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[Dunkard Meeting House, 6613 Germantown Avenue.] [graphic].
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Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Title
[Dunkard Meeting House, 6613 Germantown Avenue.] [graphic].
Publisher
PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date
ca. 1920
Physical Description
1 negative: glass; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description
Exterior view of west front of stone church, showing roundel window above the entrance door, flanked by a shallow portico. Known as the Church of the Brethren, founded by Alexander Mack in 1708 near Crefeldt in North Prussia. Persecution drove the congregation to Philadelphia in 1719 and in 1723 the first Dunkard, or German Baptist Brethren Church, was organized in Germantown. The congregation originally worshipped in a building erected by Christopher Sauer (4653 Main Street) and then in a house secured by Peter Pettikoffer, who begged for the money to erect the building. Called Beggar's Town or Bettel Hausen.
Notes
Inscribed in negative: 3178.
Title from negative sleeve.
Incorrectly identified as the Mennonite Meeting House at 6119 Germantown Avenue in manuscript note on negative sleeve.
Subject
Church of the Brethran (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Churches -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 6613.
Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre
Glass plate negatives -- 1910-1920.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.85]
Accession number
P.9259.85
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Alfred Hand Photographic Negative Collection
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