Portrait photograph of Bishop Francesco Satolli. Clothing details have been hand-painted with white paint. Photographer's mark appears toward bottom right of portrait; stamp appears to bottom left of portrait.
Portrait photograph of Bishop John Joseph McCort, seated. Photographer's mark appears in bottom right corner of portrait and on verso. McCort served as the Bishop of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
Portrait photograph of Archbishop Prendergast (seated). Note on verso reads: "Most Rev. Edmond Francis Prendergast, cons. [i.e., consecrated] Feb 24, 1897. Archbishop of Philadelphia May 27, 1911. Died Feb 26, 1918." Title taken from verso.…
Photograph of the Sacred Heart Altar at the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul showing side aisle. Photograher's mark appears in bottom right corner of photo, below photo, and on verso. Signature to bottom right of photo reads "Ign. F. Norshmann [?]".
Portrait photograph of Msgr. Thomas John Capel, mounted on heavy cardboard. Title taken from verso. Photographer's mark appears below photo and on verso.
Portrait photograph of Rev. Patrick Rafferty (hand-painted). Photograph is dated 1887. Photographer's mark appears below portrait. Additional notes on verso.
Portrait photograph of Archbishop Prendergast (seated). Note inscribed below photograph reads "Yours faithfully in Christ, E. F. Prendergast, Abp. of Phila." Photographer's mark appears in bottom right corner.
Portrait photograph of Archbishop James Wood of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Printed below portrait: "Phototype, F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia. Copyright secured."
Group photograph of Augustinian Fathers at Villanova College, summer 1867. Individuals are identified by name at the bottom of the photograph. A note inscribed in the bottom right corner reads: "N.B. All marked with a cross are dead at this writing.…
Broadside with the B. & O. Railroad schedule for special trains from Philadelphia for the funeral ceremonies for General Philip Sheridan in Washington D.C., August 11, 1888. At bottom of broadside: "Guggneheimer, Weil & Co., Printers, Baltimore."
Oval portrait lithograph of Right Reverend Joseph Guigues, Bishop of Bytown, C.W. [i.e., Ontario, Canada]. Signed by L. Grozelier. Printed below portrait: "Published by P. H. McCawley, Kingston, C.W."; "L. Grozelier Lith. Boston."; "Printed at J.…
Exterior view of Corpus Christi Church (Baltimore, MD). Note inscribed on verso reads: "Jenkins family may have been involved w/ this Baltimore church. Built: 1890. Memorial to Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Courtenay Jenkins. Photo taken ca. 1895."…
Photograph of altar in Jenkins Memorial Chapel in Corpus Christi Church, Baltimore, Md. Photographer's mark appears in bottom left corner and reads "Groeninger, Balto., MD". Title taken from verso.
Portrait lithograph of Bishop Flaget of Bardstown, KY (1833-1841); later Bishop of Louisville (1841-1850). Signed by H. Grevedon and dated 1839. Printed to bottom right of portrait: "Im. de Lemercier, Bernard et C."
Photograph of interior of Most Blessed Sacrament Church with view of altar. Photographer's signature appears in bottom left corner. Title taken from verso.
Photograph of the Annual Convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America at the Pennsylvania Hotel in New York City. Photographer's mark appears in bottom right corner.
Document created in memoriam of Archbishop James Francis Wood. Small portrait of Archbishop Wood at the top. Primarily text for the "Record of His Life, Sickness, Death, Obsequies, and 'Month's Mind". "Transcribed with a pen from the Catholic…
Page from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" with engraving of Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul and article regarding construction and design. Engraver unknown.
Lithograph portrait of Charles Constantine Pise, a priest in Washington, D.C. Signed "S. H. Gimber, Sc., N.Y." (i.e., lithographer and engraver Stephen Henry Gimber).
Colored lithograph portrait of Cardinal John McCloskey, First Cardinal of New York (born 1810; ordained 1834; consecrated 1844; died 1885). Printed below lithograph: "Copyrighted by G. F. Gilman, 18[?]" Text below title reads: "[Ta]ken from life in…
To Very reverend C.J.H. Carter, Vicar General, from Daniel Gill, Mahanoy City, a request to present a document to Bishop Wood, the document concerns money which was collected for the new church which was taken by McEvoy. A general report was made…
Letter to Wood, from George Miller, a note of thanks for the Archbishop’s kind reception of the Committee and a promise of a solution to the Lithuanians’ problem, there is also a copy of the letter of Father Koncz, a Lithuanian priest who was asked…