Object Details
- Description
- 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:
- [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].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Mariline Northrup Wilkins
- Subject of
- Orchard Street United Methodist Church, founded 1837
- Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
- Date
- 1980
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm)
- Type
- color photographs
