Elizabethtown College - Church of the Brethren Photographs

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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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Frystown Church
Frystown Church
Churches
Frystown Church. Bethel Dunkard Brethren congregation. Organized in August of 1927 at Sinking Springs in Berks County, Pa. Meetinghouse dedicated on October 23, 1927. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 521. 4.35 X 2.66 in.
Klein Cemetery
Klein Cemetery
Cemeteries, Graves, Tombs and sepulchral monuments
Klein cemetery located near Bernville, Pa. 10.40 X 7.43 in.
Klein Cemetery
Klein Cemetery
Cemeteries, Graves, Tombs and sepulchral monuments
Klein Cemetery located near Bernville, Pa. 10.33 X 7.36 in.
Merkey Meetinghouse (Little Swatara)
Merkey Meetinghouse (Little Swatara)
Churches, Fences
Merkey Meetinghouse (one of Little Swatara) was built in 1846. Glass plate negative.
Mohrsville Cemetery
Mohrsville Cemetery
Cemeteries, Fences, Graves, Tombs and sepulchral monuments
Mohrsville Cemetery. Picture taken north of Reading, Pa. See page 477, History of the Church of the Brethren of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. S.R. Zug et al, 1915. Glass plate negative.
Mohrsville Meetinghouse
Mohrsville Meetinghouse
Churches
Mohrsville Meetinghouse of the Maiden Creek congregation. Built in 1867, remodeled in 1899, enlarged in 1932, and remodeled again in 1959-60 and 1967. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 869. 11.00 X 7.72 in.
Old Pricetown Meetinghouse
Old Pricetown Meetinghouse
Churches, Automobiles
Old Pricetown Meetinghouse. Maiden Creek Church of the Brethren. Building erected in 1777, making it the oldest unrestored Brethren church structure. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 869. 4.89 X 2.66 in.
Pricetown Meetinghouse
Pricetown Meetinghouse
Churches
Pricetown Meetinghouse. Located northeast of Reading, PA. Meetinghouse built in 1777, and it is the oldest unaltered Brethren church building. See page 476, History of the Church of the Brethren of the Eastern District of Pa. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1057. 9.79 X 7.28 in.
Reading First Church of the Brethren
Reading First Church of the Brethren
Churches, Fences
Reading First Church of the Brethren. Located three miles west of Reading, Pa. Organized on January 1, 1898 as the Reading Church of German Baptist Brethren. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1084. 9.85 X 7.56 in.
Reading First Church of the Brethren
Reading First Church of the Brethren
Churches
Reading First Church of the Brethren. Located three miles west of Reading, Pa. Organized on January 1, 1898 as the Reading Church of German Baptist Brethren. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1084. 10.41 X 7.80 in.
South Annville Meetinghouse
South Annville Meetinghouse
Churches
South Annville meetinghouse (Spring Creek). Glass plate negative.