Interior view showing a man standing near the altar of the church built 1833 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at the southeast corner of Eighth and Cherry streets. View includes pews., Title printed on mount., Accompanied by publisher's label on verso describing the church building and the history of the congregation., 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 (4)1322.F.37b., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator
McAllister & Brother
Date
[March 1861, c1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.38a]
Interior view showing the side of the altar of the church built 1833 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at the southeast corner of Eighth and Cherry streets., Title printed on mount., Pale yellow paper mount with square corners., Attributed to McAllister & Brother., Paper backing pasted on verso., 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
[March 1861, c1861]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - McAllister & Bro. - Religion [(4)1322.F.37c]
Exterior view of the Philadelphia African American church at 834 Lombard Street completed in 1848 after designs by Philadelphia architect, William L. Johnston. Shows the front entrance to the two-story building with pediment. In front of the building is a wrought iron fence and gate and a lamppost. In the foreground is the sidewalk and a partial view of the street. Established in 1844 under Rev. Stephen H. Gloucester, the church formed from dissenting members of the Second African Presbyterian Church following Gloucester's loss of that church's pulpit., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from content., Gift of Mrs. S. Marguerite Brenner., 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 Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date
[Philadelphia]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - Newell [P.9060.5b]
Interior views showing the altar and organ gallery of the church built 1833 after the designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at the southeast corner of Eighth and Cherry streets. Views also show individuals posed near pews, the altar, and organ, including a man sweeping below the organ gallery., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Includes three stereographic prints mounted on paper with publisher's labels pasted on verso describing the church building and the history of the congregation, including two with titles inscribed on the mount., McAllister & Brother, opticians, a partnership between brothers William Y., John A., and Thomas H. McAllister, was active 1853-1865.
Creator
McAllister & Brother
Date
March 1861, c1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.36d; (4)1322.F.37a & b], Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv - McAllister & Bro. [(4)1322.F.38b]
