Year |
Title |
Subject |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Sunday School | Education | Pupils and teachers of the Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Sunday School pose for a photograph in the spring of 1934. |
| 1912 | Who Are the Letts? | Latvian Baptists | In 1912, as part of an appeal to raise money for a new church, the Rev. Jānis Kvietiņš, then pastor of the First Lettish Baptist Church of Philadelphia, wrote a 16-page pamphlet on the history of the Latvians titled Who are the Letts?: A short historical sketch of the Letts and the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia. |
| ca. 1920 | The Rev. Pēteris Bušmanis | Pēteris Bušmanis | The Rev. Pēteris Bušmanis, pastor of the First Lettish Baptist Church of Philadelphia, poses ca. 1920 for a photograph on the steps of a home. |
| 1913-1917 | Jaunā Tēvija | Immigrant press | Jaunā Tēvija (The New Homeland) was an illustrated monthly for Latvian-Americans that was published by Andrejs J. Fūrmanis (Andrew J. Fuhrman) beginning in September 1913. The journal was religious (Baptist) and nationalist in tone. Its editorial office originally was at 787 North Preston St., Philadelphia, but as of the October 1915 issue it moved to Bradley Beach, N.J. Until February 1916, the cover of the magazine featured a stylized "Jaunā Tēvija" title floating above an image of the Statue of Liberty shining a beam of light from its torch onto a passenger ship named "Baltija" as it steams toward a dock, where a standing Uncle Sam waits with outstretched arms. With the February 1916 issue (which also saw a change from the glossy covers of earlier issues), a stylized title remained, but now it floated above a pair of images drawn by Gustavs Aboltiņš. In one, on the left side of the cover, the sun rises on what can be assumed to be a scene in Latvia, while on the right side a young woman reads Jaunā Tēvija. |
| ca. 1916 | Baptists play baseball | Latvian Baptists in West Philadelphia | A group of men, most likely members of the First Lettish Baptist Church in Philadelphia, play a game of baseball ca. 1916. |
| 1925 | Sunday School, Philadelphia, 1925 | Education | The Sunday School of the First Lettish Baptist Church of Philadelphia poses in 1925 for a photograph outside the meeting house at the corner of Preston and Ogden streets in West Philadelphia. The image also was reproduced on the cover of the September 15, 1925, edition of Kristīgā Balss, a Baptist semi-monthly periodical published in Latvia. |
| ca. 1924 | Pēteris and Valija Bušmanis | Latvian Baptists in Philadelphia | The Rev. Peter and Valia Buschman (Pēteris and Valija Bušmanis) pose for a photograph, ca. 1924. Valia was Peter's second wife. They had one daughter, Camille. |
| 1916 | Filadelfijas latviešu baptistu jauniešu biedrība | Latvian Baptists in Philadelphia | A photographic postcard featuring 71 members of the Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Youth Society, plus the Rev. Peter Buschman (Pēteris Bušmanis), 1916. |
| 1918 | American Latvian Baptist Literary Society | Immigrant press | Participants pose for a photograph during the annual conference of the American Latvian Baptist Literary Society (Amerikas Latviešu Baptistu Literariskā Biedrība), which took place Sept. 27-28, 1918, in Philadelphia. Pictured left to right are (first row) J. Kvietiņš and Fr. Blumbergs; (second row) Kr. Nātre, P. Bušmanis, J.A. Blumbergs, J. Birzenieks, D. Birzenieks, A. Demberg, K.A. Karolis, H. Lagsdons, and M. Trejans; (third row) D. Kurmiņš, R.J. Monsons, E. Redowitz, H. Egle, J.F. Yunags, F. Ofgants, A.R. Dravnieks, P. Blooms, W. Konsuls, and J. Brakmans; (fourth row) F. Egle, A. Bernhardts, A. Pinkuls, Kr. Sproģis, and D. Blooms. |
| 1902 | Amerikas Latvietis | Immigrant press | Amerikas Latweetis (Amerikas Latvietis, American Latvian) was published in Philadelphia from 1902-1905. |