Photograph of the Orchard Street Church
date: label: Date
content: 1980
name: label: Photograph by
content: Mariline Northrup Wilkins
label: Subject of
content: Orchard Street United Methodist Church, founded 1837
label: Subject of
content: Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
notes: label: Description
content: A color photograph of the brick facade of Baltimore's Orchard Street United Methodist Church, which is believed to have played a role in the Underground Railroad, captured by great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman Mariline Northrup Wilkins.
label: Description
content: The image depicts a portion of the northeast facade, with the large rose oculus window at top center of the photograph. There are several smaller windows beneath the circular rose window, including two tall rectangular windows beneath pediments on each side. An inscription reads [Richard Street Church in / Baltimore, Maryland - 1827-1837 / Picture taken Fall 1980].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.50.14.7
objectType: label: Type
content: color photographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm)