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Title: Rev. Samuel Clark
Description: Three quarter length portrait of Clark seated with his hands clasped on his lap. He has a short beard, and is wearing a high white collar., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: Uncased., Accompanied by manuscript note: With the affectionate regards of the victim of the photographic art. Rev. Samuel Clark, Gift of Edwin Wolf, 2nd, March 14, 1989.
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9255.2]

Title: Sarah Wilkinson. Born Feb 15 1788. Married (John) Wm. Trautwine, Apr 27 1809 (Mother of John C. Trautwine, Civ. engr. March 30 1810 Died 1883) Died July 25 1855
Description: Trautwine is wearing a white cap and collar, and is holding a folded fan in her left hand., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Title from typed note pasted on verso of plate.
Date: ca. 1850
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.11]

Title: [Julianna Randolph Wood, 1810-1885.]
Description: Wood wears a black lace shawl over a ruffled dress, is seen in profile. She is seated, resting her left arm on an open book. Pale hand painted pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Faded dark red silk. No design., Mat: Oval. Stamped on mat: M. P. Simons, Philada., Case: Leather. (Design seems upside down.) A spray of roses and leaves. The design is similar, but not identical to, A Spray Of Roses, Variant plate 125 in American Miniature Case Art by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969.) This design, with many variants, was produced in large quantity. Same design on verso., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Simons, M. P. (Montgomery P.), photographer
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8928.2]

Title: [Portrait of two unidentified young girls.]
Description: One is standing with her right hand on the left shoulder of the seated girl. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Red velvet. Eagle with outstretched wings on top. Embossed: S. W. Colton Sky Light Gallery 265 Race St. below 8th Phila. Pa. Daguerreotype galleries., Mat: Elliptical., Case: Leather. Three roses in a circle surrounded by scrolls and leaves. Same design on verso.
Creator: Colton, Sabine W., photographer
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9274.17]

Title: [George B. Wood, 1797-1879]
Description: Bust length portrait of Wood wearing a high white collar and a large black scarf ending in a big bow around his neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Pad: Purple velvet. No design., Mat: Octagonal., Case: Leather. A small circle is within a larger circle, both surrounded by a wavy design. A piece of blue leather not original to the case and without a design on verso., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Creator: Root, M. A. (Marcus Aurelius), 1808-1888, photographer
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8926.3]

Title: James Burrill Angell, 1829-1916
Description: Journalist, diplomat, Pres. Univ. of Vermont., American Celebrities Album., Retrospective conversion record: original entry.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department American Celebrities Album [(II)P.9100.14e]

Title: Mrs. Isaac Lea
Description: Hand colored portrait of Frances Carey Lea, wife of Isaac Lea. She wears grey dress with lace and velvet trim and a close fitting bonnet decorated with lace and blue ribbons. She wears a brooch at her neck., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mrs. Isaac Lea., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, May 1996.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9514.1]

Title: [Portrait of stylishly dressed unidentified young man]
Description: The seated man wears a plaid jacket, and large bow tie. His hair is styled in an upswept wave. His cheeks are hand-painted pink., Mat: Oval., Uncased.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2005.1.11]

Title: [Joseph Morgan Eldridge, 1787-1859]
Description: Portrait of an elderly Eldridge with long white whiskers, head tilted slightly to his right. Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Removed from frame. Gold gilt wooden oval. No design., Joseph Morgan Eldridge was Sewell Biggs' great-great- grandfather. Mr. Biggs also donated an original manuscript documenting Eldridge's indenture, at the age of six, to James Molony, a Philadelphia currier, in September, 1804. See Board Report of January 20, 1998., Gift of Sewell C. Biggs, December 12, 1997.
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9565.1]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young man looking slightly to his right.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval., Uncased. In rectangular velvet frame., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1856
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.13]

Title: [George Henry Lea as a very young boy]
Description: Copy photograph of Richardson ambrotype portrait of Lea (see 8326.F.10). Portrait is reversed with edges of the original mat visible in the image., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Uncased., See Lea Family research file., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Creator: Richardson, V. L., photographer
Date: ca. 1858
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.11]

Title: [Portrait of a little boy standing beside a table holding a kite in his left hand.]
Description: Hand colored pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Uncased. Plate only., Gift of Mrs. A. Douglas Oliver, August 22, 1977.
Date: ca. 1857
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [8326.F.14]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified, young man with sideburns and a short beard.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Van Loan., Case: Uncased.
Creator: Van Loan, Samuel, photographer
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9561.11]

