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date: label: Date
content: September 1981
name: label: Photograph by
content: John H. White, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Ernest J. Washington, American, died 1992
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a baptism in Lake Michigan in Chicago. At center, a group of worshippers from the Church of God in Harvey, Illinois stand in the shallow water of the lake with waves crashing behind them. Elder Ernest J. Washington stands with his arm raised, facing the shore as waves crash behind him. Next to him, the person to be baptised stands with her head bowed and her arms folded across her chest. There are are three people standing on either side of them and one person standing directly behind them. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place collected
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Harvey, Cook County, Illinois, United States
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious rituals and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.118.22
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © John H. White
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. (24 × 38.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 11/16 × 16 1/2 in. (29.7 × 41.9 cm)