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Junk shop at 13th & Pine

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@ The Library Company of Philadelphia

Hand, Alfred

Description

View from the southwest depicting the exterior of the antique shop of African American, James Eham, at 1237 Pine Street. Shop is heavily adorned with antiques and curiosities, including cigar store Indians, ship models, a rooster weather vane, and a ship's helm. Posters, including a playbill for a production of "Our Colored Boys Over There" at the African American playhouse, the Royal Theater (opened in 1920), cover an adjacent building. Other neighboring buildings are visible.; Inscribed on negative: 3700.; Title from negative sleeve.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital