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- Title
- Church of the Advocate, (South Memorial), 18th & Diamond Sts
- Description
- Interior view of the nave, chancel, sanctuary and altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built in 1890 after designs by Charles Marquedent Burns., Inscribed in negative: 3339., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the George W. South Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church of the Advocate., Original negative housed in freezer.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.101]
- Title
- Church of the Advocate. Interior, showing pulpit
- Description
- Interior view of the pulpit and chairs of the Protestant Episcopal church built in 1890 after designs by Charles Marquedent Burns., Inscribed in negative: 3340., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the George W. South Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church of the Advocate., Original negative housed in freezer.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.102]
- Title
- Church of the Advocate. Interior, N. transept, Phila
- Description
- Interior view of the north transept, showing rows of empty chairs facing the stained glass windows that line the north wall of the transept. The Protestant Episcopal church was built in 1890 after designs by Charles Marquedent Burns., Inscribed in negative: 3341., Title from negative sleeve., Also known as the George W. South Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church of the Advocate., Original negative housed in freezer.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.103]
- Title
- Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, 54th and Catharine Street, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior view of church looking northwest. Built in 1905 after designs by Wesley Lesher Blithe., Also identified as Wharton Wesley United Methodist Church., Undivided back. Post marked 1911., Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- ca. 1911
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department LCP postcards - Religion - [P.9050.12]
- Title
- Emmanuel P.E. Church, Holmesburg, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view of sanctuary. Church built in 1858 after designs by Samuel Sloan., Undivided back., 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 - [P.9050.40]
- Title
- [St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wissahickon, Philadelphia]
- Description
- View of the ivy-covered Protestant Episcopal church at the northeast corner of Terrace Street and Hermit Lane. The church was constructed in 1876 and enlarged twenty years later in 1896. Services stopped in 1968 and the building demolished in 1975., 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.8986.15]
- Title
- [Church of the Redemption, Protestant Episcopal. Rev. George A. Durburrow's Church.]
- Description
- Location: Callowhill and 22nd Sts., N.W. cor., Duplicate of (3)1322.F.73v. Date from manuscript note on duplicate., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, with corrections.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- [August 1858]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *phot. McClees [Wagner P. 20]
- Title
- Christ Church Philadelphia. [graphic] / Lith. of J. T. Bowen.
- Description
- 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., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Library Company of Philadelphia: (4)1322.F.62b in *Am 1848 Wild 3007.Q (Poulson) and in *Am 1848 Wild 1514.F and in *Am 1848 Wild 1515.Q., Historical Society of Pennsylvania:, Reassigned McAllister accession number., Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Also shows pedestrian traffic.
- Creator
- Wild, J. C. (John Caspar), ca. 1804-1846 artist., creator
- Date
- 1848, c1840.
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W064-3.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W64.3 [(4)1322.F.62e]
- Title
- Emmanuel Episcopal Mission Church. Marlboro Street Kn. Published to assist in liquidating the debt upon the church, by the wardens. [graphic] / Drawn from nature and lithd. by T. S. Wagner.
- Description
- See 374 for interior view., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc132 E54., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Exterior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk and a woman and child entering the side entrance of the church.
- Creator
- Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.) lithographer., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1840]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W110.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W110 [1322.F]
- Title
- The Emmanuel Episcopal Church. [Marlboro' Str. Kensington, Phila.] [graphic] / Lithographed from nature by T. S. Wagner.
- Description
- Manuscript note on recto: J. Gordon Maxwell in the pulpit., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Bc132 E549., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Reaccessioned as P.2207., Interior view of the Episcopal church, consecrated in 1838, on Marlborough Street above Girard Avenue in Kensington. Shows Rev. J. Gordon Maxwell, at the pulpit, giving a sermon to a full congregation. Includes congregants turned to each other and a female congregant turned toward two men conversing a few pews over. Simple chandeliers hang from the ceiling near Gothic-style windows.
- Creator
- Wagner, T. S. (Thomas S.) lithographer., creator
- Date
- [ca. 1840]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W374.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *W374 [1322.F]
- Title
- [Church of the Nativity] [graphic] / N. Le Brun , archt. Philadelphia; A. Koellner engr. on stone.
- Description
- Title and publication information supplied by Wainwright., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Wainwright retrospective conversion project., Select link below to view a digital image., Duplicate in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Ba 132 N278] contains printed caption on recto: This Church is to be built of stone, is 50 by 80 feet exclusive of the tower. It will cost $9,000 and seat without side galleries 600 persons. Subscriptions for its erection will be gratefully acknowledged by the wardens and vestry. Brethren will ye not aid as God has prospered you in extending the Gospel in the Church?, Exterior view of the Gothic-style Episcopal church completed in 1846 after the designs of Napoleon LeBrun at the northwest corner of 11th and Mount Vernon streets.
