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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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.

Bucher Homestead

Houses, Fences, Dwellings

Bucher Homestead. Annville, Fredericksburg, Pa. 8.58 X 6.74 in.

Ezra Royer Homestead

Farms, Croplands, Houses

Ezra Royer homestead, near Reistville, Lebanon Co., Pa. See The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County. 1916. page 103. J.G. Francis. Glass plate negative.

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.

Jacob Wenger Homestead

Farms, Fences, Houses, Barns, Windmills

Jacob Wenger homestead, south of Jonestown, Lebanon Co., Pa. See The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County. 1916. page 95. J.G. Francis. Glass plate negative.

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

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.

Joel Royer Homestead

Houses, Fences, Dirt roads, Farmhouses, Croplands, Agricultural facilities, Farms, Barns

Joel Royer homestead. Picture taken in Kelly Township, Union County, Pa. See page 240, Genealogical Records of the Royer Family in America. J.G. Francis, 1928. Glass plate negative.

John Royer (Ephraim Erb) Homestead near Millbach, Lebanon Co., PA.

Cans, Houses, Farm life, Fences

Stone house with 2 milkcans in side yard near fence. Identified in "The Church of the Brethren (Dunkers) in Lebanon County" by J.G. Francis. 1916, page 115. Glass plate negative.

John Royer Homestead

Houses, Farms, Barns, Croplands, Farmhouses, Fences, Agricultural facilities

John Royer homestead. Picture taken in Union County, Pa. See page 240, Genealogical Records of the Royer Family in America. J.G. Francis, 1928. See also gp199. Glass plate negative.

John Royer Homestead

Houses, Fences, Farmhouses, Agricultural facilities, Croplands, Farms, Barns

John Royer homestead. Picture taken in Union County, Pa. See page 240, Genealogical Records of the Royer Family in America. J.G. Francis, 1928. See also gp215. 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.

Leiser Farm

Houses, Farmhouses, Agricultural facilities, Fences, Farms, Barns, Croplands

Leiser Farm. Picture taken in Kelly Township, Union County, Pa. See page 240, Geneological Records of the Royer Family in America. J.G. Francis, 1928. 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 (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.

Philander Chase Knox Estate

Houses, Birdhouses

Philander Chase Knox Estate (he was Secretary of State) it was his gentleman's farm at the turn of the 20th century. For years people thought that part of the house was used by General Maxwell at Valley Forge but they were wrong, there wasn't a house there until after the Revolution. The Knox Estate (no relation to the General) is a remodel of an earlier Queen Anne house that he purchased and had it turned into a Colonial Revival House. Glass plate negative.