Title: Hon. Morton McMichael
Description: McMichael is sitting on a high backed chair with patterned upholstery. The fingers of both hands are touching each other. He appears to be in his early 40's and is looking slightly to his left., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manscript note on verso: Hon. Morton McMichael - Daguerreotype portrait taken about 1848., Morton was a Philadelphia editor and newspaper publisher. For additional biographical information about McMichael see LCP 1996 Annual Report, pp. 43-44, and research file.
Date: ca. 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9506]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified man wearing a black satin vest with his left arm is resting on a book on a table.]
Description: Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Oval. Photographer's imprint stamped on mat: Marston's, Case: Uncased.
Creator: Marston, Joseph, photographer
Date: ca. 1855
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.9577.5]

Title: [Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Livingston Bishop at Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara Falls.]
Description: She is seated with her husband, in top hat and frock coat, is standing next to her on the edge of the falls., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Mat: Ornamented double elliptical., Case: Uncased., Manuscript note on verso: Mr. & Mrs. G.L.B. Horse Shoe Falls. Canadian Side, June 7th 1869. Typed note taped on verso: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Livingston BIshop taken June 71th 1869. G.L.B. - 1845-1926. Mrs. G.B.L. 1840-1921., Gift of Hugh P. Brinton, January 3, 1977.
Date: June 7, 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Conarroe Family Collection [8259.F.9]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea, 1797-1877]
Description: Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Lea wearing a heavy robe. Her hands are resting on her lap. Wide curls frame her face. She is wearing two caps, one white, the other black., This small tintype is in a mourning envelope and is inserted in the case with the ivorytype of Elizabeth Lea (P.2006.32.9). Biographical notes are inserted in the case (P.2006.32.9)., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.8]

Title: [Elizabeth Lea, 1797-1877]
Description: Bust-length hand tinted portrait of Elizabeth Lea facing very slightly left. Her white hair is styled with wide curls on either side of her face. Her lace cap is untied and the ends are resting on her shoulders., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Full plate size leather with a diamond geometric design in the center. Same design on the back., Biographical notes about and tintype of Lea (P.2006.32.8) in mourning envelope included in case. The Wenderoth, Taylor and Brown Fine Art Studio was at 912-914 Chestnut St. 1864-1866., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.9]

Title: [Isaac Lea, 1792-1886]
Description: Bust-length, hand-tinted portrait of a rather stern Isaac Lea facing very slightly left. He is wearing eye glasses. His white hair is neatly combed, and his sideburns come down to form a short beard under his chin., Pad:Deep burgundy velvet. No design., Mat: Ornamented oval., Case: Full plate size leather. No design., See Research File for biographical information about Isaac Lea. The Wenderoth, Taylor and Brown Fine Art Studio was at 912-914 Chestnut St., Philadelphia in 1864-1866., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Creator: Wenderoth, Taylor & Brown, photographer
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.11]

Title: [Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning unidentified woman family member portrait]
Description: Half-length portrait. Shows the woman, her hair parted in the middle, and pulled back and attired in a long-sleeved dark dress adorned with a white collar and buttons down the bodice. Sitter also wears drop earrings., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note on detached label., Accompanied by detached photographer's label., Removed to Print Department from Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Object Collection., See Lib. Company Annual Report, 1991, p. 26-31., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky., See LCP exhibit catalogue: African American Miscellany p. 45., Genealogical charts available at repository., 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., RVCDC, Description revised 2022., Access points reviewed 2022.
Creator: Fenton, J., photographer
Date: Summer 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Portrait Collection [P.2012.37.4]

Title: [Double portraits of Caroline Wood and her mother, Julianna Randolph Wood in an oval brooch.]
Description: Hand colored pale pink on cheeks., Cased photographs retrospective conversion project., Engraved on verso: C. H. Wood, 1848., See Anne Ayer Verplanck, Facing Philadelphia: Social Functions of Silhouettes, Miniatures, and Daguerreotypes, 1760-1860, (Ph.D. diss., College of William and Mary, 1996), section of Chapter IV, Wood Family Daguerreotypes, pp. 221-233. See research folder for biographical information about the Wood Family.
Date: 1848
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.8971.1]

Title: [Robert B. Davidson, 1808-1876.]
Description: Bust-length portrait of the Philadelphia broker and recording secretary of the Pennsylvania Colonization Society. Davidson, attired in a white collared shirt, a black cravat, a waistcoat, and a dark colored jacket, faces slightly right. The Pennsylvania Colonization Society promoted Black American emigration to resolve the problem of race inequality and to dissolve the institution of slavery., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on paper label on verso of plate., Mounted in square ornamented brass frame with yellow painted borders., Manuscript note in pencil on verso: "7-6-37 #25" and "Robt. B. Davidson, 1838.", Purchase 1988., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Cornelius operated the first commercial daguerreotype portrait studio in the United States.
Creator: Cornelius, Robert, 1809-1893, daguerreotypist
Date: May 1840
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - photographer - Cornelius [P.9251]

Title: [Unidentified African American woman]
Description: Near full-length portrait showing an African American woman attired in a narrow-brimmed, high-domed, ornamented bonnet; dark-colored, button-down shirt waist; and white skirt with ruching at the hips. A broach with a four-leaf clover detail adorns her collar. She stands between a post to her right and a stringy, hay bale-like prop to her left. She rests her left hand on the prop and holds a parasol perpendicular to the floor in her right. A photographer's head clamp is positioned to the left of the post and a backdrop illustrated with an outdoor setting is visible in the background. The studio is partially visible in the left of the image., Title supplied by cataloger., Accompanied by detached photographer's label (P.2017.14.4b)., Date inferred from "N.B." on photographer's label., Description and access points reviewed 2022.
Creator: Fenton, J., photographer
Date: [ca. 1867]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department tintypes - photographer - Fenton [P.2017.14.4a&b]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length portrait of an unidentified white man, slightly facing right. Sitter has dark-colored hair, combed and parted to the left, and is attired in a white shirt with a turned-up collar, a broad, black bowtie, and a black jacket. His cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium, attire of the sitter, and dates of operation of the photographer., Pink tinting on cheeks., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Oval. Stamped: McClees & Germon. Phila., James E. McLees (1821-1887) and Washington Lafayette Germon (1822-1877) operated as partners from 1846 to 1855 in Philadelphia.
Creator: McClees & Germon, photographer
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – photographer – McClees & Germon [P.2017.57]

Title: [Half-length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter wears a mustache and goatee and has dark-colored hair, combed and parted to the left. He is attired in a white shirt with a turned-up collar, a broad bowtie with polka dots, a patterned waistcoat, and a black jacket with a velvet collar and a pocket kerchief., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Double elliptical.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.58]

Title: [Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man]
Description: Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, long sideburns, and a chinbeard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a patterned, broad bowtie, and a dark-colored jacket. His cheeks are tinted pink., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter., Pink tinting on cheeks., Daguerreotype in engraved pocket watch setting., Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017., Mat: Oval., Case: Pocket watch case engraved with decorative scrolls.
Date: [ca. 1850]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.60]

Title: [Arthur Showell]
Description: Full-length studio portrait showing Showell, seated in a chair, and attired in a suit, tie, and spats. His legs are crossed, with one hand resting on his knee, and the other hand resting on the arm of the chair. A studio backdrop is visible in the background. Showell, a resident of South Philadelphia, worked as a laborer with the Adams Express Co. He also served in World War I in the 368th Infantry, part of the African American 92nd Infantry Division known as the "Buffalo Soldiers.", Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Brice C. Showell., Fragile condition.
Date: [ca. 1923]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - misc. - sitter - Showell [P.2015.1.1]

Title: [La Roche & Stahl florist shop, 1237 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Group portrait showing a line of eight men, including an African American employee and possibly co-owner Balthazar Stahl (third from right), standing in front of the flower store with large display windows marked "LaRoche & Stahl." Bouquets of flowers, floral wreathes, and other floral arrangements are displayed. A retracted awning with the name if the business adorns the building. A large garland of flowers is weaved across the awning frame. Potted plants line the base of the building and entryway near where the men stand. In the far left, the back of a horse traveling in the street near men patronizing a vendor's stand at the side of the flower store is visible. In the far right, signage for the adjacent business is partially visible. Florist Maximilian F. La Roche partnered with his brother-in-law Batlhazar Stahl in 1878. The partnership also managed several large greenhouses in Collingdale, Pa., which specialized in chrysanthemums and roses. Previously, La Roche had operated his own floral business in Philadelphia beginning circa 1876 when he purchased Brooker & Co. at 1319 Chestnut Street. La Roche removed his store to 1237 Chestnut in 1881. Stahl, who was in charge of the retail business, left the partnership circa 1898 when he started his own business at 27 South Eleventh Street., Title supplied by cataloguer., Date inferred from the attire of the men included in image.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Business - L [P.2008.11.6]

Title: [Lillie Showell]
Description: Full-length studio portrait showing Showell, seated in a chair containing an ornate back. The young woman wears glasses and is attired in a shirtwaist and long skirt. She rests one hand on the arm of the chair and the other on her knee. A studio backdrop is visible in the background. Family lore suggests Showell, born in Philadelphia, died from the flu during the 1917-1918 pandemic following World War I. Showell, younger sister of Arthur Showell (1894-1943), resided in Maryland as a child and young adult., Title supplied by cataloger., Gift of Brice C. Showell.
Date: [ca. 1917]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - misc. - sitter - Showell [P.2015.1.2]

Title: [Sarah E. Showell]
Description: Cameo portrait showing Showell from the bust up. She wears a shirtwaist and possibly a tie. Family lore suggests Showell died from the flu during the 1917-1918 pandemic following World War I. Showell, younger sister of Arthur Showell (1894-1943), was born and resided in Maryland as a child and young adult., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Brice C. Showell., Very worn condition.
Date: [ca. 1917]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - misc. - sitter - Showell [P.2015.1.3]

Title: Brice Leon Showell
Description: Class photograph showing a bust-length portrait of Showell as a teen. He wears a zippered pullover, collared shirt, and tie. Showell, the nephew of Arthur Showell (1894-1943), was born and resided in Maryland as a child and young adult., Title from manuscript note on verso., Printed above portrait: School Days., Printed below portrait: 1946-47., Gift of Brice C. Showell.
Date: [1946]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - misc. - sitter - Showell [P.2015.1.4]

Title: Mae
Description: Depicts a young girl eating with a spoon. An apple, a porcelain stein, two cups and a bread basket surround her plate of food on the covered table., Photographer's imprint from blind stamp, l.l., Title from inscription on mount., Label on mount reads: "There was a young woman and what do you think, She lived upon nothing but VICTUALS & DRINK;", Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: September 3rd, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.6]

Title: Mae
Description: Depicts a young girl drinking from a tin cup. An apple, a porcelain stein and a bread basket surround a plate of food on the covered table., Photographer's blind stamp lower left corner., Title from inscription on mount., Label on mount reads: "VICTUALS & DRINK were the chief of her diet, And yet this young woman scarce ever was quiet.", Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: September 3rd, 1887
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.7]

Title: Luv me - luv my doggie
Description: Depicts a young girl attired in a double breasted coat and wide brimmed wicker hat standing outside with a puppy in her arms., 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. 1895
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.21]

Title: Violet Oakley at work upon the panel of "International Understanding and Unity" for the Senate Chamber, Capitol of Pennsylvania
Description: Depicts the principal mural artist for the Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Violet Oakley, standing on an elevated wooden platform, posing with a palette in her left hand, and a paintbrush in her right hand, before her Forty-four feet long Senate Chamber mural, International Understanding and Unity: Supreme Manifestation of Enlightenment Prophecy of William Penn. Visible in this photograph is the woman with outstretched hands, which symbolizes the "Water of Life" or "Unity." Oakley is attired in a smock over a dress with a straight skirt., Title from manuscript note on verso., Blind stamp of Mathilde Weil on recto., Note on verso: Please handle with Great Care and return., Although construction on the Capitol building was completed in 1906, much of the artwork continued to be created and installed decades later., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Weil, Mathilde, 1847-1943?, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - sitter - O [P.9260.616]

Title: Heloise
Description: Bust-length portrait of the photographer's daughter, Heloise Guillou Redfield, richly attired in a fur lined cape with a collar and a large, ruched hat., Exhibited at the Philadelphia Photographic Salon in 1899., Forms part of the Robert S. Redfield collection., Gift of Alfred G. Redfield.
Creator: Redfield, Robert S., 1849-1923, photographer
Date: ca. 1898
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Redfield [P.8983.42]

Title: [Unidentified young woman]
Description: Bust-length painted portrait of a young woman. Her curly hair is pulled back from her face. Underneath her ruffled white collar is a pink rose., Pad: Dark burgundy velvet., Mat: Oval., Case: Leather., Gold-toned pendant., Gift of Charles Lea Hudson, Ann L. Salmon, and Mathew C. Hudson.
Date: ca. 1890
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos [P.2006.32.16]

Title: Rev. Alexander Crummell
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Rev. Crummell, the African American Episcopal priest, educator, missionary, and Black nationalist. Crummell is attired in his clerical robes, over a vest, long sack coat, and trousers. He wears eye glasses, a beard, and holds his right hand up to his chest, holding what is possibly a pipe. Crummell, born in New York and the first African American graduate of the University of Cambridge, lived as a missionary and educator in Liberia between 1853 and 1873. He returned to the U.S. and located to Washington, D.C. where in 1875 he and his congregation founded St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the first independent Black Episcopal church in the city. He spoke before the "Philadelphia Library Company" in St. Thomas's Episcopal Church about "The Natives of Africa, their Habits, Customs, Religion, and Characteristics" on December 10, 1861. Presumably, the portrait photograph was taken around this time., Reproduced in Kenneth Finkel, Nineteenth-Century photography in Philadelphia (New York: Dover Publications in cooperation with the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1980), 9., Originally part of a McAllister Scrapbook of Portraits. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Gutekunst, a premier Philadelphia photographer, in business from 1860 until 1917, was known as a specialist in portraiture and celebrity portraiture.
Creator: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917, photographer
Date: [1862]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits - sitter - Crummell [5750.F.122]

Title: Millie Christine, "the Two Headed Nightengale."
Description: Full-length portrait of the African American conjoined twins and performers posed near an arm chair. The women are attired in a long-sleeved damask dress with front ruching. Each wears a lace neckerchief, an adornment in her hair, and earrings. Millie (on the left) holds a fan in her hands. A backdrop illustrated with a changing screen is visible in the background. The twins were born in Whiteville, North Carolina on July 11, 1851, to Jacob and Monemia McKoy who were enslaved to Jabez McKay. Various enslavers and managers exhibited the twins nationally and internationally. By the end of the 1880s, the twins retired to a farm in their home state of North Carolina., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Date inferred from address of photographer., See History and medical description of the two-headed girl:...(Buffalo, N.Y.: Warren, Johnson, & Co., 1869). (LCP Am 1869 Hist, 70318.D)., Lib. Company. Annual report, 2015, p.42-43., Purchase 2015., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., RVCDC, Horace Ollivier operated his studio from 466 5th Avenue between 1889 and 1903.
Creator: Ollivier, Horace, photographer
Date: [ca. 1889]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cabinet card - sitter - Millie [P.2015.23.2]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified young African American man]
Description: Bust-length studio portrait of an unidentified young African American man. The man, wearing a mustache and attired in a white collared shirt, a striped tie, a waistcoat, and a jacket, faces slightly right., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from operation dates of the photographer and attire of the sitter., Photographer's blindstamp on mount., Purchase 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: Hurst, Jonathan A., photographer
Date: [ca. 1892]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - misc - unidentified male [P.9967.1]

Title: [Older African American man seated on donkey]
Description: Depicts an older African American man, possibly a sharecropper, sitting on a donkey. The man has gray hair and stubble and is attired in a hat, and a torn and worn collared coat, pants, and shoes. He sits on a worn saddle and hold the reins to the donkey. Within the fenced in farmyard is a shed made from planks of board, a plow, and more farming equipment. Trees are visible in the background., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by photograph medium and content., Gift of James Tanis, 2001., 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.
Date: [ca. 1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - unidentified male [P.9978.2]

Title: [Portrait of an unidentified young woman holding a daguerreotype]
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a seated, young, white woman with brown hair. She rests an elbow on a book on a table beside her and holds a daguerreotype in her opposite gloved hand. She sits in front of a painted landscape backdrop depicting high cliffs near a body of water., Title supplied by cataloger., Pad: Faded rust colored velvet with an eagle at the top. Photographer's imprint: "Daguerreotype artist, Goodridge's Extra Sky- Light Gallery, York, Pa.", Mat: Brass nonpareil., Case: Leather. Within a nonpareil-like border, striated lines surround a geometric design in the center. Same design on verso. Front cover detached., See John Vincent Jezierski's Enterprising images: The Goodridge brothers, African American photographers, 1847-1922 (Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University, 2000) and "'Dangerous opportunity': Glenalvin J. Goodridge and early photography in York Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania history. (Spring 1997, vol. 64, no. 2), pp. 310-333 for additional information on Goodridge., Accessioned 2001., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Goodridge, an African American daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer, operated a gallery in York, Pennsylvania from 1847 to 1862. He primarily produced daguerreotypes from 1847 to around 1855.
Creator: Goodridge, Glenalvin J., 1829-1867, daguerreotypist
Date: [ca. 1853]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Cased photos - Goodridge [P.9989]

Title: [Josef Yazbek, Syrian Catholic Bishop]
Description: Depicts full-length portrait of Josef Yazbek., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso of duplicate., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Guess the nationality of this man. He is the verry [sic] Rev. Josef Yazbek, Syrian Catholic Bishop of the U.S. - and not a Jewish Rabbi. An intensly [sic] interesting man, a tempermental [sic] man, an abrupt man and one who is exceptionally well informed [sic]. (Relate a few incidents.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 110 [P.8513.110], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson110.htm

Title: William Zennels
Description: Full-length portrait of an African American baby propped up on a fur-covered chair. Zennels, attired in a long-sleeved cardigan, a long white shirt, pants, and shoes, looks at the viewer., Title and date from manuscript note written on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Born June 1917., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Photographer's insignia blindstamped on mount., Cover adorned with decorative blindstamp., Gift of Erika Piola, 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Benjamin W. Fowler operated from 238 N. Eighth St., Philadelphia between 1889 and 1917.
Creator: Fowler, Benjamin W., photographer
Date: [1917]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department portrait photographs - sitter - Zennels [P.2002.44]

Title: [Young men in front of shadowed brick wall, unidentified location]
Description: Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 119a [P.8513.119a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson119a.htm

Title: [Jewish man standing and Irish woman seated on a staircase, between Water and Front Streets, north of Market Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Depicts a Jewish man standing and an Irish woman seated on a staircase between Water and Front Streets, north of Market Street, Philadelphia. A sign reading " 'The Headless Wonder' Made without 'Heads'. No useless Expense. All Quality. Flexo Giants Cigars. 10 for 30 cents" is pasted to the brick wall next to the people., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not in Florence, Genoa or Naples. An outside stairway between Water and Front Sts., No., of Market St., Phila. The characters are not Italians. The man is a Jew and the young woman is Irish., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.11: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Reproduced in Frederic M. Miller, Morris J. Vogel, and Allen F. Davis' Still Philadelphia: A Photographic History, 1890-1940 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1983), p. 162.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 107 [P.8513.107], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson107.htm

Title: [Unidentified woman standing in arched doorway]
Description: Woman in long dark dress with scarf draped over her head stands under arched entrance to house at top of steps. Woman poses with head tilted looking at camera with right hand on hip, and left arm raised with elbow resting on arch hand on head., Woman depicted in this photograph also appears in Wilson photographs P.8513.6, P.8513.116a, and P.8513.116b., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.6: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 89 [P.8513.89], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson89.htm

Title: [Unidentified woman sitting on windowsill]
Description: Depicts woman in dress sitting in windowsill under arched windowframe with legs crossed, hand resting on knee, looking out the window at camera on ground below., Woman depicted in this photograph also appears in Wilson photographs P.8513.6, P.8513.89, and P.8513.116a., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 116b [P.8513.116b], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson116b.htm

Title: [Unidentified woman standing by pail under window]
Description: Depicts woman in long, dark dress, dark stockings, and dark, shiny shoes with scarf draped over her head standing next to building wall, beneath a window. Wooden pail sits on ground next to her. Left hand rests on her hip as she looks at camera., Woman depicted in this photograph also appears in Wilson photographs P.8513.6, P.8513.89, and P.8513.116b., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 116a [P.8513.116a], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson116a.htm

Title: [Unidentified woman standing in front of French doors]
Description: Depicts woman standing outside house in front of French doors wearing a long dark dress, necklace, and low-heeled shoes. Her right hand rests on door handle and right foot rests on step into house., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Duplicate: P.8513.7: same neg., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date: ca. 1923
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 105 [P.8513.105], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson105.htm

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