Details
Creator Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer.
Contributor Poulson, Charles A. 1789-1866, collector.
Title Old St. Michaels Church, (German Lutheran) on the southeast corner of Fifth and Cherry St. The grounds bounded on the south by Appletree Alley. [graphic] / Photograph by Richards.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1859
Date March 1859
Physical Description 1 photographic print: salted paper mounted on paper; 16 x 18 cm.(6.25 x 7 in.)
Description View showing the church also known as the Old Lutheran Church built 1743-1748 on the 100 block of North Fifth Street. Also shows the church and church burial ground enclosed by a brick wall and a partial view of buildings on Appletree Alley in the background.
Notes Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount.
Date inscribed on photograph.
Compass directions given in manuscript on mount.
Originally part of a series of eleven scrapbooks compiled by Philadelphia antiquarian Charles A. Poulson in the late 1850s entitled "Illustrations of Philadelphia" volume 3, page 109. The scrapbooks contained approximately 120 photographs by Philadelphia painter and pioneer photographer Richards of 18th-century public, commercial, and residential buildings in the city of Philadelphia commissioned by Poulson to document the vanishing architectural landscape.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Subject Zion--St. Michael's Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Lutheran churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Fifth Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- North -- 100 block.
Genre Salted paper prints -- 1850-1860.
Provenance Poulson, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1789-1866, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.109 (Poulson)]
Accession number (3)2526.F.109