Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses Deaconesses, Students, Community Life, Anniversary Photographs 1886-1961.

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Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses. Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses Deaconesses, Students, Community Life, Anniversary Photographs 1886-1961.

Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses Deaconesses, Students, Community Life, Anniversary Photographs 1886-1961.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57312502

This series comprises approximately 900 sepia-toned, black and white, and color photographs from 1886-1962 of deaconess community life, deaconesses, deaconess students, and anniversaries of the Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses (PMD). These photographs depict various aspects of community life and were retained as part of the visual record of the Mary J. Drexel Home and Philadelphia Motherhouse of Deaconesses (MJDH/PMD). Photographs include group portraits of consecration classes, anniversaries, deaconesses and deaconess students, and Mr. John D. Lankenau and early deaconesses. Other photographs represent community life at the motherhouse and also at MJDH/PMD vacation sites. Many of the older photographs are completely or partially identified. The more recent photographs from the mid 20th century, including those depicting community life, are primarily unidentified. Photographs of note include the early portraits of Mr. John D. Lankenau, founder of the MJDH/PMD, and some of the first deaconesses in the community. Also of note are the photographs of deaconesses in 1898-1899 serving as nurses for soldiers in the Spanish-American War. An unidentified photograph album kept by a deaconess is also in this series. For preservation purposes, the photographs were removed and placed in envelopes. If the album page had a title, that is written on the outside of the envelope. If any photograph had a caption, the archivist wrote it on the back of the photographs. The flat box contains oversized photographs that include a portrait of the Rev. E.F. Bachmann, a photograph of the PMD cross worn by consecrated deaconesses, a group portrait of early deaconesses and Mr. William Braun, president of the Board of Trustees of MJDH/PMD, and large-sized photographs of deaconess students at the 25th anniversary of MJDH.

5 boxes (1.6 cubic ft.)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Library, ELCA Library