Full-length studio portrait of an unidentified African American boy. The boy, attired a collared wool coat with an emblem on the left arm, matching wool shorts, socks, and boots, looks slightly right. He stands on grass and rests his right elbow on a wooden gate. Includes a backdrop decorated as a field of flowers., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from dates of operation of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Gift of David Long, 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Sullivan, photographer
Date
[ca. 1900]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - Sullivan (phot.) [P.9969.1]
Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American toddler. Shows the child, attired in a white frock, white stockings, and boots, seated on a large, decoratively carved wooden chair with its hands on the arm rests. The child sits on a patterned throw blanket with fringe that is draped over the chair., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note about provenance on verso: "Sometime in the later 1950s I found this in the secret drawer [?] an old blanket [?] that reportedly came from New Jersey.", Stamped on verso: Post Cards Finished While You Wait., Gift of Sydney Kaplan, 1983., 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
Archers Studios, photographer
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Photographs - Misc. - Photo - Archers [P.8938]
