View showing the Baptist church, its cornerstone laid 1874 and built after the designs of Davis E. Supplee, at Broad and Master streets (i.e., 1400 block of Broad). Handsomely-attired parishioners arrive at the church entrances, walk on the sidewalks, and cross the street. Church includes a circular roof, steeple, and archways over the entrances inscribed "On Earth Peace" and "To God Glory." Trees flank the building., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 466
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **BW - Religion [P.9211]
Print containing several vignettes commemorating the forthcoming Centennial Exhibition of 1876, predominately views depicting exhibition buildings. Depicts the Main Exhibition Building, Machinery Hall, Memorial Hall and Art Gallery, Agricultural Hall, and Horticultural Hall. Views also show landscaped promenades and boulevards with street and pedestrian traffic. Also contains a view of the Roxborough Baptist Church; a liberty bell; lists of the "Officers of the Roxborough Baptist Sunday School 1876" and "Teachers of the Roxborough Baptist Sunday School"; and a decorative border. The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 150, Gift of David Doret.
Date
[1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Centennial [P.2006.31.11]
