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Title: Autobuses on Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Depicts the number 206 bus traveling along Roosevelt Boulevard, heading toward the Margaret - Orthodox elevated station., Numbered 258 on recto. Publisher's monogram on verso., Roosevelt Boulevard was the result of Philadelphia Mayor Samuel H. Ashbridge's proposal to connect the small farming community of Torresdale directly to central Philadelphia in 1902. First named Torresdale Boulevard, then renamed after Theodore Roosevelt when the highway extended to Pennypack Creek in 1918., Sheet number: 156A06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Streets - Miscellaneous - 156]

Title: Benjamin Franklin Bridge postcards
Description: Contains views of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River, built 1920-1926 after designs by Paul Cret and Ralph Modjeski. Images document general views of the bridge connecting Philadelphia and Camden; the construction of river piers for the bridge; the approach and anchorage of the completed bridge; street traffic on the bridge and a view of the bridge from the wharves on Delaware Avenue., Contains 11 postcards printed in color. Also includes 2 linen postcards., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1920-1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Bridges - Delaware River (Franklin) - 11]

Title: [Boy Scout Headquarters, 22nd and Winter Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view of front facade of the Boy Scout Headquarters in Philadelphia, built in 1929 after designs by Charles Zeller Klauder., Sheet number: 138B01B., Real photo. Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Canoes for rent in wooded area, Philadelphia
Description: Photograph of a wooded area showing large trees and several canoes, possibly for rent, on the grass. In the background, a person crouches to the ground and looks towards the camera., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.175]

Title: Central Library, Free Library of Philadelphia postcards
Description: Exterior views of the front facade of the Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, built 1917-25 after designs by Horace Trumbauer., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 linen postcard., The Free Library system began in 1891. The first library occupied three rooms in City Hall in 1894. It moved to 1217-21 Chestnut Street in 1895, to the northeast corner of 13th and Locust Streets in 1910 and into its present site in 1927., Sheet numbers: 132A02 and 132L01., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]

Title: Five men and two women on the front steps of a brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five men and two women posing in front of the door and window shutters of a brick house in Philadelphia. Four of the men wear suits and ties with their workman caps. The man in the center holds a cigar. The women wear dark suits, stockings and shoes. One of the women is wearing a workman's cap. The other woman wears gloves., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.97]

Title: [George H. McFadden and E.T. Stotesbury in Palm Beach, Florida, winter 1921]
Description: Portrait of Philadelphia financier, Edward T. Stotesbury, and Philadelphia cotton merchant, George H. McFadden in a rickshaw driven by an African American man near a palm tree in Palm Beach. Stotesbury and McFadden sit in the wicker rickshaw and look at the viewer. At the back, the African American man, attired in a brimmed hat, a white collared shirt, a tie, a waistcoat, a jacket, pants, and shoes, sits with his feet on the pedals and looks at the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Manuscript note on recto and verso., Purchase 1989., 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.
Date: 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - portraits [P.9276.52]

Title: Group of boys and girls sitting on wooden stoop in front of screen doors, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing five small children, some smiling, sitting on a wooden stoop with an old brick sidewalk underfoot. Two boys are dressed in fresh shirts and ties. Their hair is neatly combed. In front of them are three younger girls, all in white, summery dresses. Behind them are two screen doors., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.68]

Title: Group of teenagers standing in front of a stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing four young men and one young woman standing in front of a stone porch in Philadelphia. Three of the teen boys wear white shirts and trousers, bow ties and sleeve garters, and one has a cigarette in his mouth. Their workman's caps are decorated with bows and a ribbon with the words "Jack Rose Social" printed on it. The other young man wears a jacket and trousers as well as a workman's cap. The woman has her hair neatly combed and wears a dark dress with a pleated skirt and an apron., 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. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.39]

Title: Jefferson Hospital and annex, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view looking east of the Samuel Gustine Thompson Memorial Annex at the southeast corner of Sansom and Clifton Streets, built in 1922-1924 by John T. Windrim in honor of William E. Thompson, who had been one of the trustees of Jefferson Hospital. Engineers Stone & Webster supervised the construction of the 17 story private ward building. New annex building replaced the nurses' home at 1020 Sansom Street., Numbered 117 and 121330 on recto., Sheet number: 108A04., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hospitals - 108]

Title: Large group of men, women, and children gathering in wooded area, Philadelphia
Description: Photograph showing a large group of people in a wooded area, waiting for an activity to take place or watching an event. The people, standing in an overgrown field, are dressed for warm weather, and the trees in the background are heavy with fruit., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8768.12]

Title: Lit Brothers department store postcards
Description: Depicts the Lit Brother's store from the corner of Eighth and Market Streets looking northeast. Lit Brothers began their business in 1895 and acquired all of the properties on the block by 1907. Contains a WDAR broadcasting schedule on the back of the postcard in color image., Sheet numbers: 40A07B and 40B04A, Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1908-1924
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Miscellaneous - 40]

Title: Little boy riding a small tricycle, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little boy riding a children's tricycle on the sidewalk in Philadelphia. He wears a white playsuit and black boots., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.73]

Title: Little girl in dress standing on marble step, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl, about three or four years of age, standing on a marble step in front of a door in Philadelphia. She wears a summer dress trimmed with ruffles and a headband with big ribbon bows on both sides. Her hair is cut short and she has bangs. Her stockings and shoes are white., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.125]

Title: Little girl in summer dress standing on sidewalk, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl wearing a white dress trimmed with ribbon flowers at the neckline and shoulders standing on the sidewalk in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. She also wears white knee high socks, white shoes, and a white ribbon in her hair. The cellar window behind her is protected by metal bars., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.148]

Title: Man and two women sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a man sitting between two young women, his arms around their waists. His hair is neatly combed but his trousers are rumpled and there are no laces in his worn shoes. His workman's cap rests on his knee. The women are dressed both in blouses, dark skirts and stockings and dark shoes that are closed with ribbons. Thier hair is neatly combed. The door behind the wooden steps is in need of paint., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.50]

Title: Man in straw bowler standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a middle-aged man wearing a straw hat and collarless shirt standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. He stands between two windows with shutters., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2703 E. Ontario St., Phila., Pa., Defender postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 228., 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. 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.161]

Title: Man leaning against an old wooden wall of a house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a man in shirtsleeves and a workman's cap standing in front of a wall of a wooden house in Philadelphia. He wears sleeve garters. The wooden wall behind him is very rough and carries some graffiti. The shutters to the window behind him are closed. He is standing on the door to the cellar., 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. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.25]

Title: Man standing with two women in courtyard, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a man in a straw boater, a striped shirt with no collar, smoking a cigar, standing with two women in a courtyard in Philadelphia. They are in front of a wire fence. In the distance one sees a gas lamp to light up the alley. The women are both in summer dresses-one looks like a house dress; the other like a dressy dress, with a vertical lace trim. An exotic plant, a small tree, grows behind them., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2703 E. Ontario St., Phila., Pa., Defender postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 228., 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. 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8958.1]

Title: Mayfair House in Fairmount Park, Germantown, Pa
Description: Exterior view of apartment house built 1925-26 after designs by Sugarman & Berger., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Residences - A - M - [P.9048.254]

Title: Men and women sitting on house step in front of door, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three women and two men posing on the step of a wooden house in Philadelphia. The men are wearing their workman's caps and jackets. Some of them are squinting because of the glare of the sun. Next to the house is a high wooden fence with a clothes line visible above it., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.178]

Title: Montevista Apartments, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front of apartments constructed in 1909 after designs by James C. Fernald., Also identified as the Monte Vista Apartments., Sheet number: 117B01B1., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Lauber's through Stenton - 117]

Title: North Philadelphia Station, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front of station built 1896-1901 after designs by Theophilus Parsons Chandler, Jr., Numbered 105334A on verso., Also identified as the Germantown Junction Station., Sheet number: 145A02., Divided back. Stamped Dec. 9, 1921 on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1921
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Railroads - Miscellaneous - 145]

Title: Old Pennypack Baptist Church. 1688 - 1925
Description: Interior view of pulpit and pews of Baptist church founded in 1688 by twelve men and women from England, Ireland and Wales. Original log church constructed by founders was replaced in 1770 and a third structure was erected in 1805., Considered the oldest Baptist Church in Pennsylvania. Originally known as Pennepek., Real photo. Paul - Photo engraved on recto. Undivided back. AZO stamp box with squares in corner., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.15]

