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Title: Methodist Church, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Methodist Episcopal church at West Mount Pleasant Avenue and Bryan Street in Mount Airy., Sheet number: 50B06., Undivided back. Post marked 1907., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1907
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: The Oak Lane Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1902 at the southeast corner of North Eleventh Street and Oak Lane. The church was organized on November 20, 1891 and the first service held in May of 1892 in the old church building at the corner of Seventh Street and Sixty-sixth Avenue., Sheet number: 50B06., Undivided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Oak Park United Presby
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1905 after designs by George Espie Savage., Numbered 2415 on recto., Sheet number: 50B06., Divided back. Post marked 1908., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1908
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: View of main assembly room, Park Avenue M.E. Church, Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of nave and sanctuary of church built circa 1886 after designs by Hazlehurst & Huckel at the southwest corner of North Park Avenue and West Norris Street., Sheet number: 50B07., Divided back. Post marked 1910., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Interior, St. James Episcopal Church, 52nd & Master Sts., Philadelphia
Description: Interior view of sanctuary., Sheet number: 50B10., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. John's R.C. Church, Manayunk, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1894 after designs by Charles Patrick Keely at the corner of Rector and Cresson Streets in Manayunk., Also known as St. John the Baptist Church., Sheet number: 50B11., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Laurentius R.C. Church, Memphis & Vienna Sts, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front and flank of church built in 1890 after designs by Edwin Forrest Durang at the southwest corner of East Berks and Memphis Streets. Traditionally congregation primarily Polish American., Sheet number: 50B11., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Mary's P.E. Church, 38th & Locust Sts., Easter greetings altar, in memory of Mrs. Isabella Macomb Wetherill
Description: Interior view of altar of church built in 1897 after designs by George Nattress in the middle of the 3900 block of Locust Street. Depicts altar covered in palm fronds for the Easter holiday., Sheet number: 50B12., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Salem Lutheran Church
Description: Exterior view church built in 1913 by John F. Davies after designs by S.W. Milnor, both of Frankford., Organization of the Salem congregation began in 1888 and a frame chapel was built in 1892., Sheet number: 50B12., Real photo. Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Schaeffer Ashmead Memorial Church, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Schaeffer Ashmead Memorial Chapel on the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary on Germantown Avenue built in 1901 by Frank Thomas Miller., Sheet number: 50B13A., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Tioga Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Rev. Rutger Dox, Pastor
Description: Exterior view of church before additions and alterations were made by Heacock and Hokanson in 1926., Sheet number: 50B13B., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Trinity Presbyterian Church, corner Cambria St. & Frankford Ave
Description: Exterior view of church built in 1876., Postcard issued by A. Schneider, Philadelphia and Excelsior, Inc., Sheet number: 50B13C., Divided back. Post marked 1914., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1914
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Wayland Temple Baptist Church, 25th and Columbia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of church organized in 1902. Moved into building depicted in image on May 15, 1949. Church building was formerly home to the Columbia Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. Columbia Avenue name changed to Cecil B. Moore Avenue., Numbered 43921 on recto., Sheet number: 50B13C., Divided back. Post marked 1952. Text on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1952
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Chambers-Wylie Presby. Church, Broad and Spruce Sts., Phila
Description: Exterior view of church built 1899-1901 after designs by Rankin & Kellogg. Named for three Presbyterian clergymen: John Chambers, Samuel B. Wylie and Theodore W.J. Wylie., Undivided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: [Evangelical Lutheran Tabor Church, Roosevelt Boulevard & Mascher Street, Philadelphia, Pa.]
Description: Exterior view., Divided back. Post marked 1931., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1931
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Charles Borromeo R.C. Church 20th and Christian Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of church built 1868-1876 by Edwin Forrest Durang. Durang and John McShain added the cupola and dome in 1901., Sheet number: 50A06., Divided back. Post marked 1909., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1909
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. Clement Episcopal Church postcards
Description: Exterior view of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908. Also includes interior views of the sanctuary and font., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 2 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A06 and 50B09., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Baptist Temple postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of Baptist Temple at North Broad and Berks Streets built in 1889 after designs by Thomas Preston Lonsdale. Also includes an interior view of the pews and balcony looking from the pulpit to the main entrance., Contains 13 postcards printed in color and 5 in black and white., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Baptist Temple - 47]

