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 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: This image depicts a boarded up section of the facade with a sign reading "Orchard Street Church, National Register of Historic Places 1975." A handwritten inscription on the back reads: [Richard(sic) Street Church / in Baltimore, Maryland - Used as a stop for Slaves in Under-/ground Railroad. 1827-1837 / Area is being rehabilitated. / The church is to be restored. / 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: 2009.50.14.8
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)