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Item Type
Image
File
A4
Number
2608
Creation Date
11-27-1948
Description
Image of four rows of men and women in a church. Banner on the railing in front. Banner: 42ND AN. SESS. WEST FLA. CONF. A.M.E. CHURCH MARIANNA NOV. 27. 48. BISHOP JA GREGG PRESIDING - REV. E. HOLLEY HOST. P.E. - REV N. LEATH PASTOR - REV. R.C. SNELLING. SECY. Date 11/24/1948. One of 156 black and white photographs by R. Lee Thomas; an African American photographer active in the early twentieth century in the southern United States. Thomas’ work provides photographic documentation of southern black social life; primarily religious and labor groups; circa 1946-1949. The majority of the photographs depict groups from Birmingham; Alabama; and adjacent areas. His imprint contains the caption: Made by R. Lee Thomas; Mound Bayou; Mississippi; The Oldest Negro Town in America.
Recommended Citation
Thomas, R. Lee. Group Portrait, 42nd Annual Session West Florida Conference-A.M.E Church Marianna. 1948. Photographs by R. Lee Thomas, Eartha M.M. White Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and University Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/rthomas/125/
