View of Mikveh Israel's Second Cemetery Gate built in 1849 at 1114 Federal St., Photographer's manuscript note on verso: Cemetary [sic] Gate 12th and Federal Sts. Did my ears deceive me, or was somebody having a joke. I was told that the name of the burial place was the McIsrael. Note - Eastern style of architecture. (Get data on this place.), Gift of Margaret Odewalt Sweeney., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
ca. 1923
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Wilson 185 [P.8513.185], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson185.htm
View showing the front gate, adorned with a stone marker, of the Jewish Philadelphia cemetery Mikveh Israel. A brick wall surrounds the entrance with a wrought iron gate, which leads to a path through the cemetery. In the left, two men, including an African American, sit with their legs crossed on crates near the gate. Trees flank the gate, and more trees are visible beyond on the grounds. Established as a private burial ground in 1738 by Jewish businessman Nathan Levy, the cemetery was deeded to the Mikveh Israel congregation in 1774., Title from manuscript note by photographer on verso., Gift of Mrs. Margaret Odewalt Sweeney, 1979., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Wilson, G. Mark (George Mark), 1879-1925, photographer
Date
[ca. 1923]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Wilson [P.8513.132], http://www.lcpimages.org/wilson/wilson132.htm
