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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Bethany Church Women's Bible Class
Bethany Church Women's Bible Class
Bethany Church of the Brethren, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Womens Bible Class. April 25, 1920.
Bethany Church's Elder Swigart
Bethany Church's Elder Swigart
Bethany Church of the Brethren, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elder Swigart. January 22, 1926.
Bethay Church Mortgage Burning Service
Bethay Church Mortgage Burning Service
Bethany Church of the Brethren, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mortgage Burning Service. Sunday November 30, 1947.
Bethel Church
Bethel Church
Churches, People
Bethel Church. Located in Dubois, Pa. in the Rockton area. Built in 1895, Bethel became a separate congregation in 1945. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 129. 4.52 X 2.75 in.
Bethel Meetinghouse
Bethel Meetinghouse
Churches
Bethel Meetinghouse. Yellow Creek Church. Built around 1860. Members of the Bethel Meetinghouse joined with the Yellow Creek members on January 9,1872. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1384. 4.49 X 2.66 in.
Bethel Meetinghouse
Bethel Meetinghouse
Churches
Bethel Meetinghouse. Yellow Creek Church. Built around 1860. Members of the Bethel Meetinghouse joined with the Yellow Creek members on January 9,1872. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1384. 4.52 X 2.66 in.
Bethel - Ziecler, Brethren Church
Bethel - Ziecler, Brethren Church
Churches
Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.
Big Swatara - Handoverdale, Brethren Church
Big Swatara - Handoverdale, Brethren Church
Churches
Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.
Big Swatara - Hanoverdale, Brethren Church
Big Swatara - Hanoverdale, Brethren Church
Churches
Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.
Big Swatara Ladies Aid
Big Swatara Ladies Aid
Big Swatara Ladies Aid – summer of 1945 Entire group standing with maiden and married names Left to right Lizzie Patrick Deaven – Mrs. Frank Deaven Naomi Groff Kuntz – Mrs. Earl Kuntz Miriam Gingrich Wagner – Mrs. Clarence Wagner Sallie Baum Patrick – wife of Rev. Thomas Patrick Ella Kline Gingrich - Mrs. David Gingrich Emma Yiengst – from Spring Creek Church Agnes Schaffner Umberger – Mrs. Samuel Umberger Ruth Kuntz – Daughter of Earl and Naomi Kuntz Annie Baker Swope - Mrs. John Swope Sr. Fannie Gingrich Etter – Mrs. David Etter Stella Swope Cassel – Mrs. Christ. Cassel Lizzie Grubb Florence Smith Saufley – Mrs. G. C. Saufley Katie Cassel – Mrs. Irvin Cassel Mary Basehore Kline – Mrs. Emanuel Kline Louise Krady – Mrs. Wilson Krady Annie Schaffner Marquet – Mrs. Enos Marquet
Big Swatara Ladies Aid
Big Swatara Ladies Aid
Big Swatara Ladies Aid – summer of 1945 Seated – Sallie Patrick, Mary Kline, Annie Swope, Fannie Etter, Louise Krady Standing – Naomi Kuntz, Ruth Kuntz, Stella Cassel, Miriam Wagner, Florence Saufley, Ella Gingrich, Lizzie Grubb, Annie Margaret, Katie Cassel, Agnes Umberger, Emma Yiengst, Back of Annie Margaret, face not fully shown is Lizzie Deaven.
Birthplace of Henry Woodman
Birthplace of Henry Woodman
Houses, Fences, Dwellings
Birthplace of Henry Woodman. See page 38, The History of Valley Forge by Henry Woodman, 1922. Glass plate negative.
Black Rock Church and Congregation
Black Rock Church and Congregation
Black Rock Church and congregation Reading from left to right, Raymond Baugher; left center Reverends Aaron Baugher and George Falkenstein Right center Edward Baugher and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Baugher
Brandt's Church
Brandt's Church
Churches
Exterior of Brandt's Church of the Brethren. Route 1, St. Thomas, Pa. Brandt's Church was the first of three church houses erected in what is known as the Back Creek Congregation. The original building was built in 1853 of native limestone. The building pictured on the other side was erected in 1964 and the first service was held there on April 11, 1965. 9.85 X 5.99 in.
Brandt's Church
Brandt's Church
Churches
Exterior of Brandt's Church of the Brethren. St. Thomas, Pa. Franklin County. Southern Pennsylvania District. Built in 1853 of native limestone. Building torn down in 1975 after a new church building was constructed across the street in 1964-65. 12.43 X 7.87 in.
Brecht and Rothrock Cemetery
Brecht and Rothrock Cemetery
Cemeteries, Graves, Fences, Tombs and sepulchral monuments
Brecht and Rothrock Cemetery of the Great Swamp Church. Picture taken north of Philadelphia in Upper Milford Township, Pa. See page 284, History of the Church of the Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. S.R. Zug et al, 1915. Glass plate negative.
Brethren Germantown Meeting House Marker Dedication
Brethren Germantown Meeting House Marker Dedication
Dedication of the Pennsylvania Historical Marker at the Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse on Featured speaker Jeffrey Bach
Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse Marker Dedication
Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse Marker Dedication
Dedication of the Pennsylvania Historical Marker at the Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse on Sept. 21, 2008. Jobie Riley (left) and David Fuchs from the ANE District Historical Committee inveiling the marker.
Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse Marker Dedication
Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse Marker Dedication
Audience at the dedication of the Pennsylvania Historcial Marker at the Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse on Sept. 21, 2008.
Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse Marker Dedication
Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse Marker Dedication
Dedication of the Pennsylvania Historical Marker at the Brethren Germantown Meetinghouse on Sept. 21, 2008. Left to right: Pastor Richard Keyermaten of the Germantown Congregation; David Fuchs, ANE Historical Committee; Jeff Bach, Keynote speaker; Wayme Spilove, Chairman, PHMC; Ken Kreider, Germantown Trust; Jobie Riley, ANE Historical Committee; Paul Steiner, District Moderator 2008.