Photograph of California Conference of Churches Group
date: label: Date
content: 1923
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, American, founded 1872
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photograph of a large group of people standing in front of the façade of a church. The group is arrange in a number of rows. Some are seated and some standing. In the middle and two-thirds of the right side of the image are three (3) doorways with the outer two (2) open. The doors are capped with tympanums filled with stained glass windows. Behind the doors, above is large stained glass window with a series of rectangles. The church exterior is a white paneled exterior. Along the bottom in white text is the image caption [FIFTY SIX ANNUAL SESSION OF THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE A.M.E. CHURCH, LOS ANGELES 1923]. On the reverse in the lower left corner is a stamp with text and blanks to fill in. Only the last line is filled with a penned note [MIRIAM MATTHEWS]. The stamp is four (4) lines [COLLECTION OF MIRIAM MATTHEWS/PHOTOGRAPHER/SOURCE/PLEASE CREDIT]. To the right of the stamp, in the middle of the back, is a printed label [56th Annual Session of the/California Conference of the/A.M.E. Church, held in Los/Angeles, 1923]. In the upper left corner is the number [8] circled.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African Methodist Episcopal
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Christianity
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
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 First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.227.7
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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): 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (19.3 × 24.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)