Block numbered in two places: 6605, also 1219 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a standing man and a crouching woman who regard a small child who stands and places her hands on the back of a pram; the three appear to be inside a walled courtyard., "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., Illegible inscription on side of block.
Portrait of an infant wearing a little cap and hand-made sweater over its dress resting in a baby carriage with netting parked on a sidewalk in Philadelphia. There is another baby carriage parked in the background., 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. 1943
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.139]
Portrait of a laughing infant wearing a bib, sitting up in a carriage and looking at the camera. The carriage's protective netting is thrown back, and the carriage is parked next to a brick row house in Philadelphia. The carriage has a leather hood and a dark body. The brick sidewalk is very old and irregular., Ms. note on verso: 118 Morris; 141 Segal [sic]; 115 Ritner; 2347 S. Front; 88 Mifflin; 131 Manton; 132 Manton; 1241 Moya[mensing]; 1312 American St.; 1236 American St.; 126 Dudly [sic] St.; 1932 S. Front St. (Mercy)., 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.2008.10.3]
Billhead containing a vignette showing a baby carriage designed with an overhead, hanging shade., Completed in manuscript to Mr. Lawson on July 19, 1886 for "#21 Coach" for $14., Stamped on recto: Received Payment, Jno. Westney, Agt. Signed: Per A.O. Bloecker., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Helen Beitler and Estate of Helen Beitler.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Helen Beitler Graphic Ephemera Collection - Receipts [P.2011.10.148]
Portrait showing an infant sitting up in a wicker baby carriage that is parked underneath the closed shutters of a window in Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator
Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.159]
Exterior view of north flank of house known for the plaster-of-Paris model of a ship on the lower gable of the house. Includes three women standing in front of the house, with two baby carriages. Original portion of house built circa 1760. In the rear of the property was the first public hall in Germantown. The Germantown Fire Company housed a small engine known as the "Bull Dog" on the property. Kept as a hotel until 1836, when James Ford purchased the property and opened a boarding school for girls. Demolished circa 1906., Slide number 85., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Title given in manuscript on mount., Also known as Bockius House, for the family that resided here circa 1902.
Creator
Bullock, John G., 1854-1939, photographer
Date
ca. 1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern - Bullock [P.9731.81]
Group portrait showing twin babies sitting in a wicker carriage parked in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia. Their hair is combed up to a point, and they wear matching dresses underneath crocheted or knitted sweaters, all in light colors., 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.2008.10.17]
Portrait of an infant wearing a knitted beret propped up by a pillow in a wicker carriage with its lining partially torn out. The baby seems to be crying. The carriage is on the sidewalk in front of a stone wall with a cellar window in 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.8649.9]
Depicts Lydia Webster, the daughter of John H. Webster, Jr., bundled in winter clothing and sitting in a baby carriage in front of the porch of John H. Webster Sr. (4834 Penn Street). The southwest facade of George S. Webster's residence is visible in the background (4900 Penn Street). The Webster family owned four neighboring houses on Penn Street (4830-4900)., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members., Numbered 2.14 in manuscript note on negative sleeve.
Creator
Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.34]
