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 boarded up entrance to 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. The entrance consists of three arched doorways in the brick facade, each boarded up. On the back is a handwritten inscription:
label: Description
content: [Picture of Church used in Baltimore / Maryland - in the Underground / Railroad route - Harriet Tubman used / this church on some of her trips / Richard Street Church / used for slaves - Date on front of / Church are 1827-1837 for slaves / Pictures taken in Fall 1980 / Vandalism has taken its toll on / the old historic church].
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
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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: 2009.50.14.5
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)