Exterior view of the House of Refuge Dormitory for Colored Girls at North 22nd and Poplar Streets built circa 1898 after designs by Addison Hutton. Shows the wrought iron fence before the front facade of the three-story building that has ivy growing on it. Trees line the sidewalk in the foreground., Title from manuscript inscribed in the negative., Manuscript inscribed in the negative: 7014., Sheet number: 138B08., Divided back., Gift of George M. Brightbill, 1999., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector
Date
[ca. 1905]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]
Postcard depicting an older Black man with a beard, seated in a mule-drawn cart. Bunches of root vegetables, a basket, and a barrel lay behind him in the cart. A partial view of a building with three windows is visible in the background., Title from item., Date inferred from design of verso of postcard: Undivided back and "Post Card" in thin serif letters, Manuscript note written on recto: How would you like to ride [in that?] [ illegible]., Name and address of recipient in manuscript on verso: Miss Mabel McClure, 328 Preston St., W. Phila, Pa. U.S.A., RVCDC, Description reviewed 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date
[ca. 1905]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Genre [P.2019.80.10]
Full-length portrait of an unidentified African American toddler. Shows the child, attired in a white frock, white stockings, and boots, seated on a large, decoratively carved wooden chair with its hands on the arm rests. The child sits on a patterned throw blanket with fringe that is draped over the chair., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note about provenance on verso: "Sometime in the later 1950s I found this in the secret drawer [?] an old blanket [?] that reportedly came from New Jersey.", Stamped on verso: Post Cards Finished While You Wait., Gift of Sydney Kaplan, 1983., 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
Archers Studios, photographer
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Portrait Photographs - Misc. - Photo - Archers [P.8938]
Postcard promoting the Salvation Army Rescue Children's Home and Hospital. The home, established in 1893, provided shelter, training and medical care to destitute mothers and children. Depicts a group portrait of a row of eleven small children, including an African American girl, attired in identical white jumpers. The children are lined up from shortest to tallest child., Inscribed in negative: 26770., Contains manuscript note on verso addressed to Mrs. A. G. Crandall, Montpelier, Vermont., Purchase 2002., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked April 16, 1910.
Creator
Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920
Date
[ca. 1910]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes [P.2002.52]
