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Elizabeth Biddle Conrow meetinghouse photograph album, 1895 - 1939

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-PA-024

Scope and Contents

This is a single album with post card sized pictures, mostly of meeting houses, but also some of important Quaker figures. Almost all are black and white. The meeting houses (and people) pictured are:

Pg 2-3: Germantown, PA;

Pg 4-5: Blacksburg, VA; Moorestown, NJ; Merion, PA;

Pg 6-7: Mansfield, NJ; Chichester, PA; Upper Springfield, NJ;

Pg 8-9: Doe Run, PA; Darby; Old Kennett; Westmoreland [?];

Pg 10-11: Rancoeas, NJ; Girard Avenue, PA; Abington;

Pg 12-13: Colleord, PA; Third Haven, MD; Old Concord [?], PA; New Garden, PA;

Pg 14-15 Newtown, PA; Radnor, PA; Manhasset, Long Island; Troy, NY;

Pg 16-17: Orange Street, PA; Stanwood, NY; Newtown Square, PA;

Pg 18-19: Catawissa, PA; Valley, PA; Penn Hill, PA; Silver Springs, PA;

Pg 20-21: Mt. Holly, NJ; Abington, PA; New York NY; Cresswicks, NJ;

Pg 22-23: Fourth and Arab Sts, PA; Moorestown, NJ; West Chester, PA; Bordentown, NJ;

Pg 24-25: Providence, RI; Merion, PA; Old Brick, MD; Chattagua, NY; Yorktown Heights, NY;

Pg 26-27: Birmingham; Gwynedd; Old Haverford; Swarthmore Hall (Home of George and Margaret Fox);

Pg 28-29: Odessa; Birmingham; Mattapoisett, MA; Washington, DC;

Pg 30-31: William Penn; George Fox;

Pg 32-33: Jericho, NY; Hannah Callowhill; Isaac T Hopper; Jordan; Benjamin Hallowell; Lucretia Mott;

Pg 34-35: Woodbury, NJ; Westerly, RI; Westtown, PA; 4th and Chestnut, PA;

Pg 36-37: Upper Dublin, PA; Sandy Spring, MD; Richmond, VA; Flushing, LI;

Pg 38-39: ?; Chabhagua [?], NY; Orange Grove, CA; North Easton, NY; South Easton, NY;

Pg 40-41: Fallsington (Orthodox); Bradford, Marshallton; Fallsington (Hicksite); First Friends Church, IN;

Pg 42-43: Deer Creek; Mansfield, NJ; Oxford, PA; Byberry?;

Pg 44-45: Mill Creek, DE; Paeston, MD; Valley, PA; London Grove, PA;

Pg 46-47: West Grove, PA; Plymouth, PA; Abington, PA; First Friends Meeting House, NJ; Marlboro, PA; Wrightstown, PA;

Pg 48-49: Flushing, MD; Bank Meeting, PA; ?, NY; Fourth and Arch Street, Phila, PA;

Pg 50-51: Second and High Street, Phila, PA; Pikeland, PA; Wilmington, DE; Plymouth, PA; Fallowfield, PA;

Pg 52-53: Abington; Burlington, NJ;

Pg 54-55: Washington Friends; Provience, Media, PA; 24th and CHestnut Streets, CHester, PA; Market Street, Chester, PA;

Pg 56-57: Salem, NJ; Concord; Colora; Appoquinimink; Schuylkill, PA; Gwynedd, PA; ?, NY; Providence, PA; Buckingham, PA;

Pg 58-59: Maiden Creek; Plymouth Orthodox; Farmington;

Pg 60-61: Alloways Creek, NJ; Byberry; Amesbury, MA;

Pg 62-63: Medford, NJ; Little Falls, MD; East Nottingham; Fawn Grove;

Pg 64-65: Easton, MD; Salem, NJ; Sandy Springs, MA; West Chester, PA;

Pg 66-67: Chappaqua, NY; Downingtown, PA; Kennett Square, PA; West Grove, PA;

Pg 68-69: Little Egg Harbor, NJ; Fair Hill; Springfield, Marple;

Pg 70-71: Greenfield; Plainfield, NJ; 15th and Race St, Phila, PA; Green Street, Germantown, PA;

Pg 72-73: Caln, PA; Fair Hill; Frankford, PA Plainfield, NJ;

Pg 74-75: Richland; Orange Street, Phila, PA; Wrightstown, PA; Roaring Creek, PA;

Pg 76-77: Parkersville; State St, PA; Christiana, PA; Washington, DC;

Pg 78-79: Wilmington, DE; Old Goose Creek, VA; Fairfax, VA;

Pg 80-81: Hockessin, DE; Pyrmont; Menallen, PA; Green St Phila, PA;

Pg 82-83: Mount, NJ; Woodstown, NJ; Romansville, PA; Mt. Holly, NJ;

Pg 84-85: Willistown, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Homewood, MD: Moorestown (Hicksite);

Pg 86-87: Preston, England; ?; England; Staindrop, England; Colthouse, England;

