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Title: West Arch Street Presbyterian Church, corner of Eighteenth & Arch streets, Philadelphia, Pa
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 shows parishioners, men, women, and children, leaving the church, walking past it, and convening in couples and groups on the sidewalk around the building. Also shows a horse-drawn carriage galloping in the street., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of partnership of M.H. Traubel & Co., Length of House 150 feet, Width " " 87 ", Height of Front Tower 115 feet, " " Centre " 170 "., Not in Wainwright., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 882, Gift of David Doret., Print received after original dates of project.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret Collection - Prints [P.2020.39.13]

Title: [St. David's Church and cemetery, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
Description: View depicting the Episcopal stone church (built 1715-1717) and surrounding cemetery on Valley Forge Road in Radnor and border of Wayne, Pa. Trees adorn the property lined by headstones., Title supplied by cataloger., Date supplied from original provenance copyrighted in 1890 and published in parts between 1891? and 1894?, Published in Historic churches of America; their romance and their history (Philadelphia : H.L. Everett, [1891?-1894?]), Part IV., Signed by artist in lower right., Includes remarque depicting a vignette view of "Gen'l Wayne's Monument" in lower left., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Taylor, M.M, etcher
Date: [1890]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.20]

Title: [St. David's Church and cemetery, Wayne, Pennsylvania.]
Description: View depicting the Episcopal stone church (built 1715-1717) and surrounding cemetery on Valley Forge Road in Radnor and border of Wayne, Pa. Trees adorn the property lined by a stone embanakment. Headstones surround the church., Title supplied by cataloger., Date from copyright statement: Copyrighted by 1894 by F De. B. Richards., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), etcher
Date: 1894
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.19]

Title: [First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Broad Street between Spruce and Pine streets, Philadelphia]
Description: Exterior view showing the 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. Pedestrian traffic, including a couple on promenade, walk in front and in the courtyard beside the church. Congregation organized in 1798. Church renamed in the early 1890s for long-term pastors T.W.J. Wylie and Samuel Wylie., Title supplied by cataloger from manuscript note on recto: First Reformed Presbyterian Church - Moved [...] & Lombard [crossed out] Phila. Rev Dr. Wylie., Date inferred from completion date of building depicted and attire of pedestrians depcited., Inscribed on verso: J.M., Not in Wainwright., Gift of David Doret., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 262, Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Ba 136 C 445, Trimmed.
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.6]

Title: Deutsche Ev: Luth: Zions Kirche. (gegrundt 1766.) = The German Lutheran Zion Church. (founded 1766.)
Description: View of the Zion Lutheran Church, also known as the New Lutheran Church, rebuilt 1794-1796 at Cherry and North Fourth streets following a fire in 1794. Church originally built 1766-1769 after the designs of Robert Smith. Also shows a partial view of neighboring buildings and pedestrian traffic. Pedestrians include a boy, and women carrying parasols and baskets., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 181, Gift of David Doret.
Creator: Breton, William L., lithographer
Date: [1829]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *BW - Churches & meetinghouses [P.2005.20]

Title: [Country place of worship]
Description: Genre scene from a children's moral instruction book showing a man, children, and horses at leisure outside of a small church building within a grove of trees. In the right foreground, an African American man lies against a log, arms crossed, head down, and dozes near three, saddled horses bridled to a tree. Behind him, two white boys sit in the grass beside a dog and look over a book. In the right background, two, saddled horses are bridled to a tree near two white boys and a girl in conversation. In the left background, three, saddled horses are bridled within a cluster of trees. Scene also includes a small turtle passing the horses in the foreground. One appears to watch it. A white man stands near the church in the center background. Pastureland is visible in the distant, right background. All the male figures are attired in hats, jackets, and pants. The girl wears a bonnet and dress., Title from manuscript note on recto., Date from date of publication in which print is included., Published in Common sights on land and water (Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1852)., Gift of David Doret., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022.
Creator: Kollner, Augustus, 1813-1906
Date: [1852]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection - Prints [P.2018.63.4]

Title: Boehm’s Reformed Church, founded Feb. 3, 1747, Boehm’s manse, the Kirkview, Edgar Vincent Loucks, minister
Description: Postcard depicting a vignette portrait of the church’s minister Edgar Vincent Loucks between views of Boehm’s Church constructed in 1818 at 571 Penllyn Blue Bell Pike and the parsonage, Kirkview, in Blue Bell, Pa. In the left, shows the front façade of the stone church with stained glass windows and a spire. A wrought iron fence surrounds the building. In the center is a forward-facing portrait of Loucks, attired in spectacles, a white collared shirt, a tie, and a jacket. In the right is the three-story parsonage with a covered porch. The Church was founded by John Philip Boehm in 1740 and a building was erected in 1747 in Blue Bell, Pa. A new building was erected on the foundation of the older building in 1818. Extensive renovations, including the addition of the eighty-foot high spire with bell were completed in 1870., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Series number printed in left corner on verso: 66296., Divided back., Gift of David Doret, 2019.
Date: [ca. 1906]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Ephemera [P.2019.64.27]

Title: Church, Broad & Arch Sts., Phila. (Methodist) New Masonic Temple in the background
Description: View looking southeast at the Methodist Episcopal church constructed 1869-70 after designs by Addison Hutton. Shows the west front of the adjacent Masonic Temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of James H. Windrim, a coach parked in the right foreground, and the liquor store operated by Charles P. Collins at the northeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets., Title from two different manuscript notes on verso., Photographer's imprint stamped 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 David Doret.
Creator: R. Newell & Son
Date: [ca. 1873]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.2010.6.18]

Title: Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy This certifies that [Rev. William Hance]
Description: Certificate for life membership in the Philadelphia Sabbath Association and depicting a church next to a canal. In the center, shows a church. Men and a woman walk towards the church and enter through the front door. In the foreground is a canal with a canal boat docked and a railway car. In the right are several buildings. In the left are horses and cows in a fenced in field, and a house is visible in the background. The Philadelphia Sabbath Association was founded in 1840 and aimed to promote the protection of the Sabbath and provided Sunday services for canal workers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Text printed and manuscript written on recto: ...by a contribution of twenty dollars made by [M.E. Union Church, Phila. June 1, 1856] is constituted a Life Member of the Philadelphia Sabbath Association. [John A. Brown] President. [Milfred Hall] Cor. Secy. [Martin Buehler] Treasurer., Gift of David Doret., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 2009, p. 56-7.
Creator: Robyn, Edward, 1820-1862, artist
Date: [ca. 1855]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Philadelphia Certifcates - Phila. Sabbath [P.2009.24.11]

Title: The First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, L Rev. Benjamin M. Palmer, D.D. Pastor
Description: Exterior view of the Gothic-Revival style church built in 1857 after the designs of architect Henry Howard. Shows the front entrance of the church with the large steeple. Men, women, and children pedestrians walk on the sidewalks and cross the street in front of the church. The church building was destroyed by fire in 1854. The newly rebuilt church opened in 1857 and was destroyed by a hurricane in 1915. Rev. Benjamin Morgan Palmer (1818-1902) served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in New Orleans from 1856 to 1902. He advocated for Louisiana to secede and join the Confederacy., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the artist and publisher and content., Gift of David Doret.
Creator: P.S. Duval & Son, lithographer
Date: [ca. 1860]
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Churches & Meetinghouses - First [P.2010.35.1]

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