Exterior view of the Baptist church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church in 1870 at 258-260 South Broad Street. Building razed by fire 1881., Title and photographer's imprint from accompanying label., Green paper mount with rounded corners., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of views of Philadelphia., Duplicate of P.9047.12., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Newell, Robert, 1822-1897, photographer
Date
ca. 1870
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo -Newell -Religion [1322.F.4c-1]
View looking southwest from Lardner Street (i.e., Manning Street) at the east front and north flank of the Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter at the northwest corner of Broad and Spruce Streets. Church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church. Building razed by fire 1881., Title on mount., Photographer's imprint on mount., Faint manuscipt note in pencil on verso: Maggie from Harry 8/17/75., Yellow mount with square 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
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Religion [P.9047.10]
Exterior view of the Baptist church organized by dissident members from the Spruce Street Baptist Church in 1870 at 258-260 South Broad Street. Building razed by fire 1881., Title from photographer's label pasted on verso., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Gift of Robert M. Vogel., Duplicate of 1322.F.4c., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
R. Newell & Co., photographer
Date
[photographed ca. 1870, printed ca. 1872]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Newell - Religion [P.9047.112]
Rooftop view looking south from the tower observatory of the Colosseum at the southeast corner of Broad and Locust Streets showing a partial view of the Beth Eden Baptist church built circa 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; a partially obscured view of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (i.e., Deaf & Dumb Asylum) built 1824-26 after designs by John Haviland; and brick row houses facing Broad Street and Spruce Street. Originally constructed in 1873 in New York City, the Colosseum was dismantled and rebuilt in Philadelphia to exhibit cycloramas during the Centennial celebration in 1876. Removed to Boston in 1883 and stables built on the site by John Wanamaker., Title printed on mount., Publisher's imprint printed on mount., White mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Walker, Lewis E. (Lewis Emory), 1822-1880
Date
[ca. 1876]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Walker - Views [P.8452]
Exterior view of the African American church on South Sartain Street, Philadelphia. Shows the front entrance to the brick building with shuttered windows. View includes portrait inset depicting the Rev. T.P. Wilson wearing a mustache and goatee and attired in a clerical collar and a jacket. Eden Baptist Church was founded in 1894., Title inscribed on negative., Date from manuscript note on verso., Purchase 2001., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., 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.
Date
1916
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department photo - unidentified - Religion [P.9981.8]
View looking northwest on Broad Street from Spruce Street showing the east fronts of Beth Eden Baptist Church, built ca. 1869 after designs by Edward Tuckerman Potter; Horticultural Hall, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's headquarters on South Broad Street, built after designs by Samuel Sloan in 1867; and the Academy of Music built 1855-1857 after designs by Napoleon LeBrun and Gustave Runge., Title printed on mount below image., Yellow 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 - Theaters and halls [P.9567.15]
