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Title: [Bust-length portrait of Li Hongzhang]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Chinese statesmen Li Hongzhang, also known as Li Hung Chang. He wears a mustache and is attired in a beaded Chinese court necklace and a shirt with a Mandarin collar and decorated with an image of a crane., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the photographer., Photographer's imprint printed on verso: F. Gutekunst, 712 Arch St., Philadelphia., Distributor's label on verso: 816 Chestnut Street, Earles' Galleries, Philadelphia., Gift of Dr. Milton and Joan Wohl, 1991.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [ca. 1885]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT PRINT cabinet card portraits - sitter - Hung [P.9363.21]

Title: Kanrokuro Nakayama
Description: Bust-length portrait of Kanrokuro Nakayama. He wears his hair parted to the left and is attired in a white collared shirt, tie, and jacket. Kanrokuro Nakayama (1855-1934) attended Harvard Law School from 1877 to 1880. He returned to Japan and became Secretary to the Minister of the Interior., Title and date from manuscript note written on verso: Khanrokuro Nakayama, 5 April 1878., Photographer's imprint on verso: G.W. Pach, Photographer, No. 841 Broadway, Cor. 13th St. New York. Branches at Harvard and Yale. Poughkeepsie, Long Branch, and West Point, Ocean Grove. For duplicates order [214]., Gift of E. Perot Walker, 1980.
Creator: Pach, G.W, photographer
Date: 1878
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Nakayama [P.8514.28]

Title: [Wu Ying Ding]
Description: Bust-length portrait of Wu Ying Ding, attired in a tight-fitting cap and a shirt with a Mandarin collar and frog closures, facing slightly right. Hu Quang Yung exhibited a selection of his collection, including cloisonne, bronzes, and ceramics, at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Yung's nephew, Wu Ying Ding, attended the Centennial as an envoy with the objects., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the photographer., Manuscript note written on verso: To General Mrs. Basban, With best Compliments of Wu Ying Ding, Mandarin of China, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1877., Text printed on verso: No. [996]. In ordering duplicates please send no. as above, and name., Gustavus Gerlach and Gustavus Fromhagen were Philadelphia photographers who were in partnership from circa 1875 to 1878.
Creator: Gerlach & Fromhagen, photographer
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Ding [P.9664]

Title: [Full-length portrait of Maung Shaw Loo]
Description: Full-length, forward-facing portrait of Maung Shaw Loo, attired in traditional Burmese clothes, including a gaung baung (head wrap); a light-colored shirt; a striped longyi (sarong or long skirt); and a floor-length, striped cloth cape around his shoulders. He stands with his right hand on the back of a wooden chair. A curtain hangs in the right, and a patterned carpet is visible on the floor. Maung Shaw Loo (1839-1929) was born in Burma (Myanmar) and traveled to the United States in 1858. He attended the University of Lewisburg (later renamed Bucknell University) in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1864. He earned a medical degree from Cleveland Medical College in 1867, becoming the first Western-trained Burmese physician. He returned to Burma and continued work as a physician and educator., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from sitter's time in Lewisburg, Pa., Photographer's imprint on verso: E.L. Mowry, Photographer, Lewisburg, Pa.
Creator: Mowry, E.L, photographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Loo [P.2024.2]

Title: [Full-length group portrait of Imperial Japanese Troupe members Denkichi, Sentarō, Yonekichi, and Rinzō Hamaikari]
Description: Full-length group portrait depicting the Hamaikari family, who were members of the Imperial Japanese Troupe. From left to right, shows brothers Denkichi, Sentarō, Yonekichi, and their father Rinzō Hamaikari. Denkichi and Rinzō wear chonmage hairstyles, which are shaved in the front with a top knot. They are attired in kimonos and sandals and carry swords in scabbards at their waist. Sentarō and Yonekichi wear their hair in top knots and are attired in long-sleeved shirts, striped pants, and sandals. Denkichi and Rinzō sit in wooden chairs, while Yonekichi stands with his right arm on Sentarō’s shoulder, who is seated on a small wooden stool and looks down. In the background is a backdrop with a column and a two-handled urn. Richard Risley Carlisle (1814-1874), known as Professor Risley, assembled and managed a group of eighteen Japanese acrobats and musicians from Yokohama, Japan called the Imperial Japanese Troupe. They toured America in 1867, performing in Philadelphia in March. They then travelled to Europe, including Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain. Rinzō Hamaikari played the flute and his sons were acrobats., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of photographer at address in his imprint., Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Creator: Keeler, F. S. (Francis S.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - photographer - Keeler [P.9573.36]

Title: [Full-length portrait of an unidentified Asian man]
Description: Full-length portrait of an unidentified, young, Asian man attired in a white collared shirt, bowtie, waistcoat, jacket, pants, and dress shoes. He stands looking directly at the viewer with his hands at his sides. Studio backdrop includes a side table and a vase full of flowers., Title supplied by the cataloger., Date inferred from active dates of the photographer., Photographer's imprint on recto: "Bartholomew, Lansdale, PA" and a monograph of "JCB.", John C. Bartholomew (1862-1943) began his career as a traveling photographer with a portable studio where he stopped in Quakertown, Perkasie, Sellersville, Souderton and Telford, Pa. He opened a photography studio in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. in 1882. He then moved and opened a studio in Lansdale, Pa. in 1891, where he worked photographing portraits and local landmarks and landscapes until his death.
Creator: Bartholomew, John C, 1862-1943, photographer
Date: [ca. 1895]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT PRINT cabinet card portraits - photographer - Bartholomew [P.2025.17]

Title: Chinese prisoner
Description: Full-length portrait of an unidentified Chinese man with his queue tied to a ladder. The man, wearing a queue hairstyle and attired in a blue robe, belt, and cloth slip-on shoes, stands facing to the left with his hands inside his sleeves at his waist and his right foot forward. His hair is tied to a ladder that leans against the wall in the right. The manuscript inscription labels the man as a "Chinese prisoner.", Title from manuscript note written on recto under the image: Chinese prisoner., Date inferred from content., Gift of S. Marguerite Brenner, 1984.
Date: [ca. 1865]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - unid. photographer - unid. men sitters [P.9057.71]

Title: A cup for His Excellency
Description: Group portrait photograph showing Japanese ambassador to the United States Hiroshi Saitō receiving an award from representatives of the Northeast High School located at 8th Street and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia. The men, attired in suits and ties, stand in a line, from left to right: Dr. Theodore Rowland, Principal of Northeast High School; Ambassador Saito; Charles A. Yahn, Director of Assemblies; Briggs Kaesshaefer, President of the "A" class; and Charles P. Malloy, Assistant Director of Assemblies. A silver, two handled trophy cup is presented. In the right, Kaesshaefer holds the handle; in the center, Yahn holds the base; and in the left, Saito grasps the base and looks down towards it. A framed painting hangs on the wall, and coats and fedora hats are visible on a table in the right. Hiroshi Saitō (1886-1939) was the Japanese ambassador to the United States from 1934 to 1938. The Washington Naval Treaty was an agreement to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction signed by the Allies of World War I in 1922. On December 29, 1934, the Japanese government gave formal notice that it intended to terminate the treaty., Title and date from label on verso., Typewritten label pasted on verso: P 285546. A Cup for His Excellency. Students of Northeast High School, Philadelphia, Pa., Shown presenting Hiroshi Saito, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, with a loving cup, during his visit there on November 22. From left to right, are: Dr. Theodore Rowland, Principal of the School; Ambassador Saito; Charles A. Yahn, Director of Assemblies; Briggs Kaesshaefer, Presidents of the "A" class, and Charles P. Malloy, Assistant Director of Assemblies. Saito predicted that Japan will termiate the Washington Naval Treaty "regardless of the developments at the preliminary conference at London." Credit line (Acme). 11/22/34., Stamped on verso: Ref. Dept. Nov 27 1934 N.E.A., Manuscript note written on verso: A30474., Gift of Linda Kimiko August, 2024.
Date: November 22, 1934
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs – education - Northeast High School [P.2024.31.4]