Title: [St. George's Methodist Church, 235 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia]
Description: View of west front of church built 1763-1812 after designs by master builder Robert Smith on North Fourth Street south of New Street. Construction originally commissioned by German Calvinists who could not afford to fund the project to its completion. Unfinished building subsequently purchased in 1769 by Methodists, who held the first conference of American Methodists here in 1773., Title supplied by cataloger., Upper righthand corner of left albumen print torn., Tan mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion [P.9047.131]

Title: Bird's eye view of Philadelphia, showing the river
Description: Bird's eye view looking northeast toward the Delaware River from City Hall tower, showing the tree-covered Franklin Square and the spire of the Arch Street Presbyterian Church (Arch Street above Tenth, built 1823). Includes the empty lot near Twelfth and Filbert Streets where the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad shed would be completed two years after this photograph., Title printed on mount., Photographer's imprint printed on verso., Buff curved mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
Date: c1891
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Kilburn - Views [P.9047.38]

Title: [St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church, 4442 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view looking west at the front elevation of the Protestant Episcopal church's second building, built in 1848 on Frankford Avenue (i.e., Main Street). Includes bare trees on the property. Front partially covered in ivy. Demolished ca. 1896., Title supplied by cataloger., Photographer's imprint printed on mount., Manuscript note on verso: H.M.B.S., Gray mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Schofield, John, 1835-1910
Date: [ca. 1875]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Schofield - Religion [P.9774.3]

Title: St. Mark's Church, Locust Street above 16th, Phila
Description: Exterior view looking west from Sixteenth Street at the steeple of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. Also shows partial views of other buildings on the tree-lined street, including a dwelling, possibly part of the church, in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Publisher's printed label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9047.74]

Title: Beth-Eden Church, Broad and Spruce, Philad'a
Description: View looking southwest from Lardner Street (i.e., Manning Street) at the east front and north flank of the Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter at the northwest corner of Broad and Spruce Streets. Church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church. Building razed by fire 1881., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint on mount., Faint manuscipt note in pencil on verso: Maggie from Harry 8/17/75., Yellow mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9047.10]

Title: Baptist Church, 18th & Spring Garden, Phila
Description: View looking north at the ivy-covered church built circa 1861-1863 after designs by Alfred Biles at the northeast corner of Eighteenth and Spring Garden Streets. Also shows the front facade of the adjacent residence (1803 Spring Garden Street). Congregation organized as the Sansom Street Baptist Church by Rev. William Staughton in 1811., Title from manuscript note on photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Robert M. Vogel.
Creator: R. Newell & Co.
Date: [ca. 1868]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9047.85]

Title: [All Saints' Church, 12th & Fitzwater Streets] "The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring." Dear friend: the pleasure of your company is requested next Sunday, Sept. 21st, 1879, 10 1/2 o'clock, A.M. and 8 P.M., at the reopening of All Saints' Church, 12th & Fitzwater Streets. Yours truly, the vestry
Description: Invitation depicting an invitation illustrated with a small vignette of the church exterior tucked into a bouquet of lilies. All Saints' Church, founded in 1827, moved into its Twelfth Street building in 1846., Part of title supplied by cataloger., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Digitized.
Date: 1879
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - All Saints' Church [1975.F.21]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church interior view, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View from rear of sanctuary looking up central aisle toward altar. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church, 1871., Yellow mount with square corners., Manuscript note on verso: 143., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1871
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.82c]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of south and east facades of Romanesque Revival church showing tower and aspe. Church property is slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Title supplied by cataloguer., Manuscript note below image: St. Clement's Church., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Manuscript note on mount: 142., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1870
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion - St. Clement's [(4)1322.F.82a]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of north and east facades of Romanesque Revival church featuring tower and aspe. Church property slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Rowhouses along Cherry Street visible in background. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Publisher's imprint and series title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young - Religion [P.9168.7]

