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Title: 1900-40 E. Huntingdon St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting brick industrial buildings along the south side of the 1900 block of East Huntington Street. Several brick towers with water tanks rise from various buildings on the block. A sign spelling "drugs" projects from Isaac S. Gadol's corner drugstore at 1846 East Huntingdon Street, separated from the industrial buildings by Jasper Street., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Creator: Parker & Mullikin, photographer
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.19]

Title: 5307 Haverford Ave
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a row of three story brick homes spanning the north side of Haverford Avenue near Fifty-third Street. Each home has a porch, two of which have been enclosed. A car is parked in the foreground., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.20]

Title: [Children's Building, Women's Homeopathic Hospital for Men, Women and Children, 20th and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Children's Building of Women's Homeopathic Hospital, surrounded by snow and separated from the street by a low stone wall. Several cars are parked along the road. One man walks along the sidewalk and another leans against a pole on the corner of Twentieth and Dauphin Streets., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.21]

Title: [Women's Homeopathic Hospital for Men, Women and Children, 20th and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Women's Homeopathic Hospital looking south. The visible section of the building is probably an addition to the original hospital building constructed by Wilson Eyre circa 1884. Snow covers the low stone wall surrounding the hospital grounds. Two men stand on the snow covered sidewalks near the corner of Twentieth and Dauphin Streets., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.22]

Title: 309-11 Green St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the four story brick building occupied by the Keystone Tire Co. Next to the four story building is the narrow thoroughfare, Galloway Street. Two young boys stand in front of the building on the sidewalk by a parked automobile., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.23]

Title: S. E. Corner 5th & Chestnut Sts
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the Drexel Building at the southeast corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets, built in 1885 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. Altered several times by the same architectural firm, until 1904, when the firm of Wilson, Harris & Richards executed renovations. Demolished in 1955., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Creator: Parker & Mullikin, photographer
Date: May 20, 1946
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.25]

Title: Rear view - showing Chancellor Street [sic]. Rear of Drexel Building at S. E. corner of 5th & Chestnut
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the rear of the Drexel Building at the northeast corner of Fifth and Sansom Streets. Includes the ornate iron gate that marks the entrance to Drexel Court, the space between the two main towers of the building. The Second Bank of the United States, also known as the Philadelphia Custom House (1844-1932) and the U.S. Post Office (1863-1884), is visible in the background, to the right of the Drexel Building. Constructed in 1885 after designs by Wilson Brothers & Company. Altered several times by the same architectural firm, until 1904, when the firm of Wilson, Harris & Richards executed renovations. Demolished in 1955., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Creator: Parker & Mullikin, photographer
Date: May 20, 1946
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.26]

Title: 122 S. 17th St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a three story brick building, occupied by various shops and offices, looking west at the northwest corner of Seventeenth and Sansom Streets. Signs for a barber shop, Magic cleaners and beauty shop are visible in the ground floor windows. Several pedestrians pass by on the sidewalk and a Railway Express truck is parked curbside. An unidentified brick high-rise is visible in the background., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.14]

Title: 412 S. 23rd St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a group of young boys standing at the southwest corner of Twenty-third and Waverly Streets in front of a three story brick corner row home, converted into shop on the ground level. An awning obscures the goods displayed in the shop window on Twenty-third Street, but bushel baskets and boxes are visible on the ground outside of the shop. An old refrigerator sits against the flank of the building facing Waverly Street., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.15]

Title: 924 W. Girard Ave
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a three story row home at the southwest corner of West Girard Avenue and Hutchinson Street, converted into an office on the ground floor. Occupied by Louis Schwartz & Son Real Estate Insurance. Includes a partial view of the store front of the optometrist next door., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.16]

Title: 5618 Girard Ave
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a row of three story brick row homes, spanning the south side of Girard Avenue near Fifty-sixth Street. Each home has a bay window on the second story. The home in the center of the image has an awning that shades the front porch of the property, near which is posted a sale sign. An automobile is parked in the foreground. A woman, child and dog enter the neighboring property, which is occupied by an unidentified shop on the ground level., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Creator: Parker & Mullikin, photographer
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.17]

