Elizabethtown College - Church of the Brethren Photographs

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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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J.G. Francis family home in 1901
J.G. Francis family home in 1901
Houses, Dwellings, Fences
J.G Francis family home (right side) in 1901. 139 Walton St., Lebanon, PA. Glass plate negative.
J.G. Francis Home
J.G. Francis Home
Houses, Dwellings
Home of J.G. Francis. Picture taken in Lebanon. Michael Zug homestead, 138 Cumberland Street, Lebanon, Pa. Birthplace and early home of First Church of the Brethren in Lebanon. See The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County. J.G. Francis, 1916, page 88. Glass plate negative.
Lebanon, Brethren Church
Lebanon, Brethren Church
Churches
Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.
Lebanon, Brethren Church
Lebanon, Brethren Church
Churches
Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.
Lebanon Church
Lebanon Church
Churches
Lebanon Church. Building dedicated on March 31, 1940. Postcard. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. 5.38 X 3.46 in.
Lebanon Church Altarpiece
Lebanon Church Altarpiece
Churches, Altarpieces
Lebanon Church altarpiece. Insription reads, "I Will Come Again and Receive Man". 8.00 X 10.16 in.
Lebanon Church of the Brethren
Lebanon Church of the Brethren
Churches
Interior of the Lebanon Church. A Bible display, winning first prize in the city contest, Universal Bible Study. 9.91 X 6.92 in.
Lebanon Church of the Brethren
Lebanon Church of the Brethren
Churches
Lebanon Church of the Brethren. On October 5, 1933, 239 members living in the city of Lebanon formed the Lebanon congregation. Midway members living in Lebanon purchased a church building in 1907, built in 1903 by another body; it was located on South 9th St. A new facility was constructed at 4th and Locust Sts. in 1938-40. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 733. 10.26 X 7.80 in.
Lebanon Church (old) Brethren Church
Lebanon Church (old) Brethren Church
Churches
Earl Ziegler's Brethren Churches photograph collection.
Mary Francis Beckley
Mary Francis Beckley
Children, Chairs
Most likely Mary Francis Beckley (1900-1977). Taken in Lebanon, Pa. Glass plate negative.