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- Title
- [Side view of residence.]
- Description
- Depicts the side entrance door on the side of a house, including the back stairs and a rear oval shaped room., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.230]
- Title
- [Rear view of dwellings from a hill.]
- Description
- Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.226]
- Title
- [Group sitting on the side porch of an unidentified residence]
- Description
- Depicts a group of men and women sitting on the side porch of an unidentified residence. An older man sits in the grass against the stone wall dividing the property from the road in the foreground., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
- Creator
- Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.88]
- Title
- [House by a dirt road]
- Description
- Depicts a woman carrying a basket, standing on a dirt path, next to a two-story residence on the side of the road. Two young girls sit on the porch of the house watching her. Another residence is visible between the trees in the distance., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
- Creator
- Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1885
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.34]
- Title
- [Three people and a dog resting under trees near a residence]
- Description
- Depicts a man and a young woman sitting on a wooden fence underneath of two trees in the front yard of an unidentified residence. A young girl sits on a bicycle and a dog rests on the dirt path nearby. Tree foliage conceals most of the house in the foreground. An unidentified body of water is visible in the distance., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
- Creator
- Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.35]
- Title
- Unidentified building
- Description
- Glass negative showing a two-story stone building with a wooden fence extending off the right side. A lawn lined with trees and tall shrubs sits in front of the building. There is a blur of motion along the right side of the plate, implying a man running across the lawn., Photographer remarks: N.C.B. on & Off, 1 of trial 1883, 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. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.1.11]
- Title
- [Unidentified residence]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a three-story house with two porches and shuttered windows. The house is surrounded by trees and leaves clutter the lawn., The emulsion has discolored to orange., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.52.11]
- Title
- [Rear of residence]
- Description
- Glass negative showing the rear of a two-story stone house with multiple chimneys and rounded windows on the second floor. A dirt road, sidewalk with hitching post and metal fence are located behind the house., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.15.11]
- Title
- [Unidentified residence]
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of a two-story brick home seen from a road with trolley tracks running down the center. Tall trees grow on either side of the road and behind the house., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2126]
- Title
- [Unidentified residence]
- Description
- Photograph showing a view of a multi-story house with multiple porches standing in a field of dune grass. A windswept tree stands alone in the field. The print is mounted on a cream colored board with a gold border., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2127]
- Title
- [Unidentified residences]
- Description
- Photograph showing two houses. The multi-story house on the right has a porch, steep gables and two lantern towers on the roof. The two-story house on the left has three chimneys and vines climbing up the front porch., 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. 1890-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2128]
- Title
- [Stone arch bridge.]
- Description
- View of a stone arch bridge spanning an unidentified body of water and partially obscured by a tree. A house sits at the top of a hill nearby., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.28]
- Title
- [Dwelling with portico and belvedere cupola.]
- Description
- Depicts the front and rear facades of a large residence, showing a large four columned portico and a belvedere cupola., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.231 & 232]
- Title
- [View of dwellings from tree-lined sidewalk.]
- Description
- Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.234]
- Title
- [Woman standing on steps near open porch of dwelling.]
- Description
- View of a woman standing on the front stairs near an open porch of a dwelling. Two bicycles are parked nearby., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.236-238]
- Title
- [Residence with weeping willow tree in foreground]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a two-story house standing on the corner of a brick road with a large weeping willow tree obscuring the right side of the house. A metal fence and sidewalk surrounds the house. Other trees stand behind it., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.15.9]
- Title
- [Interior of child's bedroom]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a view of a child's bedroom. The corner of a bed is visible on the left next to a door and there is a dresser with a mirror on the right. Two chairs frame an open doorway leading to a balcony. A rocking chair sits in front of the dresser while a basket with handle sits on a table to the side of the dresser., 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. 1880-ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.15.12]
- Title
- [Man petting kitten near wooden house]
- Description
- Photograph showing a man standing next to a stairway on the side of a wooden building petting a kitten. Two other kittens stand on the stairs next to the building. A sign reading, "Great [An]nual Sale..." hangs near the entrance above the stairs., 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
- [1882?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2109]
- Title
- [Man with kittens near wooden house]
- Description
- Photograph showing a man leaning against the side of a wooden house. Two kittens play in the grass next to the house., 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
- [1882?]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2110]
- Title
- [Group portrait with Al Lindsay and Catharine Rupp Doering on porch of unidentified house.]
- Description
- Depicts four women, a man, a boy, and a dog sitting on the steps of a porch. Albert Lindsay is the only person standing (left) and Catharine Rupp Doering (wife of the photographer) is seated to the far right. Three large single dwellings are visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
- Creator
- Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.161]
- Title
- R[obert] Morris' House [near Bailey's Corner]
- Description
- Glass negative showing a two-story house with chimneys and distinctive siding once owned by Robert Morris. The house is seen in the distance with a fence, trees, a road, and a horse-drawn carriage in the foreground., Time: 10:30, Light: Good sun., From same place as #348 ., 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
- August 28, 1884
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.385]
- Title
- [African American youth playing banjo]
- Description
- Interior view depicting a seated African American boy singing and playing the banjo in a nicely furnished parlor. The boy, attired in a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a dark-colored waistcoat, pants, and shoes, holds the banjo on his lap and looks up and to the right with his mouth open. In the left, a broom is propped against a wooden chair. Behind him is a closed door and a framed object hung on the wallpapered wall., Title supplied by cataloger., Frances Orlando's "George Bacon Wood, photographer of the 1880s: an introduction to the Wood Collection in the Library Company of Philadelphia. (Master's thesis, Philadelphia College of Art, 1985), p. 42., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1886]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.188]
- Title
- "Watching Grandma smoke"
- Description
- Genre scene depicting an older African American woman, attired in a head kerchief, a long-sleeved, patterned dress, and a striped apron, smoking a pipe. She is seated on the steps to the open doorway of her dilapidated, wooden house surrounded by her three young grandchildren who intently watch her. A small, barefooted girl, attired in a dress and a torn and worn jacket, sits with her legs stretched out across the bottom step. A barefooted boy, attired in a shirt, a jacket, and shorts, sits on the next up above with his right leg crossed over his left knee and looks up at his grandmother. Standing in the doorway is a girl, attired in a dress, a jacket, and shoes, who looks down with her hands at her side., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Signed by photographer on verso., Manuscript note on verso: No. 4. Class A., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre scenes of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1886]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.529]
- Title
- Picking her Thanksgiving turkey
- Description
- Genre scene depicting an older African American woman, attired a white head kerchief, a neckerchief, a long-sleeved dress, a checked apron, and shoes, sitting on a small bench plucking a turkey on her lap. She places the plucked feathers in a basket sitting between her and a water pump. Behind her in the right is a dilapidated slatted shed with a swatch of cloth tacked to it. A small cottage is visible in the background., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Frances Orlando's "George Bacon Wood, photographer of the 1880s: an introduction to the Wood Collection in the Library Company of Philadelphia." (Master's thesis, Philadelphia College of Art, 1985), p. 42., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre scenes of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1886]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.532]
- Title
- "She lives way down dar"
- Description
- Scene depicting an older African American woman giving directions to another African American woman in front of her home. At her open gate, the woman, wearing gray hair and attired in a long-sleeved, patterned dress, a plaid shawl, and a white apron, points left indicating the desired direction. The other woman, attired in a bonnet, a long-sleeved shirt, and a skirt, holds a milk can in her right hand and looks left with her back to the viewer. In the background is a wooden house with a large vine propped up on poles., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Signed by photographer on verso., Alternate title from lantern slide at the Staten Island New York Historical Society., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [photographed ca. 1886, printed ca. 1895]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.177]
- Title
- [African American man delivering firewood to an African American woman]
- Description
- Depicts an older African American woman standing in her doorway receiving firewood from an older African American man. The woman, wearing white hair and attired in a long-sleeved dress, a torn and worn apron, and shoes, stands in the doorway of her wooden house with her arms crossed at her waist. In the right, the man, wearing white hair, a torn and worn coat with patches, pants, and shoes, stands with a large bundle of firewood in his hands. In the left are wooden buckets and a bowl., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1886]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.178]
- Title
- [Silas McMinn residence, Lake Idaho?]
- Description
- Portrait of an African American man on a horse-drawn sulky on a farm. The man, attired in a brimmed hat, a coat, pants, and shoes, holds the reins to the horse. In the background are two log cabins, grazing calves, and men with a hay wagon., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s, exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs often won prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1890]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.179]
- Title
- Tallahasse, Florida
- Description
- Portrait of an African American man and woman seated in the doorway of a wooden cabin made of boards. In the left, the woman, attired in a head kerchief, a long-sleeved quilted shirt, a torn and worn skirt, an apron, and shoes, sits and looks at the viewer. In the right, the older man, attired in a head kerchief, a torn and worn long-sleeved shirt, a vest, pants, and open-toed shoes, sits with his right leg propped on a log., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibitions. His photographs won several prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1885]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Wood [P.8743.183]
- Title
- Theodora [Feltwell] Wistar and Dr. Thomas Wistar
- Description
- Photograph showing Dr. Thomas and Theodora Feltwell Wistar, the maternal aunt and uncle of Marriott Canby Morris' wife Jane Gibbons Rhoads. The couple are seated in an interior decorated with floral wallpaper and framed pictures. Thomas Wistar sits in a wooden chair on the right and wears a three-piece suit. Theodora Wistar kneels next to him on the left with her hands folded under her chin and wars a light blouse and dark skirt., 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. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.2056]
- Title
- "Dat corn takes a might site a hoe'in"
- Description
- Depicts an older African American man, attired in torn and worn clothing, exiting through the doorway of his wooden house carrying a hoe. The man, wearing white hair and a white beard and attired in a top hat, a white shirt, a waistcoat, a torn coat, torn pants with patches, and shoes, steps down his front stairs of the dilapidated house. In front of the house is a stool with a basket on top, a broom, a small table with a wooden bushel and a bowl, and a cup rests on the windowsill., Title from manuscript note on verso., Variant of prize winner at the Philadelphia Photographic Society Exhibition 1886., Gift of Elsie Wood Harmon, 1982., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Frances Orlando's "George Bacon Wood, photographer of the 1880's: an introduction to the Wood Collection in the Library Company of Philadelphia." (Master's thesis, Philadelphia College of Art, 1985), p. 41., 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., Wood, a Philadelphia artist, turned to photography in the 1880s exhibiting his work, including genre studies of African Americans, at national and international photography exhibition. His photographs won prizes.
- Creator
- Wood, George Bacon, 1832-1909, photographer
- Date
- [ca. 1888]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wood [P.8743.181]
- Title
- [Group portrait in front of the rear of a frame residence at an unidentified location]
- Description
- Portrait of a large group standing before a picket fence before a house at an unidentified location. In the right, five white men stand and sit, attired in uniforms, possibly baseball uniforms. In the center, a group of white men, women, and children, possibly a family, sit and stand and look at the viewer. In the left, a group of African Americans, who possibly work with the family, include two women one of whom holds a baby, a young girl, and a man who holds the reins of a horse. Several dogs are also in the portrait., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by attire of the sitters., Purchase 1989., 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. 1895]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs - family [P.9260.615]