Details
Creator Brightbill, George M., collector.
Title [Johnson House postcards] [graphic].
Publisher [place not identified]
Date [1900-1925]
Physical Description 7 photomechanical prints : photolithograph ; sheet 9 x 15 cm (3.5 x 5.5 in.) (postcard format)
Description Exterior views of the former residence of John Johnson built 1765-1768 by master builder Jacob Knor at 6306 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. John Johnson resided in the house during the Battle of Germantown. The dwelling sustained damage including a hole in the parlor door caused by a cannon ball and a chipped corner. It served as a station on the Underground Railroad. The Johnson family owned the house until 1908. The Woman's Club of Germantown purchased the house in 1917, and in 1980, gifted the house and its contents to the Germantown Mennonite Historic Trust to operate as a house museum. In 2002, the deed of ownership was transferred to the Johnson House Historic Site, Inc.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 4 printed in black and white.
Sheet numbers: 102A07, 102B06 and 102B07.
Gift of George M. Brightbill, 1999.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Johnson, John, -1805 -- Homes and haunts.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Germantown, Battle of, Philadelphia, Pa., 1777.
Underground Railroad -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6300-6306.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1930.
Photomechanical prints -- 1900-1910.
Postcards -- 1900-1930.
Associated name Knor, Jacob, builder.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Mansions - 102]
Accession number Brightbill 102
102-a07-c
102-a07-d