Title: 1750-56 N. Front St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the large brick warehouse of H. Siemon & Sons Barrels on North Front Street, near Palmer Street. Includes two men painting the entrance door to the neighboring chemical company at 1746-48 North Front Street. The skeleton of the elevated railroad is visible., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.18]

Title: 7201-03-05-07 Frankford Ave
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting automobiles parked in front of a one story strip of shops along Frankford Avenue. Includes Sheppard's Cancellation Shoes (7201); Morgenstern appliances (7203), Bradley's Clothes (7205) and Northeast National Bank (7207)., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from typed note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Creator: Parker & Mullikin, photographer
Date: ca. 1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.37]

Title: [933 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a drug store on the ground level of a four story brick row home at the northeast corner of Tenth Street and Fairmount Avenue. Items for sale line the store windows, which are shaded and partially concealed by awnings., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.12]

Title: [1101 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the south front and east side of the Fairmount Meat Market occupying the ground floor of a three story brick row home at the southwest corner of Eleventh Street and Fairmount Avenue. Includes the adjacent cigar store of Jacob Silverman at 1103 Fairmount Avenue., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.13]

Title: 900-[9]10 Brown
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the five story industrial building of Penn Paper and Stock Co. Two large brick towers, a water tank and a pedestrian crosswalk spanning Ninth Street are visible. Built for Powers, Weightman & Rosengarten across the street from their chemical works at Ninth and Parrish Streets., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.1]

Title: 729 N. 10th
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting an empty lot at 729 North Tenth Street. Two large billboards are posted on the side of the adjacent property at 727 North Tenth Street, advertising The Bulletin and Tastykake. Advertisements and posters are also plastered to the front of the same property. The water tank atop one of the towers of the Penn Paper & Stock Co. is visible in the background behind two dwellings on Brown Street., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.2]

Title: 226 W. Gravers Lane, S. E. cor. W. Gravers Lane - Millman [Place]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the snow-covered front facade of dwelling built circa 1871 for Timothy Crowley., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.3]

Title: 727 N. 11th St
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a three story apartment building converted from an old row home at the southeast corner of Eleventh and Brown Streets. The window store front and corner entrance suggests that the first floor was once a shop. A woman stands on the entrance stairs of the building. Includes other dwellings on Eleventh and Brown Streets and two parked cars near the corner., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.4]

Title: 8336 Millman [Place]-west side of Millman
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the dwelling built circa 1860 for Jesse Millman. Includes a partial view of a neighboring house., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.5]

Title: [Sheds of Edward Peirce, plumber, 8202 Millman Street.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting two large frame sheds, occupied by Edward Peirce, plumber, near the intersection of Millman Street and Hartwell Lane. Includes a one story stucco building. Snow covers the ground and the buildings in the image., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Label on verso: #10-N. fr[om] Hartwell La[ne]-Looking north from Hartwell Ave [sic] showing Branch office & 2 frame sheds., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.6]

Title: [1026 Olive Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a three story row home at 1026 Olive Street. Includes partial views of 1024 and 1028 Olive Street. A wooden door marks the narrow alley between 1024 and 1026. A car is parked in front of the dwelling., Title from manuscript note on verso., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.9]

Title: [1130 Olive Street, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a two story brick warehouse along Olive Street. A truck from New York is unloading its goods into this warehouse. The adjacent building in the background is occupied by an auto shop. Several cars are parked along the street in the foreground., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998.
Date: ca. 1940
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.10]

Title: [Christmas display in grand court of John Wanamaker department store, Philadelphia)
Description: View of interior decorated for Christmas holidays. Giant wreath and candles adorn the large pipe organ while lit trees and wreaths decorate display case area. Banner with central star recording the number of Philadelphia casualties in World War II hangs below organ. Visible in center of court is back of large eagle sculpture by August Gaul. Building, designed by Daniel H. Burnham & Co., opened in Philadelphia in 1911 as one of the world's largest retail merchandising building., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Hood, Harry S., photographer
Date: ca. 1943
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - Hood [P.8454.9]

