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Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Sunday School |
Philadelphia Latvian Baptists |
Pupils and teachers of the Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Sunday School pose for a photograph in the spring of 1934. |
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Dzimtene |
Immigrant press |
First page of the April 1941 issue of Dzimtene, a Latvian Baptist newsletter published in New York. The issue features a drawing of the Latvian poet Jānis Rainis (Jānis Pliekšāns), three of his poems, and a short biography. |
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Haycock Historical News |
Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
The fall 2011 edition of Haycock Historical News, the newsletter of the Haycock Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The lead story is a history of the Latvians of Haycock Township, including the Bucks County Latvian Baptist Church. It was written by Ralf W. Augstroze. |
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The Beacon |
Immigrant press |
The Beacon was a Baptist newsletter published in New York that appeared for the first time in April 1929 and continued until May 1934. It was revived in April 1936 and continued until at least 1951, providing news primarily about Latvian Baptist activities. These examples were photographed in the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota. |
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Bucks County Latvian Baptist Church |
Bucks County Latvian Baptist Church |
The Bucks County Latvian Baptist Church, located at the village of Applebachsville, Pennsylvania, was completed in 1933. The congregation was founded in 1913. |
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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. |
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Jaunā Tēvija |
Immigrant press |
Several issues of the Latvian Baptist periodical Jaunā Tēvija (1913-1917) photographed at the New York Public Library. The periodical initially was published in Philadelphia, later in Bradley Beach, New Jersey. |
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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. |
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Philadelphia Latvian Baptist Sunday School, 1925 |
Latvian Baptists in Philadelphia |
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 Kristīga Balss, a Baptist semi-monthly periodical published in Latvia. |
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Peter and Valia Buschman |
Peter Buschman |
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. |