Title: Pundita Ramabai and her little girl
Description: Full-length portrait of Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati, the Indian social reformer, educator, and Bible translator, with her daughter Manorama Medhavi. Ramabai wears her dark hair parted in the middle and tied back and is attired in a light-colored dress and a long shawl draped over her shoulder and lap. Her daughter Manorama wears her dark hair parted in the middle and curled with a headband and is attired in a long-sleeved dress with embroidered leaves decorating the collar, chest, cuffs, waist, and hem; dark-colored stockings; and button-up boots. Ramabai is seated, and Manorama stands in the left and leans and places her hands on her mother's lap. Ramabai's left hand holds Manorama's left wrist. Both look slightly to the left. Pandita Ramabai Sarasvati was born into a Brahmin family in India. She became a Sanskrit scholar, and in 1878, Calcutta University conferred on her the titles of Pandita and Sarasvati in recognition of her knowledge of various Sanskrit works. She married Bipin Behari Medhvi, a Bengali lawyer, who died in 1882. She traveled to Britain and converted to Christianity. She toured and lectured in the United States and Canada raising money for destitute Indian women. She advocated for women's rights and opened Mukti Mission, a school for child-widows. Manorama Medhavi was educated at the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, Chesbrough Seminary, and earned a degree from Bombay University. She assisted her mother at the Mukti Mission until her death in 1921., Title and date from manuscript note written on verso., Photographer's imprint printed on mount under the image and on verso., Printed label on verso: Ramabai's Daughter. Manorama, the daughter of Pundita Ramabai, who returned to India last fall, has become her mother's prime minister. Manorama has graduated in June 1900, at the A.M. Chessborough Seminary, North Chili, N.Y. She was at the head of her class, received honors, and was awarded the prize by the board of regents of New York University. Professor and Mrs. Roberts, principals of the seminary, speak with unqualified praise of her ability, strength of character, good judgment, and devotion to her chosen work. Her self-poise and yet utter unconsciousness of self charmed all who met her. She has joined in her mother's work for child-widows with a spirit of consecration and a degree of energy remarkable in a girl not yet out of her teens. -- Woman's Journal.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [ca. 1887]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card portraits - sitter - Ramabai [P.8654.4]

Title: Reformed Mission School, Sendai, Japan
Description: Group portrait of Elizabeth R. Poorbaugh, Mary Ault, and over forty students from Miyagi Jogakko, a school for girls, in Sendai, Japan. Shows the young women and girl students, attired in kimonos, and sitting and standing in rows. In the left, Mary Ault sits with the youngest girls. In the center, Elizabeth Poorbaugh sits with her young niece Kitty, attired in a white apron, on her lap. Shrubs and potted plants are in the foreground. The school building and trees are visible in the background. Elizabeth R. Poorbaugh Cort (1854-1927) was born in Berlin, Pennsylvania. She traveled to Japan with her niece, whom she raised following the death of her sister-in-law. She founded Miyagi Jogakko, a school for girls, with Mary Ault in 1886 in Sendai, Japan. She served as principal for seven years. She married Rev. Cyrus Cort in 1893. Mary Ault Hoy (1863-1937) was born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. She served as a teacher at Miyagi Jogakko. She married Rev. William Edwin Hoy. She died in Hankou, China., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed on recto: Founded in September 1886, by Miss Lizzie R. Poorbaugh and Miss Mary B. Ault, Missionaries of the Reformed Church in the United States. Miss Ault is on the left side of the picture among the smaller girls. Miss Poorbaugh is seated near the centre, with her niece Kitty on her lap. Kitty is known by her white apron.
Date: [ca. 1900]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait prints – education - Reformed Mission School [P.2024.28]

Title: [The Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, aged eighteen]
Description: Full-length portrait of the conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker standing outdoors on grass. Shows the young men barefooted and attired in matching Thai clothing consisting of brown caps, brown tunics, and blue, striped pants. The tunics are open in the front revealing the band of skin and flesh that joined them at the chest. Chang has his right arm around Eng's shoulder, and Eng holds his hand. Eng has his left hand on Chang's waist, and Chang holds his hand. Chang and Eng Bunker were born as conjoined twins in Thailand (formerly known as Siam) to parents of Chinese descent. Chang was positioned on their left, and Eng was on their right. Merchant Robert Hunter and Sea Captain Abel Coffin brought them to the United States in 1829, where they were exhibited as curiosities. The Bunkers left their managers and later toured independently. They purchased an estate in North Carolina. Eng married Sarah Yates, and Chang married her sister Adelaide Yates and together had twenty-one children., Title from a similiar print in the Wellcome Collection., Date inferred from medium and content., Gift of David Doret., Created postfreeze.
Date: [ca. 1830]
Location: Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department portrait prints - Bunker [P.2005.14.3]

