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Old graveyard. N.S. Spruce bet 8th & 9th [graphic].
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A128343
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Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer.
Title
Old graveyard. N.S. Spruce bet 8th & 9th [graphic].
Publisher
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1923
Date
[ca. 1923]
Physical Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 10 x 12 cm (3.75 x 4.5 in.)
Description
View showing the front gate, adorned with a stone marker, of the Jewish Philadelphia cemetery Mikveh Israel. A brick wall surrounds the entrance with a wrought iron gate, which leads to a path through the cemetery. In the left, two men, including an African American, sit with their legs crossed on crates near the gate. Trees flank the gate, and more trees are visible beyond on the grounds. Established as a private burial ground in 1738 by Jewish businessman Nathan Levy, the cemetery was deeded to the Mikveh Israel congregation in 1774.
Notes
Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso.
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject
Congregation Mikveh Israel (Philadelphia, Pa.)
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Gates -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Jewish cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Spruce Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 823-827.
Genre
Gelatin silver prints -- 1820-1830.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - Wilson [P.8513.132]
Accession number
P.8513.132
In Collections
African American History Photographs
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