Pg 88-89: Scotland; Yealand, England; Birkenhead, England; CLancaster, England; Westfield, NJ; Bart, PA; Elklands;

Pg 90-91: England; Grange, Ireland; Upper Springfield, OH; Millville, PA;

Pg 92-93: Maple Grove, IN; Darlington, MD; Buckingham, PA; Falls (Orthodox);

Pg 94-95: Brooklyn, Long Island; Woodbury, NJ; London Grove, PA; Shrewsbury, NJ;

Pg 96-97: Exeter, PA; Willistown, PA; Woodstown, NJ; Pleasant Valley, NY;

Pg 98-99: Radnor, PA; Valle, PA; Barnegat, NJ; Wilmington; Plymouth, PA;

Pg 100-101: Haddonfield, NJ; Fairhill, PA; Lancaster Ave, PA; Carpenters' Hall; Fall Creek, IN; Warrington; ?, NJ;

Pg 102-103: Lombard St, MD; Robeson, PA; Makefield, PA; White Creek, NY;

Pg 104-105: Somers Point; Forest Hill, MD; Ocorara; Horsham, PA;

Pg 106-107: Westbury Long Island; Granville, NY;

Pg 108-109: Rahway (Hicksite); Salebury, PA; Nine Partners; Deer Creek, MD;

Pg 110-111: Woodstown, NJ; Plumstead, PA; Buck Hill Falls, PA; Lionville, PA;

Pg 112-113: Nantucket, MA; Old Whitewater, IN; Middletown, PA; Ogcuego, NY; Front Street, Phila, PA;

Pg 114-115: 35th Street and Lancaster Avenue; Orange Grove, CA; CreekMeeting House, NY; Reading, PA;

Pg 116-117: Marshall St, PA; Frankford, PA; York; Pembrolie? MA;

Pg 118-119: Goshen, PA; Stony Brook, NJ; Mickleton, NJ; Radnor, PA;

Pg 120-121: Byberry; Haverford; Reading, PA; Flushing, NY;

Pg 122-123: Kingwood, NJ; Mansfield (Orthodox), NJ; Plymouth, PA; Buckingham;

Pg 124-125: Winchester, VA; ?; Evesham/Mt. Laurel; Haddonfield (Hicksite)

Pg 126-127: Old Sadsbury, PA; Upper Evesham/Medford (Orthodox); Old Brick; West Falmouth, MA;

Pg 128-129: Merchantville; York, PA; Doylestown; Sparta, Canada; Coaldstream, Canada; First Friends Meeting, Germantown;

Pg 130-131: Haddonfield; Old Squan; Chestnut Hill;

Pg 132-133: Burlington, NJ; High Street, West Chester, PA; Camden, DE; Stroudsburg, PA;

Pg 134-135: Friends Old Church, Mt. Pleasant; New York, NY; Elk Ridge;

Pg 136-137: Jordan, England; Darlington, MD; Cheltenham; New Bart (Orthodox);

Pg 138-139: Norristown, PA; Horsliam? PA; Ballance (Little Britain) (Orthodox), PA; Makefield, PA; Old West Philadelphia, PA; Mullica Hill;

Pg 140-141: Frankford, PA; Old Haverford; Hopewell, VA;

Pg 142-143: Old Third Haven; Little Falls of Gunpowder; Pittstown, NY; Easton, NJ;

Pg 144-145: Frankford, Phila (Orthodox), PA; Preston, MD; Broad Creek, MD; Warminster;

Pg 146-147: Tuckahoe Neck, MD; State College, PA; George School; Randolph, NJ;

Pg 148-149: Old Fallsington; Cape May; Sandwich, MA;

Pg 150-151: Center, DE; Chestnut Hill, PA; Little Egg Harbor/Tuckerton, NJ; Friends House, England;

Pg 152-153: Upper Greenwich, NJ; Montclair, NJ; Norristown, PA; Cape May, NJ;

Pg 154-155: West Grove, PA; Fifteenth and Race St, Phila, PA; Easton, MD; Orange Grove, CA;

Pg 156-157: Saratoga, NY; Second and High Street; Lynn, MA; Fairhill;

Pg 158-159: Pembroke, MA; Crosswicks, NJ; Moorestown (Orthodox); Haverford;

Pg 160-161: London Grove, PA; Longwood; Rook How, England; Saratoga, NY;

Pg 162-163: Cropwell; Concordville, PA; Elklands;

Pg 164-165: Old Blue River; Bordentown, NJ; Richmond, VA; Westbury;

Pg 166-167: Greenich, NJ; Abington, PA; Salem, NJ; East Branch.

Dates

  • Creation: 1895 - 1939

Creator

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

This collection is available for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Elizabeth Biddle attended Swarthmore College as part of the Class of 1880. She married Howard F. Conrow, also Class of 1880. He died 1897, she in 1939.

Extent

0.4 Cubic Feet (1 box)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of William B. Conrow, 12 April 1963.

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