Unity Day group photo. Homer Floyd, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, standing. Seated (left to right), Rev. Rideout, Mary Edwards, Hans Deitz, Robert Dee, Vice Chairman, African-American-Jewish Relations, ADL; and Thomas Smith, President, Pennsylvania State Conference of Branches of the NAACP.
Probably flowers for the funeral of one of the photographer's grandparents or parents. "Wet plate" refers to the photographic process used to capture the image. This is possibly a copy from a tintype.
Airbrushed copy negative. Made for Hotel Media's advertising in Centennial Book 110. This building sat on the southwest corner of Baltimore Ave and Lemon St. Hill's Seafood now (2020) occupies the site.
Caption by Frank Lees: "Edgemont St., S.W. from 3rd and Edgemont." This house no longer stands, but its location was confirmed by comparing the house in the background of P-01308B with the one that still stands (in 2020) at 206 N. Edgemont. The Sanborn atlas in the MHAC Collection gives the address of the house with the tower as 218 N. Edgemont. It was demolished in the 1970s, and three small houses built on the block. See also P-01308B.
Caption by Frank Lees: "Edgemont St., S.W. from 3rd and Edgemont." This house no longer stands, but its location was confirmed by comparing the house in the background of P-01308B with the one that still stands (in 2020) at 206 N. Edgemont. The Sanborn atlas in the MHAC Collection gives the address of the house with the tower as 218 N. Edgemont. It was demolished in the 1970s, and three small houses built on the block. See also P-01308A.
