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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Eckert and Francis families

People, Children, Adults

Bottom row, 2nd from left is Edna Philips, 3rd from left is Mary Francis Beckley (1900-1977); seated far right is Paul Eckert; Boy standing in middle is Dana Eckert; woman seated with baby (Williard Francis) is Mary Zug Francis; Man in back row is Sam Eckert and to his left is Martha Zug Eckert. Rest are unidentified. Taken in Lebanon Co. Pa. Glass plate negative.

Eckert Family

Family, Children, Adults, Fathers, Mothers, Families

Sam Eckert (father) and Martha Zug Eckert (mother) are in the center. Martha is the sister of Mary Zug Francis and the aunt of Suzanne Francis Donmoyer. Mary Zug Francis is pictured holding her son, Willard Francis. The children are (from left to right) Paul Eckert, Dana Eckert (a minister), and Mary Francis Beckley. The woman on the far left is unidentified. Picture probably taken in eastern Pa. Glass plate negative.

Heifer Project 19

Children

Lowell Landis seagoing cowboys Heifer Project to Danzig, Poland and Sweden 1945 and 1946. Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland).

Heifer Project 46

Children

Lowell Landis seagoing cowboys Heifer Project to Danzig, Poland and Sweden 1945 and 1946. Caption: Lowell giving Hershey choc bars to Polish children 1946. Danzig. Photo developed Oct. 24, 1946 in York, PA.

Heifer Project 52

People, Children

Lowell Landis seagoing cowboys Heifer Project to Danzig, Poland and Sweden 1945 and 1946. Caption: Families who have received Brethren Service heifers. On verso: 3 farm families - interior ?. Photo developed Oct. 16, 1946 in York, PA.

Home of Ephraim Erb and Ella Zug Erb

Houses, Children

Home of Ephraim Erb, Ella Zug Erb, and children. Near Millbach, Lebanon Co., Pa. Glass plate negative.

J.T. Myers Home

Houses, Children

J.T. Myers home with J.T. Myers (?), unidentified woman and child. Picture probably taken in eastern Pa. Glass plate negative.

Mary Francis Beckley

Children, Dwellings, Houses, Dolls, Hobby horses

Mary Francis Beckley (1900-1977) as a young child. Picture probably taken in eastern Pa. Glass plate negative.

Mary Francis Beckley

Children, Chairs

Most likely Mary Francis Beckley (1900-1977). Taken in Lebanon, Pa. Glass plate negative.

Mary Francis Beckley (center)

Children, Dwellings, Houses

Mary Francis Beckly (center) was born in 1900 and died in 1977. Edna Phillips (Philips) is also in the photo. Picture taken most likely in Eastern PA. Glass plate negative.

Parkerford parsonage

Houses, Religious dwellings, Fences, Adults, Children

Parkerford parsonage with 2 adults and 1 child. Picture probably taken in eastern Pa. Glass plate negative.

Paul Eckert and Dana Eckert

Children

Probably Paul Eckert on left and Dana Eckert on right. Picture most likely taken in Lebanon Co., Pa. Glass plate negative.

Springfield Church

Churches, Children

Springfield Church. Located two and a half miles east of Coopersburg in Bucks County, PA. First meetinghouse built in 1866. These Brethren were part of the (Harleysville) Indian Creek congregation until they organized separately in 1868. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1216. 4.69 X 3.08 in.

Unidentified Child

Children, Children's furniture, Fences

Unidentified child in a crib. Picture probably taken in eastern Pa. Glass plate negative.

Unidentified children and school

Schools, Children

Unidentified children and school. Possibly the Kimmerlings school, 1-2 miles northeast of Lebanon, Pa. Glass plate negative.

Unidentified church and unidentified children

Churches, Children

Unidentified church and unidentified children. Picture probably taken in eastern Pa. Possibly children from the Kimmerlings school, 1-2 miles northeast of Lebanon. Glass plate negative.