- Creator
- Kollner, Augustus, b. 1813 lithographer., creator
- Date
- ca. 1844]
- Location
- http://www.lcpgraphics.org/wainwright/W066.htm, Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. W66 [(3)1322.F.150a]
- Title
- St. James, 21st and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of church and bell tower. Demolished circa 1947., Numbered 25427 on verso., Divided back. Post marked 1910., 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 - [P.9050.45]
- Title
- Church of "Saint John Chrysostom", Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of the front facade of the Protestant Episcopal Saint John Chrysostom Church built in 1899 after designs by Baily & Truscott at 2159 North Twenty-eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Shows the Church, made of Holmesburg granite with a forty-five foot dome topped with an eight foot gilded cross, situated at the southeast corner of North Twenty-Eighth Street and West Susquehanna Avenue. It became the Gibson Temple Baptist Church in the circa 1950s., Title from item., Numbered 1015 on recto., Divided back., 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 - [P.9050.47]
- Title
- St. Peters Church postcards
- Description
- 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]
- Title
- Church of "Saint John Chrysostom", Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of the front facade of the Protestant Episcopal Saint John Chrysostom Church built in 1899 after designs by Baily & Truscott at 2159 North Twenty-eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Shows the Church, made of Holmesburg granite with a forty-five foot dome topped with an eight foot gilded cross, situated at the southeast corner of North Twenty-Eighth Street and West Susquehanna Avenue. It became the Gibson Temple Baptist Church in the circa 1950s., Title from item., Numbered 1015 on recto., Sheet number: 50A09., 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. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Roxboro near Wissahickon, Philadelphia, Pa
- Description
- 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]
- 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
- [4500 block of Franklin Street, near "Grandmother's Alley", Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.]
- Description
- Depicts the west side of the 4500 block of Franklin Street, currently Griscom Street, focusing on a two-story brick structure, which sits next to "Grandmother's Alley," an alleyway leading to the Frankford Friends Meeting House from Frankford Avenue. The clock tower of the Central Methodist Episcopal Church is visible in the background. The church was constructed in 1869 for the Seventh United Presbyterian Church. The Central Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the property ca. 1877 when the new church for the Seventh United Presbyterian Church was constructed at the southeast corner of Orthodox and Leiper streets., Attributed to John H. Webster but may have been taken by other Webster family members.
- Creator
- Webster, John H., 1861-1934, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Webster [P.9501.130]
- 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
- [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
- Church of the Incarnation, Broad and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- Exterior views of the chapel of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1858-1859 in North Philadelphia. One view includes a pile of wood planks in the foreground and surrounding buildings. Church altered and compelted 1866-1870 after the designs of James H. Windrim., Unmounted halfs of stereographs., Title from mauscript note on verso of (5)1322.F.74a., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [ca. 1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.74a(v) & 74b(v)]
- Title
- Rev. Durborrow's (Episcopal) Church, Callowhill near Fairmount
- Description
- Exterior view of the Protestant Episcopal church, Church of the Redemption, built 1846 on the 2200 block of Callowhill Street. Also shows neighboring buildings. George A. Durborrow served as rector of the church 1846-1869., Title and date from transcribed scrapbook inscription., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- August 1858
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McClees - Churches and Meetinghouses - C [(3)1322.F.73v]
- Title
- Old Swedes Church
- Description
- View looking from the southeast showing the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 by master builder John Harrison I at 929 South Water Street. A wood fence, stenciled with the advertisement "Read the Daily Register," surrounds the church cemetery. Also shows neighboring buildings in the background., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., *McClees 1858-12., McClees, a prominent Philadelphia photographer and daguerreotypist, produced some of the earliest paper photographic views of Philadelphia between 1853 and 1859.
- Creator
- M'Clees, Jas. E. (James E.), photographer
- Date
- September 1858
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *photo - McClees [(6)1322.F.18]
- Title
- St Paul's Church, east side of Third Street, opposite Willing's Alley
- Description
- View showing the front facade of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1760-1761 by Robert Smith after the designs of John Palmer at 221-231 South 3rd Street. Includes two boys standing near an ironwork gate in front of the church and a partial view of an adjacent building., Tile 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 123. 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., Reaccessioned as 8339.F.8., Select link below for a digital image.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- April 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.123(Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/8339f8.jpg
- Title
- [St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church, S.W. corner of 3rd & Pine Streets, Philadelphia.]
- Description
- View looking northwest at the large Palladian window on the east elevation of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. Built 1758-1761 after the designs of Robert Smith at 300-340 Pine Street., Inscribed in negative: 3310., Title from negative sleeve., Original negative housed in freezer.
- Creator
- Hand, Alfred, photographer
- Date
- ca. 1920
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department 4x5 Film Negatives - Hand [P.9259.92]
- 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
- Chapel and parish building St. Clement's Church
- Description
- Reproduction of drawing showing the auxiliary buildings of the church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman at 2000-2030 Cherry Street., Publisher's imprint on verso of P.2005.27., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [1863]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.81c; P.2005.2.7]
- 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
- 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]
- Title
- Old Swedes' Church
- Description
- Exterior view of the Episcopalian, former Lutheran, church known as Gloria Dei Church, built 1700-1703 by master builder John Harrison I at 929 South Water Street. View includes two boys standing on the sidewalk in front of the fence surrounding the church property and the very tops of tombstones in the adjacent burial ground., Title on negative., Orange mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Religion [P.9260.87]
- Title
- St. Philip's Church, Seventh Street above Vine
- Description
- Interior view showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1840-1842 after the designs of William L. Johnston on the north side of the 700 block of Vine Street. Recess of altar decorated with garland and a wreath adorned with lettering reading "God With Us" and a star inscribed "IHS." Also includes a partial view of pews., Title on negative., Publisher's imprint on mount., Yellow 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.
- Date
- [ca. 1876]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - De Young's Palace Dollar Store [P.9047.88]
- Title
- Cohocksink M.E. Church
- Description
- Exterior view of the front facade of the brick church constructed in 1857 (cornerstone laid July 22, 1857) on Germantown Avenue near Columbia Avenue., Title on negative., Photographer and publisher's imprint printed on mount in decorative text., Yellow 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
- Purviance, W. T. (William T.)
- Date
- [ca. 1870]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Purviance - Religion [P.9047.59]
- Title
- St. Clement's Church (Protestant Episcopal), Twentieth and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia
- Description
- View of south and west facades of Romanesque Revival church along Appletree Street. Children stand and sit near a partially standing wooden fence next to the church. Brick rowhouses visible on 20th and Cherry Streets in background. Church constructed between 1855 and 1859 after the designs of Philadelphia architect John Notman., Text on verso relates history of church and lists ministers and vestry members., Attributed to John Moran., Duplicate of (4)1322.F.81d.
- Creator
- Moran, John, 1831-1903, photographer
- Date
- c1863
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister - St. Clement's [P.9847]
- Title
- Church of the Intercessor, Philadelphia. (Protestant Episcopal.) Spring Garden Street, below Broad, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1859-1860 after the designs of Stephen P. Rush. Altar includes ornately embellished chairs and cloth adorned with the declaration "Our Lord Our Righteousness". Also includes a clergyman at the altar and parishioners seated in the pews., White paper mount with square corners., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso describing the church building and the history of the congregation., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Image [(4)1322.75a] duplicate of (4)1322.76a., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- April 1861, c1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.75e], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.72b]
- Title
- St. Philip's Church. (Protestant Episcopal.) Vine Street, north side, above Eighth Street. Philadelphia
- Description
- Duplicate interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1840-1842 after the designs of William L. Johnston on the 700 block of Vine Street. Recess of altar decorated with garland and a wreath adorned with lettering reading "God With Us" and a star inscribed "IHS." Also includes two clergymen in clerical robes at the altar near potted trees and a partial view of pews., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Contains a stereographic print mounted on a white paper mount with square corners and accompanied by a publisher's label describing the church building and the history of the congregation. Also contains a one-half stereographic print mounted on paper., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- February 1861, c1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.93b(v); (4)1322.F.94a]
- Title
- Christ Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view from balcony showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Includes stain glass windows. Interior altered 1834 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of P.8662.4 and (4)1322.F.64a., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.65a]
- Title
- Church of the Intercessor, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1859-1860 after the designs of Stephen P. Rush at Spring Garden Street below Broad Street. Altar includes ornately embellished chairs and cloth adorned with the declaration "Our Lord Our Righteousness"., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Publication information from duplicate [1322.F.75a]., 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
- [April 1861, c1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.75a ; (4)1322.F.76a]
- Title
- Church of the Intercessor, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior views showing the altar of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1859-1860 after the designs of Stephen P. Rush at Spring Garden Street below Broad Street. Altar includes ornately embellished chairs and cloth adorned with the declaration "Our Lord Our Righteousness"., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Paper backing pasted on verso., Publication information from duplicate [1322.F.75a]., 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
