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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Abraham Harley Cassel
Abraham Harley Cassel
People, Portraits
Abraham Harley Cassel (1820-1908). Glass plate negative.
Abraham L. B. Martin
Abraham L. B. Martin
Portraits, People
Abraham Lincoln Brinser Martin (1866-1935). Photo taken Feb. 8, 1917. 8.50 X 9.87 in.
Annville Church
Annville Church
Churches, Fences, People, Automobiles
Exterior of the Annville Church of the Brethren after a cyclone on Saturday, August 21, 1915. 10.89 X 6.75 in.
Annville Church
Annville Church
Churches, Fences, People
Exterior of the Annville Church of the Brethren after a cyclone on Saturday, August 21, 1915. 11.50 X 7.27 in.
Annville Church
Annville Church
Churches, Fences, People
Exterior of the Annville Church of the Brethren after a cyclone on Saturday, August 21, 1915. 11.37 X 7.09 in.
Bashores
Bashores
Portraits, People
Mr. George Bashore and wife, Sara Houser. Levi Bashore's parents. Mae Bashore's grandparents. 6.48 X 9.43 in.
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.
Buchers
Buchers
Portraits, People
William Pfautz Bucher (1888-1971) and wife, Mabel Weaver Bucher. Bucher served, along with his wife, as deacon of the Mechanic Grove Church for 43 years. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 225-26. 5.88 X 10.50 in.
Calvary Church
Calvary Church
Churches, Automobiles, People
Calvary Church. Building erected in 1920 as an offset of the Bethany congregation. Church organized on July 4, 1923. Ira W. Gibbel Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1015. 4.69 X 3.43 in.
Charles Bonsack
Charles Bonsack
Portraits, People
Charles Bonsack (1870-1953). Born near Westminster, MD. He was a minister, mission secretary, and churchman. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 160. 7.28 X 10.72 in.
Eckert and Francis families
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.
Ella Simmons
Ella Simmons
Portraits, People
Ella Bashore Simmons wearing Brethren garb. 6.53 X 10.00 in.
Frank S. Carper
Frank S. Carper
Portraits, People
Frank Stauffer Carper (1893-1975), bank executive, minister, and historian. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 256. 7.36 X 10.30 in.
Germantown Church
Germantown Church
Churches, Fences, People
Germantown Church of the Brethren. Congregation formed on December 25, 1723. 11.39 X 7.05 in.
Germantown Church
Germantown Church
Churches, People
Germantown Church. The congregation was formed on Christmas day, 1723. The Germantown meetinghouse went under several alterations in the late 19th century, 1896, and 1915. See the D.F. Durnbaugh Collection. Explanation from the Brethren Encyclopedia page 1016. 11.19 X 6.96 in.
Graybills
Graybills
Portraits, People
J.F. Graybill (1874-1958) and wife, Alice Hoffer (1874-1952). Missionaries to Sweden. 6.86 X 11.13 in.
Hanoverdale Congregation
Hanoverdale Congregation
Portraits, People
Hanoverdale Congregation. Big Swatara. Mrs. Thomas Patrick, minister's wife. Mrs. Emanuel Kline, deacon's wife, and Mrs. Agnes Umberger. 6.45 X 11 in.
Heifer Project 28
Heifer Project 28
People, Cityscapes, War damage
Lowell Landis seagoing cowboys Heifer Project to Danzig, Poland and Sweden 1945 and 1946. Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). Photo developed Nov. 19, 1945 in York, PA.
Heifer Project 49
Heifer Project 49
People, War relief, Poultry houses
Lowell Landis seagoing cowboys Heifer Project to Danzig, Poland and Sweden 1945 and 1946.Miss Herta Schlicht and her mother just returned from a concentration camp. She is wearing a dress donated thru Brethren Service. (Notice chicken coop outside the house.) Written on verso: Polish girl with American donated dress - chicken coop outside house. Photo developed Oct. 16, 1946 in York, PA.
Heifer Project 50
Heifer Project 50
Cattle, People, Milking
Lowell Landis seagoing cowboys Heifer Project to Danzig, Poland and Sweden 1945 and 1946. Caption: Milking a Brethren Service Heifer in Poland. Photo developed Oct 16, 1946 in York, PA.