The First 300 Photograph Collection
From the archives of the Lower Merion Historical Society and other sources, these 811 photographs and lithographs were selected to tell The First 300: The Amazing and Rich History of Lower Merion, published by The Lower Merion Historical Society in 2000 (ISBN 0-7881-8500-4).
First 300 Collection Finding Aid compiled by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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Waterfall on Mill Creek, Gladwyne -
“Tish-Co-Han” Painted by Gustavus Hesselius -
“Delaware” Indian Family -
Depiction of Lenape Contact with Europeans and Susquehannock -
Schuylkill River in Gladwyne – Aerial View -
The Turtle -
Black Rocks, Gladwyne -
Lenape Artifacts -
River Bank Dug-Out Shelters -
Map of Philadelphia and Environs -
“Penn’s Treaty with the Indians” Painting by Benjamin West -
“Edward Hicks” Portrait by Thomas Hicks -
“The Peaceable Kingdom” Painting by Edward Hicks -
Early Dwelling Cut into Riverside Embankment -
William Penn as a Young Man -
Merion Friends Meeting House (photo c.1888) -
Haverford Friends Meeting House (photo c.1890) -
Radnor Friends Meeting House (photo late 1800s) -
Great Conestoga Road Scene, Merion (1805) -
Merion Friends Meeting House Entrance – Contemporary Photo -
Merion Friends Meeting House Interior – Contemporary Photo -
Merion Friends Meeting House “Schoolroom” – Contemporary Photo -
Merion Friends Meeting House – Painting (Early 1800s) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – Watercolor (1828) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – French Engraving (1837) -
Merion Friends Meeting House-Engraving (1843) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – Chalk Sketch (1851) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – English Print (1871) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – Engraving (1884) -
Wynnestay, Philadelphia (c.1895 photo) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – Painting (1886) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – Engraving (1912) -
Merion Friends Meeting House (c.1910) -
Merion Friends Meeting House – Pen and Ink Drawing (1998) -
Merion Friends Burial Ground -
Merion Friends Burial Ground Gravestone -
Merion Friends Burial Ground Gravestone of John Roberts -
Indenture Signed by William Penn Creating the Welsh Tract -
Roberts’ Pencoyd Estate – Main House (c.1860) -
Pencoyd Farm (c.1900) -
Pencoyd Farmhouse (1878) -
T. William Roberts as a Child -
George Brooke Roberts (1833-1897) -
Pennsylvania Railroad Card Honoring George B. Roberts -
G. Brinton Roberts’ Album-Pencoyd Farm Greenhouses -
G. Brinton Roberts’ Album – Grandpa Williams’ House -
G. Brinton Roberts’ Album – Pencoyd Farm Spring House -
G. Brinton Roberts’ Album – Pencoyd Farm Barn -
G. Brinton Roberts’ Album – Estate Supervisor’s Home -
Thomas Williams in Carriage (1897)