- [April 1861, c1861]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.75a ; (4)1322.F.76a]
- Title
- Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription 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., 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. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.96h]
- Title
- Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription 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., 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. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.96h]
- Title
- Interior of St. Stephen's Church, Philadelphia
- Description
- Shows the pulpit of the Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. View includes stained glass windows., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Title printed on mount., Buff mount with square corners., Location from inscription 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., 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. 1860
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Langenheim - Religion [(4)1322.F.96h]
- Title
- St. Stephen's Church (Episcopal). Dr. Duchachett [sic], rector. Tenth St. East side corner of College Avenue The broken ground &c in foreground, is the remains at the time the picture was taken, of the old wooden houses now removing to give place to a new market house
- Description
- Date inscribed on photograph., Tile and photographer's imprint from Poulson inscription on mount., Manuscript note by Poulson on mount: See next picture., View showing the Protestant Episcopal church built 1822-1823 after the designs of William Strickland at 19 South 10th Street. Also shows the construction site for the Franklin Market in the foreground., 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 49. 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., Reproduced in The Print and Photograph Department of the Library Company of Philadelphia's Center City Philadelphia in the 19th century (Portsmouth, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 2006), p. 39., Arcadia caption text: St. Stephen’s Church represents another magnificent church structure added to the cityscape of Philadelphia during the 19th century. Built 1822-1823 at 19 South Tenth Street after the designs of Philadelphia architect William Strickland, the Gothic-style Episcopal church houses two monuments bequeathed by devout parishioner and lawyer Edward Shippen Burd. The lower view shows one of the monuments, Burd’s tomb, designed by architect Frank Wills and installed after his death in 1848. The exterior view shows the construction site opposite the church for the Franklin Market, begun in 1859.
- Creator
- Richards, F. De B. (Frederick De Bourg), photographer
- Date
- April 1859
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Richards - Churches and Meetinghouses - S [(3)2526.F.49 (Poulson)], http://www.brynmawr.edu/iconog/rcd/2526f49.jpg
- Title
- Christ Church, Philada
- Description
- Rooftop view looking northwest showing the east front, south flank, and steeple of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North Second Street. Steeple constructed 1751-1754 after designs by John Harrison II and Robert Smith. Also shows the gated church yard south of the edifice and partial views of adjacent brick buildings., Title from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint on mount., Green 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.9260.35]
- Title
- [Interior of Christ Church, Philada. in 1785]
- Description
- Photographic reproduction of an engraving attributed to James Peller Malcolm of the tromp l'oeil decorated chancel of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1727-1744 at 22-34 North 2nd Street. Shows the wineglass pulpit built by cabinetmaker John Folwell, the palladian window, archways, and balconies. Includes the decorative motif of the rising sun symbolizing resurrection above the pulpit., Title and publication information supplied by carte de visite duplicate in the collections of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., Original engraving in the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- [1860]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Brother [(4)1322.F.65]
- Title
- St. Marks Church Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view of the Episcopal church built 1848-1851 after the designs of John Notman at 1607-1627 Locust Street. Shows the chancel, stained glass windows designed by J. & G. H. Gibson, pews, and arches., Title on negatve., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Date
- [ca. 1875]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Crandon & Co. - Religion [P.9047.34]
- Title
- New Masonic Temple, Philadelphia
- Description
- Titled views, including "Main entrance" and "Dedicated September 26, 1873," show the entrance on the west front of the temple flanked by two gaslights and a rooftop view looking southeast at the entire west front of the temple built 1868-1873 after the designs of Freemason and Philadelphia architect James H. Windrim. The Arch Street Methodist Episcopal Church built 1869-1870 after designs by Addison Hutton is partially visible north of the temple and the City Hall construction site in Penn Square is partially visible to the south., Inscribed on negative P.8944.5: 2355., Labels on versos contain printed description and history of temple under heading "Masonic Temple, Philadelphia" within a decorative border., Orange mounts with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
- Creator
- Cremer, James, 1821-1893
- Date
- [ca. 1873]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Associations [P.8944.5 and P.8944.8]
- 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
- Church of the Intercessor, Philadelphia. (Protestant Episcopal.) Spring Garden Street, below Broad, Philadelphia
- Description
- Interior view showing the organ gallery of the Protestant Episcopal church built 1859-1860 after the designs of Stephen P. Rush. Also shows pews., White paper mount with square corners., Title from publisher's label pasted on verso describing the church building and the history of the congregation., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
- Creator
- McAllister & Brother
- Date
- April 1861, c1861
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.75c]