Title: [American Legion parade, Broad Street, Philadelphia, August 30, 1949]
Description: Scene from the parade showing a float of the battleship "Post 654, Waterman ILL" passing a large crowd in front of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, opposite the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, near Walnut Street. Men, women, and children spectators, including African Americans, sit and stand along the street and look on from windows and balconies. A photographer on a ladder records the event in the street. American flag bunting and a sign that reads, "Welcome Delegates" decorate the awning of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The American Legion, chartered in 1919, is a patriotic veterans mutual aid society., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from manuscript note written on verso: 1371 American Legion Parade Aug. 30 49 passing Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: August 30, 1949
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8807.3]

Title: Philadelphia. Chestnut St. looking east from Broad St
Description: Scene showing the heavily trafficked commercial thoroughfare near Juniper Street. Depicts numerous pedestrians, including African Americans, walking the business-lined sidewalks next to the street congested with automobile traffic. Businesses lining the street include the Western Saving Fund Society, the specialty store, Lousols, the Bailey, Banks, and Biddle Company jewelers building, and the rear entrance of John Wanamaker's department store., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from content, Gift of Joseph Kelly. 1982., 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: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: 1949
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators [P.8853.17]

Title: 923 Olive St. (house torn down)
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting African American children leaning against a building adjacent to a vacant lot scattered with debris. Nine boys and girls stand against the wall. The girl in the left holds a broom. The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from content., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1940]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.7]

Title: [Security Bank & Trust Company, Franklin Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting the bank and trust company, established in 1870, at Franklin Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia. People, including African American men, walk on the sidewalk and sit in the adjacent plumbing supply store's doorway at 712 Girard Avenue. An “air-conditioned” movie theater showing the film "State of the Union" with Spencer Tracy stands across Franklin Street. Several cars are parked on the street. The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a successful and prominent local real estate firm in operation until 1998., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator: Parker & Mullikin, photographer
Date: [ca. 1948]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.32]

Title: 1022 Chestnut Street (rear)
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting Clifton Street and the rear of a three-story brick building. Shows the building’s fire escape and security bars protecting the doors and windows. In the foreground is a street sign reading, “Clifton St.” In the left is an adjoining parking lot with cars lined up. Two African American men, one seated and one standing with a cigarette in his mouth, man the lot. The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company., Title from typewritten note on recto., Date inferred from content., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1945]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.29]

Title: [714-716 N. 10th Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting several African American laborers working in a coal, ice, and scrap lot for sale by Arthur Boswell in the Spring Garden neighborhood. In the center, an African American man, attired in a brimmed hat, a collared, zipped up jacket, an apron tied around his waist, pants, and shoes, leans on the open wooden door with signs that read, “Sale Arthur Boswell” and “Ice never fails.” The other wooden door has “coal” written in paint. In the scrapyard, several men moving material are visible. Planks of wood lie in piles on the ground. The Jackson-Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Title from manuscript note on verso., Date inferred from content., Number 16., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1945]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.8]

Title: [58 Good Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a young African American girl walking past a residence with a covered porch in the West Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia. The girl, attired in a long-sleeved shirt, a skirt, white socks, and Mary Jane shoes, walks on the sidewalk towards the right. On the porch are several chairs, a side table, and potted plants. The Jackson Cross Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from content., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1945]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.24]

Title: [920 Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Real estate photograph commissioned by the Jackson-Cross Company depicting a brick row house converted to apartments. African American men stand in the doorway and look out an open window from the building managed by Samuel T. Fox. The Jackson Cross-Company, established around 1876, was a Philadelphia real estate firm in operation until 1998., Label on recto: Jackson-Cross Company, Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date inferred from content., Number 27., Purchase 2000., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Date: [ca. 1940]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Jackson-Cross [P.9784.11]

