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Title: ASSU Illustration 6334
Description: Block numbered in two places: 6334., Image of a large house with several chimneys and two or three stories; the front of the house is covered by some ivy or moss, and has the address 1765; a man and a child stand in front of the door and a dog is visible on the grass; the house is surrounded by very tall trees and a few outlying wooden houses., “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., “Am.S.S.U” – Back of block in four places, “The Old Stone Farm Ho. Frontispiece ‘It was very old’ p 7 m.s.” – Inscribed on side of block., Signed: HD [i.e., Henry Dacre?].
Date: [between 1861 and 1876?]
Location: ASSU Woodblocks -- Box 30

Title: [James Weldon Johnson Homes and environs, North Philadelphia, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of the construction of the James Weldon Johnson Homes, a low rent housing project consisting of 535 dwelling units in 59 buildings (including a Community Building) built on 19.4 gross acres. The first tenants moved into the project on October 1, 1940. At the time of completion, the project was owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Designed by architect William Pope Barney and Frank R. Watson. Located at 2500 West Norris Street in North Philadelphia. Surrounding row homes to the south and east are visible for some distance., Negative numbers: 20754s.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1939
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.20754s]

Title: "What do you all want to do wif dat pixture tak'en contraption"
Description: Depicts an older African American woman, with a stern expression, her arms crossed in front of her body, standing next to her brick home at Jessup and Irving Streets in Philadelphia. According to the photographer, the home is "a good example of a skilled mechanics home - the middle class of from 60 to 80 years ago," and that the woman was coaxed in to allowing the photograph after he described her house as "quaint" and she as "beautiful." Today this house is connected to the one behind it on Quince Street. Plaques on Quince Street house list builder of both buildings as Henry Vollum in 1813; the architect of additions and alterations made in 1924 was Wetherill P. Trout; those involved with connecting the two buildings in 1989 were Francis Henkels, architect, Diana Fertik, designer, and Philip Johnson, builder., Title from descriptive manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: "I don't 'low no one no how to make no fotygraf of me nor my house." "Madam" we said "we are interested in quaint old residences and beautiful women and desire to have the camra [sic] record both." The picture was a natural sequence of this little speech. The house is not far from 10[th] and Locust Sts. - Jessup and Warnock Sts. Now I wonder how many know where Jessup and Warnock Sts. bisect."A good example of a skilled mechanics home, or as this and other 'wider spread' bread earners are now designated "the middle class of from 60 to 80 years ago.", Gift of Mrs. Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., 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: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.188], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson188.htm

Title: "What do you all want to do wif dat pixture tak'en contraption"
Description: Depicts an older African American woman, with a stern expression, her arms crossed in front of her body, standing next to her brick home at Jessup and Irving Streets in Philadelphia. According to the photographer, the home is "a good example of a skilled mechanics home - the middle class of from 60 to 80 years ago," and that the woman was coaxed in to allowing the photograph after he described her house as "quaint" and she as "beautiful." Today this house is connected to the one behind it on Quince Street. Plaques on Quince Street house list builder of both buildings as Henry Vollum in 1813; the architect of additions and alterations made in 1924 was Wetherill P. Trout; those involved with connecting the two buildings in 1989 were Francis Henkels, architect, Diana Fertik, designer, and Philip Johnson, builder., Title from descriptive manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: "I don't 'low no one no how to make no fotygraf of me nor my house." "Madam" we said "we are interested in quaint old residences and beautiful women and desire to have the camra [sic] record both." The picture was a natural sequence of this little speech. The house is not far from 10[th] and Locust Sts. - Jessup and Warnock Sts. Now I wonder how many know where Jessup and Warnock Sts. bisect."A good example of a skilled mechanics home, or as this and other 'wider spread' bread earners are now designated "the middle class of from 60 to 80 years ago.", Gift of Mrs. Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., 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: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson [P.8513.188], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson188.htm

Title: [Housing development in the vicinity of Castor and Frankfort Avenues, Mayfair, Philadelphia.]
Description: Aerial views of housing and real estate development located around the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues in Philadelphia. View faces north from a vantage point just south of the intersection. Adjacent farmlands are visible., Negative numbers: 18262n.
Creator: Aero Service Corporation, photographer
Date: 1937
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Aero Service [P.8990.18262n]

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