very worn and in need of paint. A lace curtain hangs in the window behind her., 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.8649.18]
- Title
- Young woman standing in front of window, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a young woman, about twenty years of age, dressed in a dark velvet overblouse, a light-colored pleated silken skirt and dress shoes, standing, hands on hips and smiling, in front of a window of a brick house in Philadelphia. In the window two children and an adult watch from inside the activity outside on the sidewalk. The cellar window is protected by a wrought iron screen which is attractively painted., The unidentified young woman is also the subject of John Frank Keith photographs P.2008.10.92 and P.8649.36, in which she wears the same clothing., 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.8649.23]
- Title
- Young woman standing in front of stone wall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a young woman posing in a two-piece dress in front of the stone wall of a porch in Philadelphia. She wears stockings and high-heeled shoes. Her dark hair is cut short. The large cellar window behind her is protected by a carefully painted wrought iron screen., 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.8649.33]
- Title
- Woman sitting on wooden steps holding a puppy, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a smiling, well dressed young woman with a puppy in her arms sitting on wooden steps in Philadelphia. She wears a dark velvet blouse with a silk pleated skirt, white stockings and dark high heels. Behind her is a carved wood door and brick house., The unidentified young woman is also the subject of John Frank Keith photographs P.8649.23 and P.8649.36, in which she wears the same clothing., 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.2008.10.92]
- Title
- Native American woman standing in wooded area, Philadelphia
- Description
- Portrait of a Native American woman standing out of doors in an overgrown area near a tree. She wears an ornate headband and a full length fringed dress possibly made of leather, as well as decorated leggings, moccasins, and necklaces. She carries a decorated or woven purse or bag on her left arm., 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.2008.10.130]
- Title
- Two women standing in front of old house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two women, arms around each other, standing in front of a wooden house in Philadelphia that is in need of paint and a restoration of the foundation. The woman on the left wears an unbelted vertically striped dress with white stockings and heels. The woman to the right wears a dark "good" dress; her slip is showing. She wears white stockings and heels as well., 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.2008.10.13]
- Title
- Two women standing in front of stone porch, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two young women, one in a suit, the other in a two-piece dress, both wearing white stockings and high heeled shoes, standing in front of a stone porch in Philadelphia. They have their arms around each other. Their hair is neatly combed and both wear lipstick., 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.2008.10.69]
- Title
- Two women standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two women who could be mother and daughter, both in their best dresses, standing with arms around each other in front of a window in a brick house in Philadelphia. The older woman on the right wears a dress with an ornate collar and cuffs. The window has open shutters and a fringed shade., 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.2008.10.77]
- Title
- Two young women standing on dirt path, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two young women, probably in their twenties, dressed in slacks, standing on a dirt path in front of shrubbery. One wears a blouse; the other appears to be wearing a knitted bathing suit. Both wear leather shoes and have their arms around each other's waist., 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.2008.10.126]
- Title
- Two women standing in front of tall wooden fence, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two well dressed women in hats standing in front of a tall wooden fence with horizontal slats. The fence probably divides residential backyards., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.3]
- Title
- Three young women standing in front of window, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three young women, dressed up in their best dresses with stockings and dress shoes, standing in front of the window of a brick house in Philadelphia. Behind them, from inside the house, two small children and an adult can be seen looking out the window at the activity on the sidewalk. Two of the women wear glasses., The young woman in the middle is also the subject of John Frank Keith photographs P.2008.10.92 and P.8649.23, in which she wears the same clothing., 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.8649.36]
- Title
- Woman holding child standing outside a brick and brownstone house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young woman, possibly a mother, holding a little girl and whispering to her in front of a brownstone house in Philadelphia. The woman has dark hair and wears a two-piece checked dress with short sleeves and white summer shoes. The girl wears a sleeveless dress., 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.2008.10.171; P.2008.10.172]
- Title
- Woman and girl standing in front of house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a tall woman with white hair and wearing a long cotton house dress standing next to her daugher or granddaughter, who is also dressed in a cotton dress. They stand on the brick sidewalk next to the wooden stoop of a house in Philadelphia. Both subjects have their hair neatly combed. Both the window and the door of the house are open. This is probably a hot summer day. The brick wall is in need of pointing and the window frame and door frame are much in need of paint. The iron grating on the cellar window does not fit the frame., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.49]
- Title
