<I>The old prayer house</I>
date: label: Date
content: April 1979; printed 2007
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, American, born 1951
label: Printed by
content: ModernAge Photographic Services, American
notes: label: Description
content: This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of an old prayer house on the side of a road. The prayer house rectangle-shaped and has a triangle roof made of metal. Much of the wood siding is missing on the wall closest to the road. The road is visible on the right side of the photograph. Trees line the road and the prayer house. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Rural life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Daufuskie Island
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Generously donated by Bank of America Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.310.20
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: digital prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
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): 13 × 19 7/16 in. (33 × 49.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)