- Photograph by
- Mariline Northrup Wilkins
- Subject of
- Orchard Street United Methodist Church, founded 1837
- Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
- Date
- 1980
- Medium
- dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm)
- Description
- 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.
- 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 depicted
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- color photographs
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
- Object number
- 2009.50.14.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