Title: Beth Eden Church, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of the Baptist church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church in 1870 at 258-260 South Broad Street. Building razed by fire 1881., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate of 1322.F.4c., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date: [photographed ca. 1870, printed ca. 1872]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9047.112]

Title: Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Broad Street below Spruce Street, Philada
Description: Exterior view showing the third building of the First Reformed Presbyterian Church (i.e. Wylie Memorial Church) erected in 1854 on the 300 block of Broad Street after the designs of John McArthur, Jr. Includes partial view of adjacent building. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Photographers' imprint embossed on mount., Title from manuscript note on mount: Broad St. Pres. Church Broad St. bel. Spruce Philada., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Bartlett & Smith, photographer
Date: ca. 1869
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Bartlett & Smith - Religion [(8)1322.F.3g]

Title: Rev. Mr. Chamber's church, Philadelphia
Description: Title printed on mount., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Shows the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.37e]

Title: Rev. Mr. Chamber's church, Philadelphia
Description: Title printed on mount., Attributed to William and Frederick Langenheim., Yellow mount with square corners., Shows the First Independent Church, later renamed Chambers Presbyterian Church, built 1831 at the northeast corner of Broad and Sansom streets. Also shows adjacent buildings. Church housed the independent congregation of Rev. John Chambers. Congregation admitted to the Presbytery in 1873., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., The Langenheim brothers, William and Frederick, were pioneer photographers and stereograph publishers who operated a photographic studio in Philadelphia from the 1840s to 1874 and the death of William.
Creator: W. & F. Langenheim (Firm), photographer
Date: ca. 1862
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.37e]

Title: Fifth Baptist Church, 18th & Spring Garden sts, Phila
Description: Shows the ivy-covered church built circa 1861-1863 at 1801-1803 Spring Garden Street. Also shows the adjacent residence. Congregation organized as the Sansom Street Baptist Church by Rev. William Staughton in 1811., Title from accompanying photographer's label., Green mount with rounded corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Newell, Robert, 1822-1897
Date: [ca. 1869]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [(4)1322.F.5d]

Title: [St. Clement's Protestant Episcopal Church, southwest corner of 20th and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia]
Description: View of south and east facades of Romanesque Revival church featuring tower and aspe. Church property slightly elevated from sidewalk level and delineated by stone and iron fence. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Publisher's imprint and series title printed on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title supplied by cataloguer., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1876
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young - Religion [P.9260.4]

Title: Olivet Presby. Church, 22nd and Mount Vernon Sts
Description: Exterior view of the east and south elevations of the church constructed 1855 at the northwest corner of Twenty-second and Mt. Vernon Streets. Parts of the church are covered in ivy and trees and lampposts line the sidewalk in the foreground., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator: Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date: [ca. 1870]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9260.43]

Title: [St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1625 Locust Street, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing a section of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. View includes an ironwork fence in the foreground., Title supplied by cataloguer., Buff paper mount with square corners., Name of photographer from manuscript note on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Coates, Andrew, photographer
Date: ca. 1859
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Coates - Religion [1322.F.90a]

Title: St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Locust St., above 16th, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. Includes a partial view of the church tower., Title from label pasted on mount., Yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.91b]

Title: Third Reformed Dutch Church, n.e. corner of Tenth and Filbert streets, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the Doric-style church built 1835-1840 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter on the 900 block of Filbert Street. View also includes a horse-drawn dray., Stereograph on pale yellow paper mount with square corners. Paper backing pasted on verso., Title from accompanying publisher's label describing the church and listing the pastors., Manuscript note on mount: 3rd Reformed Dutch Church., Possibly by Philadelphia photographer John Moran., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator: McAllister & Brother
Date: c1863
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(5)1322.F.46a], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [1322.F.29b]

Title: West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, 18th & Arch St., Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view showing the church also known as Arch Street Presbyterian Church built by Joseph DeNegre in 1855 after the designs of Joseph C. Hoxie at 1726-1732 Arch Street. Also includes the rear facades of adjacent buildings., Attributed to John Moran., Title from label pasted on mount on stereograph., Stereograph on pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Moran, John, 1831-1903
Date: [ca. 1861]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Moran - Religion [(4)1322.F.45b]

Title: Baptist Temple Church and Temple College postcards
Description: Contains exterior views of Baptist Temple Church at North Broad and Berks Streets built in 1889 after designs by Thomas Preston Lonsdale. Temple College founded by Dr. Russell H. Conwell as a night school for parishoners of Grace Baptist Temple at the southeast corner of North Broad and Berks Street. He obtained a college charter in 1888 and three years later received the right to confer degrees., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Accession numbers: P.9050.3, P.9050.5, P.9050.8 and P.9050.26., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: Old St. Paul's Church, No. 225 South Third Street, central office Philadelphia P. E. City Mission
Description: Exterior view of front facade of Old St. Paul's Church on recto, with bulletin on verso, including an invitation to a noon-day service for business men. Church served as the central office of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission in Philadelphia circa 1950., Undivided back. Invitation on verso. Dated 1906 in manuscript note on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.93]

Title: St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church postcards
Description: Exterior view of front facade of church built 1763-1812 after designs by master builder Robert Smith. Includes an interior view of the nave and sanctuary. First conference of American Methodists held here in 1773., Undivided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.245 and P.9050.4., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: St. James the Less, Falls of Schuylkill postcards
Description: Contains views of church built in 1846 after designs by John E. Carver and George Gordon Place. Includes exterior views of the church and adjoining burial ground, along with interior views of the nave and sanctuary., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 3 printed in black and white., The Ecclesiological Society, a British church architecture society, provided the plans for the church to be recreated in the style of a 13th-century English country parish., Accession numbers: P.9050.50, P.9050.59 and P.9050.79 - 80., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date: 1905-1915
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]

Title: St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown, Philadelphia
Description: Exterior view of front facade, tower and cemetery attached to church built circa 1896 after designs by Thomas Francis Miller., First German Lutheran Congregation in Pennsylvania, organized in 1730. Church built in 1819 was used until the present church was constructed., Sheet number: 101B05., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]

Title: Trinity Lutheran Church, Germantown Ave. & Queen Lane, 1857. Steeple after design by Christopher Wren. Clock purchased by public subscription, was first "town clock" of Germantown
Description: Exterior view of front facade and steeple of church built in 1857 at Germantown Avenue and Queen Lane. Steeple constructed after designs by Christopher Wren., Photograph depicted on post card taken by J.F. Morsello., Sheet number: 101B06., Divided back., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1905
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]

Title: St. Luke's Church and rectory postcards
Description: Exterior views of Episcopal church with parrish buildings constructed 1875-1876 after designs by Henry Martyn Congdon. Tower built in 1892. Also includes an interior view of the high altar decorated for Thanksgiving Day., Contains 3 postcards printed in color and 1 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Sheet numbers: 101A06, 101B05 and 101L01., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1935
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]

Title: St. Vincent De Paul R.C. Church postcards
Description: Interior views of the nave, sanctuary, vault and fresco paintings within St. Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic church built in 1849 at 109 East Price Street., Sheet numbers: 101A07., Divided backs., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1910
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]

Title: St. James the Less postcards
Description: Exterior views of church built in 1846 after designs by John E. Carver and George Gordon Place., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 2 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A08 and 50B10., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: 1900-1920
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: St. John's R.C. Church, Thirteenth St. above Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa
Description: Exterior view of front facade of church built in 1900 after designs by Frank Rushmore Watson., Numbered 107 on recto., Sheet number: 50A09., Divided back. Post marked 1917., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1917
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]

Title: Old St. Paul's Church, No. 225 South Third Street, central office Philadelphia P. E. City Mission
Description: Exterior view of front facade of Old St. Paul's Church on recto, with bulletin on verso, including an invitation to a noon-day service for business men. Church served as the central office of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission in Philadelphia circa 1950., Sheet number: 138B17., Undivided back. Invitation on verso., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator: Brightbill, George M., collector
Date: ca. 1950
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Organizations (By Name) - 138]

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