Photograph of Mr. J. E. Edwards, Choir Director of First AME
date: label: Date
content: 1940s-1950s
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, American, founded 1872
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white portrait image of a man wearing a dark jacket, dark vest, white shirt, and white bow-tie. He has a mustache and goatee and looks the left of the camera. The image is hazy at the corners and along the bottom. The background is darker near the man's head. The image shows the man from the chest up in three-quarter view.
label: Description
content: The photo is adhered via glue to a piece of cardstock the same size as the photo.
place: label: Place captured
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
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: 2013.227.1
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 & Sheet): 9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in. (24 × 19.2 cm)