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- Title
- The Union Sons, of Johnson Society, of Philadelphia
- Description
- Ribbon illustrated with a half-length portrait of the Methodist clergyman Revd. Edward Johnson attired in a jacket and neckerchief. His right hand rests atop of a text, possibly a Bible, marked "Revd. Edward Johnson. Born March 1, 1781" on the front cover. Johnson, a sailmaker by trade, was one of a group of parishioners who seceded from Richard Allen's Bethel A.M.E. Church in 1820 to form the First Colored Wesley Methodist Church (incorporated in 1826). He was placed in charge of the congregation in 1822 for which he also served as a trustee. Johnson was listed as a Methodist clergyman residing in New Market Ward, Philadelphia in the 1850 census, as well as cited at 21 Hurst Street in Philadelphia city directories between circa 1841 and 1853., Date inferred from attire of sitter., Title from item., Purchased with funds from the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation., Purchase 2012., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., 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 the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014., Lib. Company. Annual report, 2012, p. 59-60.
- Date
- [ca. 1830]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Textiles [P.2012.49]
- Title
- Rev. C.M. Tanner, Philadelphia, Pa., April 17, 1896
- Description
- Bust-length portrait of Carlton Miller Tanner (ca. 1869-1933), the African Methodist Episcopal clergyman, missionary, author, and brother of artist Henry Ossawa Tanner. Depicts Tanner, his head turned slightly right, attired in a white clerical collar; dark-colored, button-down vest; and dark-colored jacket with notched lapels. His hair is cropped short and he wears a mustache. Tanner, born in Philadelphia, was a graduate of the Institute of Colored Youth and Divinity School of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. Holding a Doctor of Divinity from Wilberforce University, Payne Theological Seminary, Tanner began work as a pastor about 1893 and presided over the A.M.E. churches Big Bethel Church (Atlanta, Ga.) in the early 1900s and Metropolitan Church A.M.E. (Washington D.C.) between 1917 and 1922. Tanner also established the South African Christian Recorder in 1902 and wrote a "Manual of the A.M.E. Church." He passed away while a resident of Chicago, IL., Title and date from manuscript note on verso., Photographer's imprint blindstamped on mount., Description reviewed 2022., Access points reviewed 2022.
- Creator
- Kuebler, William J., photographer
- Date
- [April 17, 1896]
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Swayne Collection [P.2018.66.4]
- Title
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Philada Founded in 1794 by the Revd. Richard Allen, Bishop of the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. Rebuilt in 1805
- Description
- Exterior view of the rough cast second edifice of the African American church at 125 South 6th Street. Pedestrians and church attendees, predominately women, stroll the sidewalk and enter the house of worship adorned with a simple stone tablet inscribed, "Bethel Church." Known as "Mother Bethel," the church was formed from African American congregants discriminated against by the Methodist Episcopal Church. The 1805 building, the site of the first convention of the Unified African Methodist Episcopal Church, stood until 1841 when a third building was erected on the site., Title from item., Kennedy and Lucas, operated by David Kennedy and William B. Lucas, printed the city's first commercial lithographs, a series of church subjects drawn by W.L. Breton, probably including "Mother Bethel.", Philadelphia on Stone, POS 39, Wainwright retrospective conversion project, edited., Description revised 2021., Accessioned 1965., Access points revised 2021.
- Creator
- Breton, William L., artist
- Date
- July 1829
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department W26 [7500.F]