Title: [B.L. Dai looking at books of the Nashi who inhabit the high mountains between China & Tibet several hundred years ago. Now in The Library of Congress]
Description: Photograph depicting B.L. Dai, attired in a suit and tie, standing in front of shelves of folio books at the Library of Congress's Oriental Division on Jan. 9, 1931. He holds open a book of pictographs, probably Dongba, the script of the Nashi language. The Nashi (or Nakhi, Naxi) people inhabit the foothills of the Himalayas., Title supplied by cataloger from manuscript note on verso: Books of the Nashi who inhabit the high mountains between China & Tibet several hundred years ago. Now in the Library of Congress., Corporate photographer and publisher from stamp on verso: This credit line should not be omitted, altered, or abbreviated: Underwood & Underwood Studios. This photograph is realeased for use in one publication only and must not be used for trade or advertising purposes, copied, loaned, syndicated or rented. Underwood & Underwood, Inc. 1230 Connecticut Ave, Washington, D.C., Label on the front, Underwood & Underwood, Washington., Identity of sitter from duplicate photograph in the collections of the Library of Congress., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of William H. Allen.
Creator: Underwood & Underwood
Date: 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo- Underwood & Underwood [P.8512.11]

Title: Roland S. Morris, new ambassador to Japan, given farewell luncheon
Description: Portrait photograph showing the newly appointed United States Ambassador to Japan Roland S. Morris with Japanese and American guests at a luncheon before his trip to Japan at the Hotel Astor in New York on September 20, 1917. The seven men sit and stand outside in front of stones, shrubs, and flowers. Seated in the front are Japanese Consul General Yudo, Ambassador Roland Morris, and Hamilton Holt. Standing in a row behind them are Alcan Hirsch, Toyokichi Iyenaga, Sidney Gulick, and Jōkichi Takamine. Roland S. Morris (1874-1945) founded the Philadelphia-based law firm Duane Morris and served as the Ambassador to Japan from 1917 to 1920., Title and date from label on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso mostly covered by label pasted on top of it. [Underwood & Und]erwood, N.Y. [illegible] rented or loaned [illegible] use only [illegible] used for advertising [illegible] written permission., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso: Central Press Ass'n, Reference Dept., Sept. 23 1917. No. [A-949]., Series no. on negative: S.226596., Typewritten label pasted on verso: Roland S. Morris, new ambassador to Japan, given farewell luncheon. Mr. Roland S. Morris, recently appointed Ambassador to Japan, was tendered a farewell luncheon by prominent Japanese and friends at the Hotel Astor, New York City on the eve of his departure for his new post. In the group are from left to right (sitting) Consul General Yudo, Mr. Roland S. Morris, and Mr. Hamilton Holt, (standing) Dr. Alcon(sic) Hirsch, Dr. Iyenaga and Mr. Tokonino (sic). Ambassador Morris succeeds the late George W. Guthrie who died at his post. His body was brought back to America on a Japanese warship. Ambassador Morris is a distinguished Philadelphia lawyer.
Creator: Underwood & Underwood, photographers
Date: September 20, 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs – occupations - ambassadors [P.2024.17.2]

Title: [Ralston family cased photograph collection]
Description: Collection of daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits, several by Norristown daguerreotypist William Stroud, portraying clergyman and founder of Oakland Female Institute James Grier Ralston, his wife Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston, their daughters, and his and his wife’s female siblings, and women teachers at the Institute. Contains bust-, half-, three-quarter, and full-length portraits of individual and pairs of sitters. Sitters are often seated, but a number of the portrait depicts sitters in a standing pose. The women’s and girl’s attire includes bonnets; off-the-shoulder bateau neckline dresses; high-neck, long-sleeved dresses with lace collars and cuffs; brooch and belt chatelaines; and earrings. Dresses worn by the female sitters are often a solid dark color, but occasionally are of a pattern design or light color. James Grier Ralston’s attire included broad bow ties, vests, jackets, and suits. Many of the images also contain props, including covered side tables, chairs, flowers, possibly an ambrotype, and a crumpled piece of cloth., Sitters in addition to James Grier Ralston and Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston include their daughters Anna Larimore Ralston, Ella Grier Ralston, Lilly Grier Ralston (who died at 11 months old), and Cora (Cara) Ralston; Institute music teacher Mrs. John Hunsicker, i.e., Fannie Henry Hunsicker (married by James G. Ralston); Mary’s sister and Institute graduate, Hetty Clark Larimore; and Institute teacher and sister of James, Agnes Caldwell Ralston; Institute graduate Martha (Mattie) Divine (Mrs. Fleming); and an unidentified woman., Posed portrait pairs include images of Mary Anderson Larimore Ralston and daughter Anna Larimore Ralston (P.2012.5.6) in which Anna sits in Mary’s lap with her mother’s hand on her head; and Anna Larimore Ralston and Ella Grier Ralston (P.2012.5.8) which Anna stands next to Ella who sits on a chair, while she rests her arm on a covered side table adorned with a basket of flowers; Anna Larimore Ralston and Fanny Hunsicker (P.2012.5.16) in which Fanny, seated, has her one hand at her hip and her other hand and arm around the waist of Anna who stands; and Hetty Clark Larimore and Mary Larimore Ralston (p.2012.5.17) in which the women are seated, side by side, and Hetty holds a bound object, possibly an ambrotype and Mary holds a crumpled white cloth., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and age and attire of sitters., Photographers include William Stroud (Norristown, Pa.) and Theodore L. Chase (Philadelphia, Pa.)., Various-shaped mats, including oval, elliptical, double elliptical, and non pareil., Various colored pads, including blue, red, and maroon velvet or silk, several with embossing. Embossings include photographer’s imprints and/or imagery. Imagery includes floral and geometric designs, scroll work, and eagles., Primarily leather cases, and one thermoplastic case. Case designs vary, but are predominantly rose and mixed flower designs, in addition to geometric, scroll, and quatrefoil designs. Designs also include Pressed Flower, plate 154; The Delicate Roses, variant, plate 123; A Spray of Roses, plate 131; Mixed Garden Flowers, plate 133; Two Lilies, variant, see plate 112 and 113 in American miniature case art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)., Majority of sitters identified by accompanying slips of paper with manuscript notes., Several of the images contain pink tinting on the cheeks of the sitters., P.2012.5.4, P.2012.5.8, P.2012.5.11-15, P.2012.5.21 contains daguerrean's imprint on pad or inside rim of case. Various imprints include: William Stroud, Norristown; William Stroud's Skylight Gallery, Norristown, Pa.; Stroud’s Ambrotypes Norristown, Pa., P.2012.5.6 contains dagurrean's imprint on pad: Theodore L. Chase, N.E. cor. Chestnut & Fifth Sts., Fannie Henry Hunsicker was a woman of Chinese descent. Official records are conflicting as to whether she was born in China, at sea, or in Connecticut., Several of the images contain weeping glass deterioration, tarnished plates, or other damage., Inventory of collection available at repository., See Sarah Weatherwax, "Revealing the Ralston Family," The Daguerreian Society Quarterly (July-September 2021), p. 3-6., Clergyman James Grier Ralston (1815-1880) founded Oakland Female Institute in 1845 in Norristown, Pa. Ralston studied at the Theological Seminary at Princeton and headed the Female Seminary at Oxford, Chester Country, PA before establishing Oakland. He married Mary A. Larimore (1822-1891) in 1842 and they had four children Anna L. (1848-1902), Ella M.(1847-1924), Lillie G. (1852-1853) and Cara G. (1856-1928), with Lillie dying in infancy. Ralston’s children were educated and/or taught at Oakland, as did his sister Agnes C. Ralston. The Institute operated until 1880 and the death of Ralston
Date: [ca. 1845-ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cased photos - Ralston Family [P.2012.5.1-22]

Title: Luncheon for rebuilding Japanese College, Tsuda College
Description: Portrait photograph of Yonako Tsuda Abiko, Narcissa C. Vanderlip, and Anna C. Hartshorne fundraising for the Tsuda College Emergency Committee to raise money to rebuild Tsuda College in Tokyo which was damaged in the 1923 earthquake. In the left, Yonako, attired in a kimono, stands and holds a Japanese tea bowl in her hands. In the center, Narcissa, attired in a kimono, geta shoes, a wristwatch, a pearl necklace, and a ring, stands and looks down at the bowl. In the right, Anna, attired in a brimmed hat, a dark-colored dress, two necklaces, and heeled shoes, holds a beaded purse, and looks to the left towards the bowl. Yonako Tsuda Abiko (1880-1944) was the younger sister of Umeko Tsuda (1864-1929) who founded Tsuda College in 1900. The College was a girls school that taught English and trained women to become English teachers. An earthquake and subsequent fire destroyed the school in 1923. Abiko, Hartshorne, and Vanderlip organized the Tsuda College Emergency Committee to help fundraise to rebuild the school. Anna Cope Hartshorne (1860-1944) was a Philadelphia Quaker who met Umeko Tsuda at Bryn Mawr College. She taught at Tsuda College from 1902 to 1940. Narcissa Cox Vanderlip (1880-1966) was active in the women's suffrage movement and worked towards improving relations between the United States and Japan. Yonako Tsuda Abiko moved to San Francisco in 1909. Her husband Kyutaro Abiko founded the Japanese language Nichibei Shimbun newspaper, which she ran after his death in 1936. In 1912, she helped establish Joshi Seinen Kai, a boarding house for Japanese women, and was active with the Y.M.C.A., Title and date from label on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: World Wide Photos, [illegible] U.S. Pat. Off., [This picture may not be reproduced] rented or loaned, must not be used for advertising [illegible] written permission., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso partially covered by label: [King] Features Syndicate, Inc. [illegible]., Typewritten label pasted on verso: Watch your credit, Photos from Wide World. 309963 Luncheon for rebuilding Japanese College, Tsuda College: Our photo shows a scene today during the luncheon tendered by Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip in the drive for funds to rebuild Tsuda College which was destroyed in Japan during the quake. Left to right; we have, Mrs. Yona Tsuda Abiko, Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip and Miss Anna C. Hartshorne, of Philadelphia. The subject is the photo that Mrs. Vanderlip becomes acquainted with the intricate beauty of a Japanese tea bowl.
Creator: Wide World Photos, Inc., photographer
Date: February 26, 1924
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs – organizations - Tsuda College Emergency Committee [P.2024.17.1]

Title: Tommy polka Dedicated to Tateish Onogero [or Tommy] of the Japanese Embassy
Description: Sheet music for a polka composed by Charles Grobe and depicting a full-length, seated portrait of Tateishi Onojirô, a member of the Japanese Embassy that traveled to the United States in 1860 to ratify the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, also known as the Harris Treaty. Shows the teenage Onojirô, wearing his hair tied back and attired in a kimono and shoes, sitting in a wooden chair and looking directly at the viewer. He holds a sword in its scabbard tied to his waist with his left hand and holds another sword in his right hand which points down to the floor. In the right is a side table covered in a floral print tablecloth and with a vase of flowers and a Japanese kasa (hat). Tateishi Onojirô, whom the media called “Tommy” was the youngest member of the ambassadorial delegation and served as an interpreter-in-training accompanying his adoptive father, formal interpreter Tateishi Tokujûrô., Composed by Charles Grobe., Copyright statement: Entered according to Act of Congress A.D. 1860 by Lee & Walker at the Clerk’s Office of the Dt. Ct. of the En. Dt. of Pa., Polka dance for piano., Dedication: To Tateish Onogero (or Tommy) of the Japanese Embassy., First line of text: Wives and maids by scores are flocking, Round that charming, little man, Known as Tommy, witty Tommy, Yellow Tommy, from Japan., Number 4 in 5 pointed star on lower right of the title page; Op: 1211; Publisher's Plate # 8085.4., Sold by: James E. Lent, Music Store, 359 Fulton St., Brooklyn, Stoddard Pianofortes for Sale or Rent., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Creator: Grobe, Charles, 1817-1880
Date: 1860
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Books Rare Sheet Music Tom 8530.F

Title: [Full-length portrait of Imperial Japanese Troupe member Koman Sumidagawa]
Description: Full-length portrait of Koman Sumidagawa, a top spinner in the Imperial Japanese Troupe. She wears her hair tied back with two kanzashi (decorative hair ornaments), and is attired in a kimono with a brooch at the neck, and geta (sandals with a raised wooden base). She sits on a wooden chair and holds a book in her left hand on her lap. Her right elbow rests on a desk. On top of the desk is a vase with flowers, a book, and papers. A curtain drapes down in the right. Richard Risley Carlisle (1814-1874), known as Professor Risley, assembled and managed a group of eighteen Japanese acrobats and musicians from Yokohama, Japan called the Imperial Japanese Troupe. They toured America in 1867, performing in Philadelphia in March. They then travelled to Europe, including Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content and active dates of photographer at address in his imprint., Photographer's imprint printed on verso.
Creator: Keeler, F. S. (Francis S.), photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - photographer - Keeler [P.9573.37]

