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Title: Bulls Eye, or Fort Morris, built 1755. Shippensburg, Pa
Description: Depicts a small brick building sitting on a hill on the grounds of Fort Morris in Shippensbrug, Pa., Numbered 121 on recto., Divided back. AZO stamp box with upward pointing triangles in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Military - [P.8674.2]

Title: At the Tacony Ballpark after windstorm, March 27, 1911
Description: Depicts damage after windstorm in Tacony Ballpark showing poles toppled over and tilting, debris scattered and remains of an unidentified structure near a streetcar. Also includes people assessing damage., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Disasters - [P.9933.15]

Title: "The Kenwood," Chestnut Hill, Pa
Description: Depicts a car parked in front of The Kenwood, a mental sanatorium in Chestnut Hill. The building in the foreground was constructed in 1884 after designs by George Simpson. This newer building sits adjacent to the original house on the property (left), built circa 1860 as a private residence, then altered to The Eldon Hotel, one of three resort hotels in Chestnut Hill. The hotel occupied the property until 1910, when it was converted to the Kenwood mental sanatorium., Real photo. Divided back. Post marked 1912., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hospitals, asylums and homes - [P.9933.11]

Title: On the midway. New Phila. County Fair, Byberry, Pa
Description: Depicts county fair buildings and activities including the Women's Building, Crane's Ice Cream stand, Crackerjack the Mexican or Sealskin Horse and a station for automobile maintenance., Philadelphia County Fair started at Byberry circa 1912 and continued until the late 1920s. Located on the south side of Byberry Road, west of the Boulevard and the Short Line Railroad behind the old Somerton Fire house. See Harry Silcox, Historical Northeast Philadelphia: Stories and Memories., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Events - [P.9933.10]

Title: Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, 54th and Catharine Street, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church looking northwest. Built in 1905 after designs by Wesley Lesher Blithe., Also identified as Wharton Wesley United Methodist Church., Undivided back. Post marked 1911., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.12]

Title: Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view looking southeast at the Broad Street front. Built in 1912 and expanded in 1914. Commissioned by the Widener family., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9490.12]

Title: Shibe Park. Philadelphia, Pa. The Home of the Athletics
Description: Exterior view of stadium built in stages from 1908-09 to 1939 by William Steele & Sons Company., Numbered A-17128 on verso., Also known as Connie Mack Stadium (1953)., Divided back. Post marked 1913., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: c1911
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Sports - [P.9049.9]

Title: United States Mint postcards
Description: Contains images of "Ye Olde Mint" painted by E. Lamasure. Depicts an exterior view of the first United States Mint at 37-39 North 7th Street, built in 1792. First public building erected by Act of Congress., Numbered 1924 on recto., Divided backs. Text on verso., Accession numbers: (2)1525.F.56b and P.9048.232, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Government buildings - [various]

Title: Hotel Adelphia, Chestnut at 13th Street, nearest to everything in Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of hotel built in 1912 after designs by Horace Trumbauer. Consisted of 21 stories and 400 guest rooms., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Hotels - [P.9048.255]

Title: [Florence Schlager and Harriet Goodchild in front of brick wall and shutters]
Description: Subjects identified in 1983 as Florence Schlager and her friend Harriet Goodchild at Second and Mountain Streets in South Philadelphia., Group portrait of Schlager and Goodchild (later Bryne), their arms around each other's waist, standing in front of a brick wall and closed window shutters in South Philadelphia. One woman wears a black dress with chiffon top and the other wears a light colored dress with decorative embroidery., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Title supplied by cataloger based on information provided by subject's daughter., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1918
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.5]

Title: Philadelphia on a busy day
Description: Depicts a "Quick Delivery" truck standing in the middle of the street, the driver napping and the horse eating grass from the street. A cop leans on a lamppost and twirls his nightstick. Children play marbles in the street, and a dog sleeps. The building in the background resembles Independence Hall., Undivided back. Post marked 1915., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Comic - [P.2002.67.21]

Title: St. Clement's Church postcards
Description: Contains images of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Includes an exterior view and an interior view of the sanctuary. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.264 and P.9049.92., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1912
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Young child standing in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of young child about three years old with neatly parted slicked down hair wearing a clean baggy playsuit with long sleeves, long white stockings, and ankle-high dark shoes standing on a sidewalk in Philadelphia. There is graffiti on the brick wall behind the subject and weeds protruding from the brick sidewalk., Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.60]

Title: Group portrait of woman sitting in yard with two girls, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of a stern older woman in a full-length dark dress sitting on a chair in a grassy yard. Standing behind her are two girls about thirteen and sixteen years old. The girls wear summer dresses and big bows in their hair. The older girl and the woman both wear eyeglasses., Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.128]

Title: Group portrait of two girls sitting in wooden rowboat, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait depicting two girls, one in a sailor dress and holding a paddle, the other with a bow in her hair, sitting in a rowboat near the shore., Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.174]

Title: Little boy in playsuit standing in front of brick wall, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a little boy wearing a playsuit with knee high white stockings and black shoes standing in front of a brick wall in Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. Sixth St., Philadelphia, Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.124]

Title: Men playing cards on stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of six men and three children sitting on a stoop and chairs in Philadelphia. Of the six men, four hold playing cards, three smoke cigarettes, and two hold glasses of beer. Two young girls, one holding an infant, stand in the background., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. 6th St., Phila., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.4]

Title: Group of young men and women sitting on a loading dock or wharf, drinking, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait depicting three young men and two young women sitting on a loading dock or wharf, drinking, in Philadelphia. The men drape their arms over the shoulders of the women, and one couple holds hands. A little girl in a summer dress with a bow in her hair sits alone on the other side of a pillar next to the group., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. 6th St., Phila., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.129]

Title: Woman and three children sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of a woman wearing an apron sitting beside three children on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia. Shows two boys, about seven and nine years old, one barefoot, with parted and combed hair and a young girl in a checked dress., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. 6th St., Phila., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.40]

Title: Two young women and two young children sitting on wooden steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of two young women sitting next to each other on a wooden step in front of a door in Philadelphia. A young girl with a bow in her hair sits in front of one woman, and a toddler sits on the lap of the other. Both women wear ribbon headbands, long skirts, and blouses., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 N. 6th St., Phila., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1913
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.2]

Title: Three women and infant sitting on doorstep, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of three smiling young women sitting on a step in front of a door marked with graffiti in Philadelphia. The woman in the middle holds on her lap an infant about a year old wearing a full dress with lace-trimmed petticoat and leather shoes. The women wear long dark skirts, lace-up shoes, and jewelry., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.14]

Title: Young woman standing on stoop in front of door, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young woman standing on a wooden step in front of a door in Philadelphia. She is neatly dressed in a bouffant dress (possibly a coat to wear motoring), dark stockings, and dark pointed shoes laced up to her calves. Her styled hair is secured with a headband around her forehead. Graffiti on a wooden wall behind her shows the date "JAN. 1 1916.", Cyko postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 233., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1916
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.24]

Title: Young woman standing in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young woman dressed in a skirt and belted four-pocket jacket standing in front of a window with open shutters in Philadelphia. Paint peels from the wooded clapboard and shutters in front of which she stands., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.51]

Title: Infant sitting on pillow on doorstep, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing an infant, sitting on a pillow on a doorstep in Philadelphia, being helped to sit up by adult hands. The baby wears a sleeveless dress and and knitted booties., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.42]

Title: Child standing on sidewalk with woman, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young child standing on a sidewalk in Philadelphia, being supported by the hand of a woman crouched beside him. The child wears a baggy playsuit with white stockings and patent leather shoes. In the background is a brick wall bearing graffiti., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.49]

Title: Little girl with a bow in her hair standing in front of a door, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a smiling little girl with a bow in her hair standing on wooden steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. About seven years old, she wears a white dress with a colored ribbon marking the bodice, white stockings, and white shoes. Her dark hair is cut short and her bangs are even., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.117]

Title: Small child sitting on wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a small child sitting on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia. Behind the child is a screen door., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.7]

Title: Two teenage men and two teenage women standing in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two teenage men and two teenage women standing in front of a window in Philadelphia. The two women wear knitted hats with roll-back brims, and one holds a chain purse in her hands. The young man in the back row wears a dress suit and a fedora. The young man in the front row wears a three-piece suit with a cap and roller skates., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.4]

Title: Woman and three children standing in front of brick wall and shutters, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a woman holding an infant and two young girls standing in front of a brick wall and graffiti-covered wooden shutters in Philadelphia. All subjects wear white dresses, white stockings, and white shoes., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.59]

Title: Two men on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two men, both wearing caps, posing on marble steps in Philadelphia. The man on the right stands with his foot on one step and leans forward on his knee and holds a cigarette. In the background is a door and a bricked alley., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.36]

Title: Two workmen sitting on a stoop, one drinking out of a beer bottle, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two men in suits and their workman's caps sitting on a marble stoop in Philadelphia. The man on the right has his arm around the other's shoulders and drinks out of a beer bottle., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.57]

Title: Eight men and boys standing outside a brick building, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing eight men and boys wearing caps standing in front of a large window outside a brick building in Philadelphia. Many of the subjects wear suits and ties, and two men smoke cigars., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.94]

Title: Four men sitting in front of large doorway, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing four men sitting in front of a deteriorated, graffiti covered doorway in Philadelphia. Three of the men wear caps, and the fourth holds a cap in his hand., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.22]

Title: Five boys sitting on the wooden door of a sidewalk cellar entrance, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five boys sitting on top of a wooden cellar door protruding from the sidewalk in Philadelphia. Three teenage boys, all wearing caps, one with a broken stick in his hand, sit behind two younger boys who wear white shirts and ties. The window behind them has a cast iron screen and a lace curtain., Ms. note on recto: Gene Reed, Midge Henry, Wm. Walls, Ms. note on verso: Joe Robinson, Jimmy Robinson, Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.8]

Title: Little girl and dog in wicker chair on sidewalk, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl, about four years old, sitting with a white dog on her lap in a wicker children's chair on the sidewalk in Philadelphia. She wears a dress, white knee-high socks, and patent leather shoes., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.19]

Title: Young girl and dog sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a girl, about ten years old, with her arm around a black dog beside her, sitting on marble steps in Philadelphia. She wears a dress, white stockings, white shoes, and a bow in her hair. Behind her is an open door leading into a house, and on both sides of the steps are railings topped with flower boxes., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.76]

Title: Young girl standing on sidewalk in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl, about six years old, standing on a sidewalk in front of a window and cellar door in Philadelphia. She wears a soiled dress, dark stockings, and worn shoes., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.27]

Title: Girl in sailor suit with hat, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl wearing a sailor suite, cloche, and necklace standing in front of a house in Philadelphia. Paint is chipped off the wooden shutters behind her, and there is trash at her feet., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.6]

Title: Girl in checked ruffled dress in front of window, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young girl standing in front of a window in Philadelphia. She wears a checked ruffled dress, striped knee-high socks, and shiny shoes. A comic book or magazine lies at her feet., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.12]

Title: Young woman standing in front of brick wall and windows, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young woman standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia, in between two windows on the first floor and two cellar windows. She wears a dress with two large pockets, a wide fabric belt, and a ruffle collar around the neck, and white shoes laced up to her calves with white stockings. The cellar windows are protected by wrought iron screens., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2042 North 6th St., Phila., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.28]

Title: Young man in cardigan sweater sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young man wearing a cardigan sweater and holding a hat in his hands, sitting on marble steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. There is graffiti on the brick wall of the house behind him., Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.56]

Title: Young man in cardigan sweater sitting on wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young man with neatly combed hair wearing a cardigan sweater, sitting on wooden steps in front of a door in Philadelphia., Ms. note on verso: Tooey, Azo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 223., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.19]

Title: Two young women and young man on stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of two young women and a young man sitting on a door stoop in Philadelphia. The young woman in front wears a white blouse, a full-length plaid skirt, lace-up shoes, and a peaked cap. The young man behind her is dressed in a tie and suit and sits next to a young woman wearing a striped shirt, long skirt, and lace-up shoes., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.8]

Title: Young man and two girls standing in front of brick wall and windows, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a young man wearing a suit and hat standing in between two girls in front of a brick wall and windows in Philadelphia. The girls wear ankle-length checked aprons. All three subjects are smiling., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.47]

Title: Two young men sitting on stoop in front of door in alley, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two young men, both smoking cigarettes, sitting on the wooden stoop of a doorway within an alley in Philadelphia. One man rests his arm around the shoulders of the other., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.1]

Title: Two young men sitting on wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two young men, possibly brothers, in shirtsleeves sitting on a wooden stoop in Philadelphia. The paint on the door in front of which they sit is peeled., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.46]

Title: Group of men and children posing on steps of brownstone house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing nine men and three children sitting on steps in front of a brownstone house in Philadelphia. A woman leans out of a window on the right from within the house. Several of the men wear suits and fedoras or caps. The sun casts a shadow over the children in the front row., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.114]

Title: Boys and girls sitting on a doorstep, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two boys and four little girls, their clothes and faces spotted with dirt, sitting on a doorstep in Philadelphia. The young girl sitting on the sidewalk in front of the others has side-parted hair with a bow., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.41]

Title: Picnickers, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing about twenty men, women, and children sitting on wooden benches at wooden tables at a picnic in a wooded area in Philadelphia. One woman wears a bathing cap and a bathrobe, while jackets and hats are shown piled on a nearby table. In the background is a covered pavilion with chairs., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.11]

Title: Small child standing on doorstep, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a small child wearing a white long-sleeved dress, white shoes, and a petticoat adorned with eyelets standing on a doorstep in Philadelphia., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 824 Sentner St., Crescentville, Phila., Pa., Kruxo postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 231., Keith was a Philadelphia photographer who specialized in portraiture, mainly of working-class Philadelphians in South Philadelphia and Kensington from the 1910s to the 1940s.
Creator: Keith, John Frank, 1883-1947, photographer
Date: ca. 1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.127]

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