Photograph of FAME Church Members Standing on the Front Steps
date: label: Date
content: 1888-1903; printed later
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
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white image of a copy of an image of people standing outside the steps of a church. The church exterior is wood paneling and features two (2) windows with gothic arches in the front. Between the two (2) windows, centered, is the doorway, also with a window above with a gothic arch. The arches are all divided by curved leading. The steps in the front of the building are obscured by a wall. The people stand on the steps between the exterior of the church and the exterior wall of the steps. The crowd of people are both men and women in a variety of clothes. The image is bordered in white with text centered at the top and bottom. At the top [Old Church]. Along the bottom [AZUSA STREET]. 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 [M. Matthews]. The stamp is four (4) lines [COLLECTION OF MIRIAM MATTHEWS/PHOTOGRAPHER/SOURCE/PLEASE CREDIT]. Along the bottom in the lower left is a penned note [AZUSA STREET CHURCH (FIRST A.M.E. CHURCH)]. In the upper right corner is the number [2] 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: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
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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: 2013.227.2
objectType: label: Type
content: photomechanical 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: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 5 7/8 × 8 15/16 in. (15 × 22.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)