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: General Grant and the Chinese viceroy, Li Hung Chang
Description: Full-length, forward-facing portrait of Ulysses S. Grant and Li Hongzhang, also known as Li Hung Chang, in Tianjin, China in 1879. In the left, Grant, wearing a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a white bowtie, a black waistcoat with a pocket watch chain, a black jacket, and pants, sits on a chair with his hands curled on his lap and his feet on a footrest. In the right, Li Hongzhang, wearing a beard and attired in a conical hat, a traditional Chinese robe with buttons down the front, and cloth slip-on shoes, sits with his left hand on his lap, his right arm resting on a side table, and his feet on a footrest. On the table between the two men is a vase filled with flowers and two teacups. Ulysses S. Grant and his wife Julia embarked on a diplomatic tour of 19 countries from May 1877 to September 1879. Grant visited China in April to May, 1879 and met with Governor General Li Hongzhang. They discussed China's dispute with Japan over the Ryukyu Islands., Title from item., Date from manuscript note written above the image: 2-10-90., Text printed beneath image: From the original photograph taken in Pekin (1879) and loaned to the Exhibition by Mr. Geo. W. Childs., The original photograph was taken by photographer Liang Shitai also known as See Tay., Part of a collection of disbound scrapbook pages re-housed in folders in three boxes., Brothers Louis Edward Levy (1846-1919) and Max Levy (1857-1926) founded a photoengraving business in Baltimore in 1875. In 1877, they moved to Philadelphia and reorganized the firm as the Levytype Company. In 1900, the firm was renamed the Graphic Arts Company.
Date: [ [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | PRINT portrait prints - Civil War scrapbook of portraits [(1)5775.F.32]

Title: Famous Japanese Prima Donna arrives in Philadelphia to make her American debut
Description: Portrait photograph showing Philadelphia Grand Opera Company manager Kathryn O'Gorman Hammer greeting Takane Nambu arriving by train. In the left, Nambu, attired in a kimono, a fur coat, and dress shoes, steps down the stairs of a train and looks at the viewer. She shakes hands with Hammer, attired in a hat, a dress, a fur coat, and heeled shoes, who stands on the tracks. Takane Nambu performed as Cio-cio-san in Madame Butterfly for the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company at the Academy of Music on January 12, 1928. She also performed for the Company as Ah-Joe in L'Oracolo at the Academy of Music on November 15, 1928., Title and date from label on verso., Distributor's imprint stamped on verso partially covered by label: [illegible] photo is supplied by [Ac]me News Pictures, 461 Eighth Ave, New York City, not to be used for syndication or advertising purposes without written permission., Typewritten label pasted on verso: P82244. Famous Japanese Prima Donna arrives in Philadelphia to make her American debut. Philadelphia. Takane Nambu, Japanese Prima Donna of the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo arrived here for her American debut, which will be on January 12th, at the Academy of Music, with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. She will appear in "Madame Butterfly." She is shown being greeted upon her arrival by Mrs. William C. Hammer, assistant manager of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. Your credit line must read [illegible]., Stamped on verso: Refered-E. Dept. Jan 18 28 CAM. N.E.A., Manuscript note written on verso: A20389., Typewritten note on verso: Same subject used N.Y.
Date: January 18, 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department group portrait photographs – organizations - Philadelphia Grand Opera Company [P.2024.17.3]

Title: Omai a native of Ulaietea, brought into England in the year 1774 by Tobias Furneaux esqr. commander of his majesty's sloop Adventure Humbly inscribed to the Right Honble John Earl of Sandwich, first commissioner for executing the office of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland; &c. &c. &c. By his lordship's most devoted humble servant, Fras. Bartolozzi
Description: Full-length portrait of Mai (known as Omai in Britain,) a young indigenous man from Raiatea, who became the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe. Mai is depicted with long, black hair, barefooted, attired in a white robe, and has tattoos on his hands. He holds a feather taumi (gorget) in his right hand and a carved wooden headrest, which may have doubled as a stool, under his left arm. Mai acted as an interpreter to James Cook and joined the crew of the H.M.S. Adventure, traveling to London in 1774. During his two-year stay in England, he became admired by London high society and painted and sketched by a number of artists including Sir Joshua Reynolds, William Hodges, William Parry, and Nathaniel Dance. Mai returned to Tahiti in 1776., Title and date from item.
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, engraver
Date: October 25, 1774
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **portrait prints - O [(3)5750.F.180a]