- Man 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
- Woman with infant in front of stone porch, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young woman in a winter coat standing outside a brick house with a stone porch in Philadelphia holding a baby, also dressed for winter, except the child isn't wearing a hat. The house has stained glass windows., 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.8768.3]
- 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
- Young woman standing outside a brick and stone house holding a child, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young woman standing outside a brick house in Philadelphia, holding a little child. She wears high heels and a summery dress. The child is also in a summery outfit, and white shoes. The cellar windows have wrought iron screens and also lace curtains. The first floor windows have tie-back curtains and shades with tassels., 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.2008.10.48; P.8768.14]
- Title
- Woman with two children sitting outside a wooden house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a woman, possibly a mother, with two children posing outside a wooden house in Philadelphia. The older child is a little girl with a big bow in her short hair. She wears a cotton dress with long white stockings. The younger child, sitting on the woman's lap, is probably a bit over a year old. It is dressed with a knitted or crocheted cap and a long coat with long stockings. The woman's hair is messy. She wears her apron over her lacy blouse. All three subjects have pleasant expressions on their faces., 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.2008.10.119]
- Title
- Three adults and four small children standing in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two women, one of them very heavy, and a man in a three-piece suit, standing in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia. They have their arms around each other and in front of them stand four children (three little girls in dresses and a boy in sailor pants and a knitted cardigan). The man and the heavy women have a flower pinned to their clothes. The image is a bit blurred or overexposed because of the intense sunlight., 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.2008.10.123]
- Title
- Young woman with two children standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young woman in an attractive dark dress standing with two children in front of the window of a brick house in Philadelphia. She holds the hand one child, who is losing a diaper. A girl about eight years old holds the other hand of the child. She, too, is in a pretty dress. The window behind them is open and a sliding screen in place., 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.2008.10.137]
- Title
- Parents and daughter in a country setting, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two young parents, both wear bathing suits, holding a little girl who wears a dress and shoes. All of them are smiling amidst a backdrop of trees and foliage. The sides of two houses are also visible., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.138]
- Title
- Young woman standing on porch with little boy, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a tall, dark-haired young woman holding the arm of a little boy who is about two years old and is standing on the support of a stone porch in Philadelphia. She wears a dark dress with short ruffled sleeves. The boy wears shorts and a sweater., 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.2008.10.142]
- Title
- Mother holding infant, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a mother in a very rumpled and soiled dress holding her baby in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. She smiles with pride. There is another child in the opened window behind her. The window's awning is not extended. Part of a baby carriage is visible next to the woman., Ms. note on recto: Brown, 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.2008.10.144]
- Title
- Three little girls sitting on wooden steps with an older woman, possible a grandmother, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three little girls, about three or four years old, sitting next to an older woman on the steps of a house in Philadelphia. The girls are all neatly combed and dressed in summer dresses with nice shoes and socks. The woman wear a printed summer dress and stockingss, and her Oxford shoes are neatly tied and polished. A broom handle is visible behind the woman., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.155]
- Title
- Three couples in bathing suits in woodland, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three young couples dressed in woolen bathing suits posing on a grassy plot in a woodland. The man and the woman on the left wear glasses., 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.2008.10.160]
- Title
- Smiling woman with infant sitting on her lap, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a young woman sitting on the wooden steps of a modest wooden house in Philadelphia. She holds a baby with dark hair on her lap. Although she is wearing an apron she also wears dress shoes. She wears a short sleeve dress under the apron., 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.2008.10.168]
- Title
- [John Rodgers and Mary Schmidt sitting on step in front of brick residence]
- Description
- Group portrait showing Rodgers iin his suit and tie, hair neatly slicked down, sitting with his arm around Schmidt, notable for the spit curl in the middle of her forehead. She wears a spring coat, white stockings and dark, high-heeled shoes. It looks as though she is wearing an engagement ring. The brick house in Philadelphia in front of which they sit is neatly painted and the brick trim is clean.In 1930 both the subjects lived on the 100 block of Dudley Street in South Philadelphia., Ms. note on verso: John Rodgers + Mary Schmidt. In 1930 the subjects both lived on the 100 block of Dudley Street in South Philadelphia., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.2]
- Title