Title: Overbrook High School, 57th and Lancaster Ave. [sic], Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of school built in 1926 after designs by Irwin Thornton Catharine., Numbered 129861 on verso., Sheet number: 153A02., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Peck & Hills' Furniture Co., 642 North Broad St. cor. Wallace, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Interior view of living room section of enormous furniture showroom, showing couches, chairs, lamps and tables., Advertisement on verso. Post marked 1922. 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Business - [P.2005.7]

Title: The Philadelphia Home for Incurables postcards
Description: Contains images of The Philadelphia Home for Incurables at Belmont and Conshohocken Avenues. Includes views of Inglis House built in 1927 after designs by Ballinger Company, showing elderly women sitting near the circle in front of the building. Also depicts an interior view of Founders Hall., Sheet numbers: 138B15 and 138B16., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: A scene in the Golden Dragon, 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia's most beautiful restaurant
Description: Interior view of the Golden Dragon restaurant located at 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia and depicting the dining room crowded with patrons. Shows the large room filled with diners sitting at white table-clothed tables and standing in a row. The men and women, finely attired in suits, dresses, hats, and jewelry, look at the viewer. Plates of food and cups and glasses are visible on the tables. In the left, a Chinese man waiter, attired in a tuxedo, stands with probably menus under his arm. In the background, musicians, attired in tuxedos, are seated with musical instruments in front of a backdrop of peacock feathers. The dining room ceiling is decorated with multiple-colored fabrics. Charlie Kerr (1890-1976) was a jazz drummer and orchestra leader in the 1920s to the late 1940s., Title from item., Date inferred from medium and content., Text printed on verso: Philadelphia, Pa., 19[blank], Dear [blank], Greetings from the beautiful Golden Dragon, where I dined today. "Charlie" Kerr's Orchestra is great., Series no. on verso: 2690 N., See related: Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112] - sheet number 112B04., Sheet number: 112A05., Divided backs.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: [ca. 1925]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: A scene in the Golden Dragon, 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia's most beautiful restaurant
Description: Interior view of the Golden Dragon restaurant located at 1526 Market Street, Philadelphia and depicting the dining room crowded with patrons. Shows the large room filled with diners sitting at white table-clothed tables and standing in a row. The men and women, finely attired in suits, dresses, hats, and jewelry, look at the viewer. Plates of food and cups and glasses are visible on the tables. In the left, a Chinese man waiter, attired in a tuxedo, stands with probably menus under his arm. In the background, musicians, attired in tuxedos, are seated with musical instruments in front of a backdrop of peacock feathers. The dining room ceiling is decorated with fabrics. Charlie Kerr (1890-1976) was a jazz drummer and orchestra leader in the 1920s to the late 1940s., Title from item., Date inferred from medium and content., Text printed on verso: Philadelphia, Pa., 19[blank], Dear [blank], Greetings from the beautiful Golden Dragon, where I dined today. "Charlie" Kerr's Orchestra is great., See related: Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112] - sheet number 112A05., Sheet number: 112B04., Divided backs.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: [ca. 1925]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Hotels and Restaurants - Bingham through Green's - 112]

Title: Seamen's Church Institute, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of Seamen's Church Institute building, constructed in 1925. Under the auspices of the Episcopal Church and the outcome of the Churchmen's Missionary Association. Provided residence and entertainment for seamen passing through Philadelphia., Numbered 105111 on recto., Sheet number: 138A07., Divided back. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

Title: Sears postcards
Description: Exterior views of the distribution plant of Sears Roebuck & Co. on Roosevelt Boulevard built after designs by Ernest A. Greenfeld and Tilden, Register & Pepper., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Business and Industry - Sears - 42]

Title: Sesquicentennial Exhibition postcards
Description: Contains souvenir and memento postcards of the Sesquicentennial Exhibition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of independence in Philadelphia. Features general views of the fair grounds, including High Street, constructed to portray a Philadelphia street as it looked in 1776. Depicts exterior views of exhibition buildings erected for the fair, including several State buildings, buildings constructed on League Island, the large Liberty Bell replica marking the entrance of the fair, the Administration building, Palace of the Liberal Arts, Palace of Agriculture, Palace of Education, Palace of Fine Arts and Auditorium Convention Hall. Also includes images of popular icons associated with Philadelphia's history including the liberty bell, Independence Hall, City Hall, Carpenter's Hall and William Penn., Contains 112 postcards printed in color and 19 printed in black and white., The fair grounds were located in South Philadelphia, adjacent to the Navy Yard. The exhibition opened on May 31, 1926 and for six months provided attractions and entertainment in the form of pageants, exhibitions and sporting events. New technology, especially electrical appliances, were displayed, marking the progress of science and industry since the Centennial Exhibition 1876., Most postcards issued by John D. Cardinell, Philadelphia., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1926
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Sesquicentennial Exposition - 155]

Title: Small child sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a small child sitting on marble steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. The child wears a summer dress and striped stockings and holds a toy in its hand., 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. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.84]

Title: Small girl sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a little girl, about two years old, wearing a summer dress, white shoes and stockings. She is sitting on the steps in front of the open door to the vestibule of a brick house in Philadelphia. Her dark hair is cut short with bangs., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.38]

Title: Three teenage girls and two little girls standing in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three teenage girls in summer dresses (one plaid) standing behind and holding on to two little girls (about five years old) in front of them. The big girls have their arms around each other. The little girl to the right has dirtied her stockings and her coat., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.67]

Title: Three women sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing three young women, each wearing a long dark dress, sitting on a set of white marble steps in Philadelphia. They are wearing jewelry. There is a handsome double door behind them that appears to be framed in marble., Kodak postcard., 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. 1927
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.47]

Title: Two girls wearing headbands sitting on marble steps, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two girls wearing white dresses, white stockings, white shoes, and headbands sitting on marble steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. They also wear knitted coat sweaters over their dresses., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.32]

Title: Two girls with an infant sitting on wooden steps of wooden house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two girls sitting with a small baby between them on the steps of a wooden house in Philadelphia. The baby wears a very ruffled cap. One of the girls wears a jumper with a blouse; the other girl wears a light-colored dress with some ruffle trim. The girls are smiling and enjoy playing with the baby., Photographer's imprint stamped on verso: John Frank Keith, 2703 E. Ontario St., Phila., Pa., Defender postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 228., 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. 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.122]

Title: Two little boys in front of brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two little boys, about four or five years old and likely brothers, standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. The smaller boy on the left has straight hair and is wearing a sailor suit. His image is somewhat blurred. The taller boy on the right has curly hair and wears a white shirt to which his dark short pants are buttoned., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.134]

Title: Two women with infant sitting on stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing two young women, one holding a very young infant, sitting on marble steps in front of a door in Philadelphia. The woman holding the baby wears a good summer dress. The other woman wears an attractive blouse and skirt., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.26]

Title: Woman standing in front of brick house with stone porch, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a young woman with dark hair wearing a two-piece dress standing in front of a stone porch in Philadelphia. Her blouse is plain with an inset of striped fabric and some embroidery. The skirt is full-length and made of striped fabric. Patent leather shoes complement her dress. Behind her is a decorative iron grille on a cellar window., Defender postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 228., 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. 1928
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.133]

Title: Woman's Medical College postcards
Description: Exterior view of main hospital and school building constructed in 1926 after designs by Ritter & Shay. Includes an interior view of the main laboratory of chemistry., Founded in 1850 as the Female Medical College of Philadelphia., Sheet number: 153B07., Undivided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1930
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Schools - Miscellaneous - 153]

Title: Young girl standing outside a house, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of a girl about seven or eight years old, dressed in a plaid, summer dress with white stockings, white shoes laced up to her calves, and a big bow in her hair, standing in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. Beside her is a doorway to a cellar. The brick sidewalk underneath her feet is old and set in the herringbone pattern., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.11]

Title: Young man and woman standing in front of a brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a young couple with their arms around each other smiling at the camera in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. The man is dressed in his workman's cap and suit, minus the jacket. The woman is dressed in a cotton cap and torn and soiled dress., 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. 1925
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.81]

Title: Young man standing in front of board fence, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait showing a young man, in his twenties, wearing a striped shirt with sleeve garters and no collar or tie standing in front of a wooden fence in Philadelphia. He holds his workman's cap and a sprig of flowers. His hair is neatly combed. Two pens are in his vest pocket. The blurred image of a little girl is visible to the left., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.8649.45]

Title: Young mother holding infant standing in front of church, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a young mother in a dark dress, her hair combed very neatly, standing and holding a baby in front of a church in Philadelphia. The baby wears a very pretty summer cap, a ruffled white dress, white stockings and shiny patent leather shoes. The iron fence surrounding the church was made by Field & Todd, Phila., Ms. note on mount: St. John's Church 3rd & Reed S. Phila., Artura postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 225., 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. 1922
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.33]

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