The Visual Material

[Portrait of an Unidentified African American Woman].

Daguerreotype of African American woman, seated, facing viewer, and with her left hand at her chin

Broadbent, Samuel, 1810-1880, photographer.
[Portrait of an Unidentified African American Woman].
Philadelphia, ca. 1850.
Daguerreotype.
Forms part of the Dickerson Family Collection and the Library’s African American History Graphics Collection.
Cased photos [P.9427.13]

Life & Age of Man. Stages of Man’s Life from the Cradle to the Grave.

Allegorical print showing a white male at stages of life from baby in his mother’s arms to old man in a lounge chair under the care of a woman

Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888, artist.
Life & Age of Man. Stages of Man’s Life from the Cradle to the Grave.
New York: N. Currier, ca. 1847.
Hand-colored lithograph.
*GC – Allegories [P.2004.14.1]

North Side of Chestnut St., Extending from Sixth to Seventh St., 1851.

Watercolor of 19th century Philadelphia street scene including block of businesses, horse drawn vehicles, and pedestrians

Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist.
North Side of Chestnut St., Extending from Sixth to Seventh St., 1851.
Philadelphia, ca. 1880.
Watercolor.
Evans watercolors [P.2298.44]