- Three females standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing two women and a younger girl standing in front of the window of a brick house in Philadelphia. The woman on the left wears a housedress and has her hair covered against dust with a cloth cloche. In the center is a young girl about eleven years old wearing a summer dress with white stockings. On the right is an older taller woman, also in a summer dress and high heels. The brick sidewalk is laid in a herringbone pattern., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
- Creator
- Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.83]
- Title
- Woman with infant sitting on steps, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing a woman holding an infant sitting on worn brownstone steps in Philadelphia. While the woman wears a sleeveless dress, the child wears a cap and long-sleeved coat or jacket. The image of the woman is blurred as the wind blows her hair about. The door behind them is in dire 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.2008.10.90]
- Title
- Five children and older woman standing in front of brick building, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing three boys and two little girls, possibly dressed for church at Easter, standing with an older woman, possibly a grandmother, in front of a brick building in Philadelphia. Both girls wear double-breasted woolen coats with matching hats, white socks and white shoes. The taller girl also has a purse. The boys wear knickers, matching jackets and ties. They are all smiling. To the right is a much older heavy-set woman in a big coat. She is looking to her left instead of at the photographer. There is a bit of graffiti on the wall behind the children., 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.2008.10.95]
- 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
- Outdoor group portrait of men, women, and children, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing over forty people, possibly all related, dressed in summer clothes, some in bathing suits, posing on a lawn in a wooded area near Philadelphia. In the back row, a man in a bathing suit is held above the head of another man. There are several children, including an infant, seated in the first two rows., 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.8768.16]
- Title
- Group of fourteen people sitting and standing in the doorway of a brick house, Philadelphia
- Description
- Group portrait showing fourteen men, women, and children standing in the doorway of a brick house in Philadelphia. They are dressed for summer and crowd together to have their photo taken. Two of the women hold infants. There are at least three other small children. Two teenage boys stand in the doorway. A newspaper clutters the sidewalk., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2703 E Ontario St., Phila PA, 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.8958.2]
- Title
- Philadelphia Divinity School 1931
- Description
- Group portrait depicting the graduating students, including a woman and an African American man, posed outside of the school at 42nd and Spruce Streets. The fifteen students, attired in caps and gowns, sit and stand in three rows. A religious instructor, attired in a black robe and a necklace with a large cross, stands among them. The Philadelphia Divinity School, incorporated in 1863, was an outgrowth of the Diocesan training school started by Protestant Episcopal Bishop Alonzo Potter. An official Department of Women was established at the Divinity School around 1939., Title and date from note inscribed on negative: PDS 1931., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- 1931
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators-11x14 [P.8888.8]
- Title
- [African American primary school classroom]
- Description
- Depicts two African American women teachers overseeing a class of African American grade school children. The younger children play on the floor and at tables with blocks. The older ones sit and read on benches lining the wall. On the floor, a group of girls play with white dolls as others ride on tricycles and push a carriage. In the left, a teacher stands by two blackboards; one board lists the names of good and bad boys, and the other of good and bad girls. Stencils of animals and playing children decorate the walls., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from attire of the people., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8846.29]
- Title
- Burholme Park outing. "Ice Cream."
- Description
- Depicts a smiling African American woman serving ice cream from a barrel to African American children with disabilities in Burholme Park, Philadelphia. The children, most with crutches, surround the barrel eating their ice cream. In the foreground, the young girl sits holding a dish of ice cream while her crutches lie on the grass in front of her. Three boys and one girl stand and hold dishes of ice cream. People stand and sit on benches in the background. Burholme, originally the country seat of railroad magnate Joseph Waln Ryerss and an Underground Railroad station during the Civil War, became a public park at the death bequest of Ryerss' son, Robert, in 1868., Title from duplicate print., Date inferred from attire of the people., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8817.15a]
- Title
- Burholme Park outing. "Ice Cream."
- Description
- Depicts a smiling African American woman serving ice cream from a barrel to African American children with disabilities in Burholme Park, Philadelphia. The children, most with crutches, surround the barrel eating their ice cream. In the foreground, the young girl sits holding a dish of ice cream while her crutches lie on the grass in front of her. Three boys and one girl stand and hold dishes of ice cream. People stand and sit on benches in the background. Burholme, originally the country seat of railroad magnate Joseph Waln Ryerss and an Underground Railroad station during the Civil War, became a public park at the death bequest of Ryerss' son, Robert, in 1868., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from attire of the people., Photographer's blind stamp on recto., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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
- Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1930]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8817.15]