Title: Scrapbook
Description: Scrapbook compiled by Philadelphia socialite Minnie Campbell Wilson (neé Harris) containing primarily place, greeting, holiday and calling cards predominantly issued in the United Kingdom and the Northeast United States. Majority of the cards are printed and or chromolithographs, with a small number illustrated with drawings by hand. Many cards also contain ornate border details, embossing, and adornments, including ribbons, fringe, lace, a wishbone, and overlays. Contents also include die-cuts of fans, horse shoes, a spoon, a flamingo, one-quarter moon, a woman’s leg, and a bird as a cover for a H. O. Neill & Co. illustrated hat catalog. Cards often depict sentimental and genre imagery including cupids, butterflies, flowers, vases and baskets; religious, historical and Asian-themed scenes, figures and/or decor; seasonal landscape views; women, children, and costumed figures; animals, including birds, chicks, dogs, and cats; and fruit. Other imagery includes two witches flying on brooms holding a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" banner; London printer William Dickes series of women in native costume from Switzerland, Russia, and Norway; a holiday card that opens to a sledding scene of children holding letters spelling "Merry Christmas"; and a Valentine Day card showing a letter slot filled with valentines. Scrapbook also contains watercolors and drawings, trade cards, programs, menus, invitations, ribbons, photographs, etchings, newspaper clippings, including an announcement of the wedding of Adelaide Watson, and a post card from "cousin Will." Trade cards advertise businesses, including J. E. Caldwell & Co., Stephen F. Whitman & Son, P. Fleischner & Co., Sharpless & Sons, F. T. Howell & Co., A. Ripka & Bro., J. H. Way & Bro., and Automatic Signal Telegraph Co. containing four scenes showing a robbery and fire and police and fire department., Scrapbook contains a number of items depicting Asian people or decorative themes, including a greeting card that reads, "A Happy New Year to You," and showing a Japanese woman, attired in a kimono, sitting and watering a potted plant [p. 9]; a card that reads, "Miss Harris," and depicting a Japanese woman, attired in a kimono made of fabric, standing and facing left [p. 18]; a card titled, "Bric a brac," and showing a blue and white porcelain bowl, vase, and pitcher bordered by hand fans and three flying cranes [p. 29]; and Asian men attired in kimonos having their noses pulled or pulling noses [p. 47]., Watercolors and drawings depict a woman attired in early 19th-century garb in a pumpkin patch, marinescapes, and an anthropomorphic frog. Photographs include a half stereograph showing a croquet match in front of a resort hotel and a photograph of Fifth and Walnut streets (Philadelphia) “taken by Chris in "88." Etchings include a portrait of an elderly man and one signed F. A. Stokes showing a man at a table. Other ephemera includes a hand-made tablet with a cover containing a watercolor depicting birds; a cloth padded bird figurine; a metamorphic playbill for the play "French Flats" at Union Square Theatre; a typewritten engagement announcement composed as a poem; a Christmas Hymnal booklet; handwritten word games, including 'Progressive Conversation"; a Pennsylvania Railroad "Old Point Comfort" tour schedule; and a train schedule scrap annotated with a doodle and inscribed text., Black binding, stamped on cover: Scrapbook., Label pasted on verso of cover: Patent Back Scrap Book. Pat. March 28, 1876., Inscribed on front free end paper: Minnie Campbell Harris Philadelphia. January 12, 1887., Provenance and date of majority of contents identified by brief inscriptions. Provenances include Nannie (i.e., Mary Jaudon) Harris, Lucy and Susan Jaudon, Mai Philler, Carrie (i.e., Caroline) Biddle, and Helen Morton., Printers include Philadelphia firms Craig, Finley & Co., Dreka, Rowley & Chew, and Sunshine Pub. Co.; Boston firm L. Prang & Co.; and British and Irish firms William Dickes, Marcus Ward & Co., and Eyre & Spottiswoode., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Housed in phase box., Gift of Elizabeth McLean., Inventory available at repository., Mary Campbell Harris (known as Minnie), daughter of U.S. Naval Commander Thomas Cadwalder Harris (1826-1875) and Mary Louisa Bainbridge Jaudon (1835-1914), was born in New York on December 27, 1862. Descended from Commodore William Bainbridge and Thomas Harris, the first surgeon-general of the United States Navy, Harris and her family resided in Philadelphia by 1866. In 1893, she married John L. Wilson (b. 1850), later treasurer of Coal Land Corporation and the couple resided in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. Harris was active in the Sedgely Club and often attended and held card parties, teas, and luncheons noted in the local press. Harris spent her later years residing in Bryn Mawr where she died circa 1948.
Creator: Wilson, Mary Campbell Harris, 1862-approximately 1948
Date: [ca. 1877-ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Harris [P.9682.1]

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