Photographs of First AME Altar Boys
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
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 Child or Children
notes: label: Description
content: Black and white photograph of a group of young boys dressed in altar clothes. The group includes eight (8) boys in several different rows. The boys wear white robes and dark skirts and dark collars over their clothing. On the left side of the image are two (2) older women wearing white looking at the camera, one in the foreground and one in the background. the group stands outside with the church interior seen in the upper right quadrant. On the reverse in the lower right corner on the bottom in pen [ALTAR BOYS].
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: Children
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: 2013.227.5
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 11/16 in. (19.3 × 24.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm)