Interior view from the aisle looking toward the stained glass windows over the simple altar. The individual pews flanking the main aisle have gates. Above the stained glass windows and the altar is a large organ. Four flags hang from the second floor balcony, in front of the organ. Church built 1727-1744 after designs by John Kearsley. Steeple built 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith., Inscribed in transparency: 4373., Title from transparency sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
Creator
Hand, Alfred, photographer
Date
ca. 1920
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Transparencies - Hand [P.9259.173]
Depicts an autumn harvest-theme food display of Mother's Oats and Quaker Oats brands, along with toasted corn flakes, squash, potatoes and corn stacked in a pyramid underneath of a trellis decorated with corn husks. The display is situated between two columns of the church, on which are posted Psalm and Hymn display signs., Quaker Oats purchased Mother's Oats brand and its owner, the Great Western Cereal Company, in 1911., Modern reference prints available., Gift of Richard R. Frame.
Creator
Berry, Frank, b. 1863, photographer
Date
ca. 1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Glass Negatives - Berry [P.8986.84]
Interior view of makeshift church of religious revivalists Dwight Moody & Ira Sankey, formerly the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at 13th and Market Streets. Altered circa 1876 for Wanamaker's Grand Depot., Title printed on verso., Photographer's imprint on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
McMullin, Samuel, b. 1819
Date
[ca. 1875]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McMullin [P.8551.2]
Architectural view showing the Gothic-style Methodist Episcopal church for the parish established in 1850. Also shows pedestrian traffic., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.93a]
Architectural view showing the Gothic-style Methodist Episcopal church for the parish established in 1850. Also shows pedestrian traffic., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.93a]
Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic., Originally published as plate 17 in Views of Philadelphia, and its vicinity (Philadelphia: Published by J.C. Wild & J.B. Chevalier, Lithographers, 72 Dock Street, 1838). The lithographic stones for the views were acquired by John T. Bowen and reissued in 1838 and in 1848 with hand coloring., Copyrighted by J.T. Bowen., Philadelphia on Stone, POS 120.2, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Library Company of Philadelphia: in Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush), Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bb862 W644 Pl.17., Described in Martin Snyder's "J.C. Wild and His Philadelphia Views," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (January 1953, Vol. LXXXVII), p. 32-53.
Creator
Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846, artist
Date
c1838
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W64.2 [Print Room *Am 1838 Wild 3008.Q (Rush)]
View of exterior staircase leading into west wall of the Church of the New Jerusalem. Includes view of three-arched walkway extending from main building. William Schlatter, grandfather of architect T.P. Chandler, was one of the founders of this church, built in 1881., Title from photographer's manuscript note on verso., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Not a monestary [sic] in France, or a church in rural England, just a peep at one corner of the New Jerusalem Church. 22nd and Chestnut Sts. Italian Gothic., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 191 [P.8513.191], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson191.htm
Depicts Patterson's Church facing Second Street, which is divided by a brick market shed at the intersection of Second Street and Fairmount Avenue (formerly Coates Street). Also includes pedestrians and a horse drawn cart., Retrospective conversion record: original entry., LCP AR (Annual Report) 1975, p. 6-11.
Creator
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), 1834-1891, artist
Date
1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Evans watercolors [P.2298.145], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/evans/files/plc145.html
Exterior view of the Old Trappe Church, also known as Augustus Lutheran Church, the oldest, continuously used Lutheran Church in the United States. The cornerstone of the building was laid during the pastorship of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, in 1743, but the church was not completed until 1745. Includes a man reading a dedicatory stone above the entrance archway., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1900
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.214]
Views include altars, pews, clergy, stained glass windows, and arched ceilings., Label accompanying (8)1322.F: With the compliments of Maurice C. Jones June 29, 1868., Manuscript note on verso of 1322.F.152c: Interior of Dr. Chapin's Church., Publisher's blind stamp on mount of 1322.F.152c: The London Stereoscopic Compy., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains five stereographic prints mounted on yellow mounts with square corners and three one-half stereographic prints, Jones was a Moravian historian and resident of Bethlehem, Pa., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1860-1868
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentifed - Religion [1322.F.151c & d, f-h; 1322.F.152c & f; (8)1322.F.b]
Exterior view of front facade of church built circa 1904 after designs by Isaac Pursell., Sheet number: 50A10., 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]
Exterior view of church at the intersection of West Erie Avenue, Rising Sun Avenue and North Seventh Street., Sheet number: 50B02B., Undivided back. Portrait of Rev. J.C. Petre 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
1907
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
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]
Contains exterior views of the oldest church in Pennsylvania, built 1698-1700 after designs by John Harrison I and Reverend Andrew Rudman. The wings were added 1703-1705 and the tower circa 1733. Also includes an interior view of the sanctuary., Contains 21 postcards printed in color and 10 printed in black and white. Also includes 1 linen postcard., Stands on the site of the first Swedish Lutheran Church in Philadelphia., 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 [Churches - Old Swedes - 51]
Contains exterior views of church built 1758-1761 after designs by Robert Smith. William Strickland designed the monument to Benjamin Carr in 1831 and added the tower and spire in 1842., Contains 9 postcards printed in color and 3 printed 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
1900-1940
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - St. Peters - 52]
Contains images of church built 1855-1859 by John Notman. Includes an exterior view and an interior view of the sanctuary. Horace Wells Sellers built the crypt chapel beneath the apse in 1898 and enlarged the sanctuary in 1908., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.264 and P.9049.92., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
1912
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]
Exterior view of church built circa 1872., Sheet number: 50B02B., 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. 1905
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Exterior views of front facade of church built in 1904 by Rowland W. Boyle., Contains 2 postcards printed in color and 1 in black and white., Sheet numbers: 50A07 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
1905-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Exterior views of ivy-covered facade of church built in 1762 as a Swedish Lutheran church after designs by architect Thomas Webb Richards. It became an Episcopal church in 1810., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Divided backs., Accession numbers: P.9048.91 and P.9049.90., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [various]
Exterior views., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Sheet numbers: 101A08 and 101B06., 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
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Germantown - Churches - 101]
Exterior view of front facade of church built circa 1896. The parrish house was constructed in 1901 after designs by Hales & Ballinger and in 1903 Ballinger & Perrot designed a false floor in the church., Sheet number: 50B15., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., 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]
Exterior view of church built 1766-1769 after designs by Robert Smith, burned in 1794, rebuilt 1794-1796 and demolished in 1869., Also known as the Zion Lutheran Church and the New Lutheran Church., Sheet number: 50B14., Divided back. Post marked 1916. German 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
1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
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]
Interior view of sanctuary of the African Methodist Episcopal church at North 16th Street and Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia., Rev. Oliver W.H. Childers was minister when postcard was issued., Sheet number: 50B01., 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]
Exterior view of church before Horace Trumbauer was commissioned to renovate the church in 1924. Includes an inset of an unidentified man, possibly the pastor of the church., Also known as the Brandywine Fifth Baptist Church., Sheet number: 50B02B., Divided back. Church bulletin 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. 1908
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Exterior view., Sheet number: 50B03., Undivided back. Post marked 1906., 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]
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]
Oblique view showing front portico and side of church built 1852-1853 after designs by Samuel Sloan., Also known as the Polite Temple Baptist Church (1955)., Sheet number: 101B02B., 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]
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]
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]
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]
Architectural plans of the first floor of the church at Front Street and Fischer Avenue prepared by the firm of Ritcher & Eiler, Reading Pennsylvania., Sheet number: 50B14., Real photos. Undivided 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 [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
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]
Exterior view of church built 1862-1863 after designs by Emlem Trenchard Littell. Charles Marquedent Burns designed the corner tower and baptistry in the 1870s. Additional renovations were made incrementally until 1931., Sheet number: 50A10., 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]
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]
Exterior view of front facade and tower of church built 1896-1898 after designs by Rankin & Kellogg., Sheet number: 101B03., 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]
Exterior view., Also known as Grace Lutheran Church located at the northwest corner of Roxborough and Ridge Avenues., Sheet number: 50B05., 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]
Exterior view., Sheet number: 101B03., 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 [Germantown - Churches - 101]
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]
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]
Exterior views of church at Church Lane and Oxford Avenue in Fox Chase. Original portion of church built circa 1711 to replace the log meeting house used as early as 1698 by followers of George Keith, who separated from the Society of Friends in 1691. Additions and renovations made incrementally until 1875 when Furness & Hewitt lowered the tower to one story and built the present corner tower and belfry., Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 printed in black and white., Also known as Oxford Church., Sheet numbers: 50A10 and 50B07., 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
1900-1910
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]
Exterior view of front facade of church built in 1890 at North Twenty-eighth and Cabot Streets with inset portrait of pastor Rev. C.T. Albrecht., Sheet number: 50B14., 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Exterior view of apse protruding from the stone church. Located at West Seymour Street at the corner of Merion in the Germantown section of Philadelphia., Sheet number: 101B03., 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]
Exterior view of church built in 1899 after designs by Edgar Viguers Seeler. Congregation formed in 1698., Sheet number: 50B03., Undivided 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
1908
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Brightbill postcards [Churches - Miscellaneous - 50]