Photograph of the Orchard Street Church

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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].

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