The Library Company of Philadelphia is pleased to be sharing with PhilaPlace visitors its collection of photographic portraits taken circa 1910-1940 by John Frank Keith (1883-1947). An avid photographer of the residents of South Philadelphia and possibly Kensington, where he lived, Keith captured groups of young men socializing on stoops, family members and friends posing on the sidewalk, and children playfully smiling. In addition to documenting the working-class residents of these neighborhoods, Keith’s portraits evoke memories and ideas of a time when families struggled economically, but enjoyed life and the friendship of their neighbors. They provide an important link to the rich history of Philadelphia’s oldest neighborhoods.
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January 14th, 2010
