<I>A more than 40 year old tradition of baptizing in the Chesapeake Bay at Taylor’s Beach is continued every 3rd Sunday in August by Rev. T. Wright Morris (right), pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, Reedville, Virginia, 2003</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2003; printed 2012
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jason Miccolo Johnson, American
label: Subject of
content: Shiloh Baptist Church of Reedville, VA, American
label: Subject of
content: Rev. T. Wright Morris, American, 1935 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: George L. Morris, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Rev. T. Wright Morris (right) standing in water and baptizing a woman, aided by his son, Rev. George L. Morris (left). Morris' proper right hand covers the woman's face while his left hand supports her back as she is being raised from the water. George Morris stands on the other side of the woman, his proper right hand supporting her back and his left on her arm. They are dressed in white. A crowd of people can be seen along the shoreline. No inscriptions on the front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Reedville, Northumberland County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: The Black Church
label: Topic
content: Worship services
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 Jason Miccolo Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.144.5
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jason Miccolo Johnson
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 (sheet): 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.3 x 50.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 14 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. (36.8 x 45.4 cm)