National Baptist Convention held at the Calvary Baptist Church

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Description

View of a crowd of men, women and children gathered around circular pool as five people are baptized by a minister. Calvary Baptist Church in the background. Handwritten on front: Evangelistic Baptism at the National Baptist Convention by Rev. B.J [undecipherable] at Calvary Baptist Church, Detroit, Mich. Sept. 11, 1927, Rev. J.H. Mastin, Pastor. Jackson Photo."

Details

Creator:: Jackson, Harvey C., 1876-1957
Resource ID:: bh024255
Subject:: African American Baptists--Michigan--Detroit; Baptism; Religious gatherings--Michigan--Detroit--Baptists; African American photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1927-09-11
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 11 x 14 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Collection:: Harvey C. Jackson Collection
Location:: LD/Photography-Jackson, Harvey C.
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.