Title: [Horse race]
Description: View of a race track depicting spectators watching two horses race neck and neck. In the foreground, two race horses run beside one another. The jockeys have an intense look on their faces as they hold the reins. Along the white guard rails, men and women spectators, including African Americans, stand and lean forward to watch the race., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the people., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1940]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators - Non-Philadelphia - Portraits - Sports & recreation

Title: [Champion horse]
Description: Portrait of a champion racing horse draped in a garland of flowers at a track. The jockey, still mounted, holds the reins. An African American man groom controls the horse by his bridle bit. A crowd of men and women spectators look on and congratulate the winner., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the people., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982., 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: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1945]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators-Non-Philadelphia-Portraits-Sports & recreation

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: Bladen's Court, looking south and out to Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of the small cobblestone alley looking south toward Elfreth's Alley, showing the front and back elevations of dwellings., Title, photographer and date from manuscript note on verso., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Lightfoot, Frederick S., photographer
Date: November 4, 1947
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Lightfoot - Streets [P.9047.35]

Title: Elfreth's Alley, looking west towards Second Street. Philadelphia, Pa
Description: View of cobblestone street flanked by small rowhouses looking west toward Second Street. Shows a little girl halfway down the street on the sidewalk near a group of pigeons. Also includes signs for "Coach House Restaurant" and "Olde Alley ... Poor Richard" in the distant background., Title, photographer and date from manuscript note on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Bladen's Court extends north at arrow right. Lightfoot's daughter on pavement left by pigeons., Gray curved mount with rounded corners., Named after Jeremiah Elfreth, the blacksmith that owned a large number of the properties on Elfreth's Alley between Front and Second Streets. Oldest preserved residential street in Philadelphia consisting of brick Trinity houses built early to mid eighteenth century., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Lightfoot, Frederick S., photographer
Date: November 4, 1947
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Lightfoot - Streets [P.9047.36]

Title: [Bust-length portrait of an unidentified Asian American woman]
Description: Bust-length portrait of a young unidentified Asian American woman. The woman, wearing her hair parted in the middle with tight curls close around her head and attired in a light-colored fur shawl and earrings, looks at the viewer., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred by the attire of the sitter., Gift of Joseph Kelly, 1982.
Creator: Photo Illustrators (Firm), photographer
Date: [ca. 1950]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photo-Illustrators – Non-Philadelphia-Women – Portraits

Title: Infant in baby carriage with netting, Philadelphia
Description: Portrait of an infant wearing a little cap and hand-made sweater over its dress resting in a baby carriage with netting parked on a sidewalk in Philadelphia. There is another baby carriage parked in the background., 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. 1943
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.139]

Title: Two little girls sitting on a wooden stoop, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait of two blonde girls in summer dresses sitting on a wooden step in front of a door in Philadelphia. One appears to be about four years old; the other, about six or seven. The bigger one, who is smiling, has her arm around the smaller girl. The door behind them has a fringed shade with an overlay of lace. The brick walls are somewhat battered as is the door frame., Kodak postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 226., 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. 1944
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.23]

Title: Man and teenage boy standing in front of a brick house, Philadelphia
Description: Group portrait showing a man with his arm around the shoulder of a teenage boy in front of a brick house in Philadelphia. Both are dressed in white shirts and neat slacks. The boy wears a vest and white shoes. The man's tie is tucked inside his shirt, and he wears a belt with a decorative buckle., Ms. note on verso: 216 Wilder St.; 220 Dickinson; 149 Morris; 154 Watkins; Lee & Ritner; 2312 Lee; 108 Fed[eral]; 121 Manton; 134 Manton; 2d & Earp; 1820 S 2; 139 Wilder; 201 Gerritt; 202 Gerritt; 146 Fernon; 111 McClellan; 2254 Lee., Kodak postcard., See Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh’s “Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People’s Photography,” (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2006), p. 226., 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. 1944
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Photographs-Keith [P.2008.10.108]

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