Elizabethtown College - Church of the Brethren Photographs

About This Collection

The Church of the Brethren Photograph Collection consists of more than 500 mostly black and white photographs of meeting houses and churches in eastern Pennsylvania, historic sites, gravestones, portraits and nursing homes associated with the Church. The photographs date from the 1890's to the present. A subset of the collection includes images from 200 glass-plate negatives dating from 1890 to 1915. These photographs were taken by J.G. Francis, a leader in the founding of Elizabethtown College and a minister of the Church of the Brethren in eastern Pennsylvania.

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Annville Church

Churches, Fences

Exterior of the Annville Church. "This structure, repaired after a storm in 1915 tooks its roof off, was replaced in 1948-49 after a fire in 1947." Explanation from The Brethren Encyclopedia page 39. 10.00 X 7.86 in. See: The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County by J.G. Francis, 1916, page 123.

Annville Church

Churches, Fences

Exterior of the Annville Church. "This structure, repaired after a storm in 1915 took its roof off, was replaced in 1948-49 after a fire in 1947." Explanation from The Brethren Encyclopedia page 39. 9.67 X 7.71 in. See: The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County by J.G. Francis, 1916, page 123.

Annville Church

Churches, Fences

Annville Church

Churches

Annville Church. Ira W. Gibble Collection. 2.39 X 2.28 in.

Annville Church

Churches, Fences, People, Automobiles

Exterior of the Annville Church of the Brethren after a cyclone on Saturday, August 21, 1915. 10.89 X 6.75 in.

Annville Church

Churches, Fences, People

Exterior of the Annville Church of the Brethren after a cyclone on Saturday, August 21, 1915. 11.50 X 7.27 in.

Annville Church

Churches, Fences, People

Exterior of the Annville Church of the Brethren after a cyclone on Saturday, August 21, 1915. 11.37 X 7.09 in.

Annville Church

Churches, Pews, Altars

Interior of the Annville Church of the Brethren that burned down in 1947. 11.75 X 7.07 in.

Annville Meetinghouse

Churches

Annville Meetinghouse. 2.46 X 2.22 in. Ira w. Gibbel collection.

Annville Meetinghouse Interior

Churches, Altars, Pews

Annville Meetinghouse interior. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. 4.38 X 2.72 in.

Aughwic- Germany Valley, Brethren Church

Churches

Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.

Bachmanville - Conewago, Brethren Church

Churches

Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.

Balsbaugh Gravestone

Cemeteries, Fences, Graves, Tombs and sepulchral monuments

Christian H. Balsbaugh gravestone. 1831-1909. See page 517, History of the Church of the Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvaniam 1915. 7.25 X 11.33 in.

Balsbaugh Gravestones

Cemeteries, Fences, Graves, Tombs and sepulchral monuments

Gravestones of Elizabeth Balsbaugh (1796-1874) and Peter Balsbaugh (1793-1871). Elizabeth was the wife of Peter Balsbaugh. 7.25 X 11.10 in.

Balsbaugh Gravestones

Cemeteries, Fences, Graves, Tombs and sepulchral monuments

Gravestones of Elizabeth Balsbaugh (1756-1822), Valentine Balsbaugh (1755-1851), and Lorenz Etter (1787-1853). See page 511, History of the Church of the Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1915. 10.50 X 7.46 in.