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JOHN FRANK KEITH (1883-1947)
Collection of approximately 180 photographs
depicting folks in Philadelphia and South
Kensington, Pennsylvania.
With scenes of kids posing in front of brick or
clapboard residences (including First Communion
portraits), families enjoying a beautiful summer’s
day in the park, adults gathering before storefronts
and attending local meetings, and interiors of
churches and/or school buildings. Real photo
postcards, the images measuring 4
3
/
4
x3
1
/
2
inches
(12.1x8.9 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets
approximately 5
1
/
2
x3
1
/
2
inches (14x8.9 cm.),
several with notations, in pencil, on recto
and/or Keith’s hand stamp on verso; each with
printed information on verso. 1920-40s
[4,000/6,000]