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.
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
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., 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.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
March 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.109 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f109.jpg
The second Presbyterian church. And the burial grounds belonging to it, and that of the first Presbyterian church. On the southwest corner of Pine, and Fourth Street, as recently altered and improved. [graphic] / Frederick De B. Richards.
Title
The second Presbyterian church. And the burial grounds belonging to it, and that of the first Presbyterian church. On the southwest corner of Pine, and Fourth Street, as recently altered and improved
Description
View showing the Third Presbyterian Church also known as Old Pine Street Church built 1766-1768 after the designs of Robert Smith at 400-416 South 4th Street. Church remodeled 1857 after the designs of John Fraser. Also shows the church burial ground behind an ironwork fence and partial views of surrounding buildings., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., 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 125. 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., Select link below for a digital image.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
May 5, 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses [(3)2526.F.125 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f125.jpg
Mennonite church. [graphic] : Of this Mr. Watson writes, " a stone church and grave-yard, near Congress hall (above on the same side of Main Street) but I mean to say nothing of church. From the wall of the ground, they shot Genl. Agnew (during revolution
Title
Mennonite church Of this Mr. Watson writes, " a stone church and grave-yard, near Congress hall (above on the same side of Main Street) but I mean to say nothing of church. From the wall of the ground, they shot Genl. Agnew (during revolutionary battle of Germantown). If that place should be taken (photographed), include the adjoining house of Samuel Keyser, because it is very old - and shows itself [see picture] elevated one whole story above the former road in front - and on that rising hill was the chief fight in the war
Description
Shows the stone Mennonite meetinghouse built 1770 at 6121 Germantown Avenue. Also shows the church burial ground and adjacent residence and shop of shoemaker Samuel Keyser (6133 Germantown Avenue). Keyser residence razed circa 1873., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: [See annals]. [Reference to John Fanning Watson's Annal of Philadelphia]., 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 87. 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., Also included in an annotated album containing twenty photographs by Richards entitled "Pictorial Views of Houses & Places in Germantown yr 1859." (LCP 66037.D.1)., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
April 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Germantown - G [(3)2526.F.87 (Poulson)]
Marble monument of John M. Clayton at Dover Del. executed by J. Struthers & Son, Philada. [graphic].
Title
Marble monument of John M. Clayton at Dover Del. executed by J. Struthers & Son, Philada
Description
View showing the monument for Delaware Senator and Secretary of State John M. Clayton in the Presbyterian Church of Dover cemetery known as Old Presbyterian Cemetery. Tomb inscribed "Born July 24, 1796. Died Nov. 9, 1856." Also shows a man near a hoist, a partial view of the church steeple, and surrounding buildings in the background., Title from manuscript note on mount., Attributed to Frederick De Bourg Richards., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of American views.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
ca. 1857
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Monuments & statues - C [5739.F.85a]
The hole in the wall of Christ Church burial ground; [graphic] : on the southeast corner of Arch and Fifth street; opened for the purpose of exhibiting the tomb of Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, which is immediately in front nearest to the surface of the
Title
The hole in the wall of Christ Church burial ground on the southeast corner of Arch and Fifth street; opened for the purpose of exhibiting the tomb of Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, which is immediately in front nearest to the surface of the ground on Arch Street
Description
Shows several tombs and monuments, including the Franklin graves, behind a section of ironwork fencing within a brick wall surrounding the church cemetery at 420-424 Arch Street. View also includes surrounding buildings., Title and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Date inscribed on photograph., 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 127. 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.
Creator
Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
Date
April 1859
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Cemeteries - C [(3)2526.F.127 (Poulson)]